During Christmas 2025, I spent the week between Christmas and New Year exploring the vibrant city of Marrakech, Morocco. Marrakech takes its name from the ancient Berber phrase Amur(n) Akush, which means "Land of God" and is situated just west of the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. The Almoravid Berbers, founders of Marrakesh, ruled territory stretching from Senegal to Spain and from the Atlantic to Algiers. Originating in the Sahara, specifically Mauritania,
