The Moroccan wedding is beautiful. Prior to the wedding, the bride usually partakes the unique hammam ritual. The ritual involves a visit to a traditional bathhouse.

Moroccan pre-wedding rituals typically include the traditional hammam, where the bride-to-be and the women in her inner circle indulge in a spa day of massages, exfoliations, clay masks, perfume ...

Henna is an expression of joy. And with a child on the way, Hajar, a young Moroccan woman, has much to be joyful about. She ...

Women dance as Cheikha folk singer Mbarka ''Thouria'' Moullablad gives a traditional performance known as Aita, in Sidi Yahya Zaer, south of the capital Rabat, Morocco, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.

SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco (AP) — Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, pain, and societal change to the ...

Moullablad sings in Moroccan Arabic, embodying traditions specific to her community. But cheikha across the North African Kingdom also perform in the indigenous Amazigh language, adapting the ...

From urban bars to country weddings, Moroccan folk singers break barriers and keep traditions alive. The Associated Press. February 3, 2025, 7:35 PM. Share This: ...