Moroccans, mixing etc.

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Dec 28, 2008 at 07:09

Completely true regarding Moroccan women. Also, I might add that mixed marriages are increasing in Morocco by the day. Most Moroccans I know refer to their people as "mixed", Arab, African, Imazighen, Jewish, European. Even the King of Morocco himself has Berber and black African blood (I'm not sure of his wife's origins, but she looks very "Moroccan"). However, most Moroccans prefer to call themselves Arabs, even though the background of the country is primarily Amazigh. But really there aren't too many "pure" Arabs in Morocco. One Marrakchi guy I knew had Arab blood, some black African ancestry and a red-haired Berber grandmother. I even saw a man who could've played Genghis Khan in a TV adaption lol. A homogenous nation would not produce such a melting pot of people. It's not pure Berber and it's not pure Arab, the end.

All in all, Morocco is very mixed, mainly Arab and Berber and most people there won't deny it, as long as they see themselves as Muslim, first and foremost. Inter-breeding has been going on for centuries there, and it's not gonna stop anytime soon. Most Moroccans really aren't that hung up about race, if anything it's the Berbers such as Riffians, who aren't fond of mixing with other races.

Some Moroccan men like fair-headed, "exotic" women, others like dark-skinned mulattoes. Same with the women.

Overall, it's best to get your information from the street, rather than from dated web sources.

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