Morocco Explained!

Get ready for a journey to the mysterious and vibrant land of Morocco!
In this video, we dive into the disputed borders and intriguing geography that make Morocco such a fascinating country. Is it larger than France or closer to the size of California? And what role does Western Sahara play in all of this? From ancient Berber traditions to Hollywood movie sets, Morocco has a wealth of wonders waiting to be discovered.
Join us as we explore Morocco's unique size, political complexities, and stunning landscapes. We'll also touch upon the historical influence of Spain, the world's oldest university in Fez, and the crucial role of phosphate reserves in Morocco's economy. Whether you're a geography enthusiast or simply curious about this North African gem, this video is guaranteed to entertain and inform. Don't miss out on uncovering the secrets of Morocco's borders, cities, and rich cultural heritage! 🇲🇦 🌍 🏜️ 🕌
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#Morocco #Geography #WesternSahara

[@chrishanssen6738]

The buffer region isn’t controlled by the Polisario. Morocco is using it as a buffer in the case of an attack against the security berm, so that it doesn’t attack inside Algeria Borders when it retaliates, causing an larger conflict.

[@centro8894]

exactly

[@ajaxnation9504]

@@centro8894 Yea, and they think they've liberated it xd

[@DSweashox]

Well said. Morocco is just avoided giving Algeria any casus belli it wants.

[@daviroza4700]

Free Western Sahara 🇪🇭

[@makavelihussein2013]

​@@daviroza4700Free Republic of Kabilya from algerian colonialism who let the kabyles burn every year

[@elprat5438]

Morocco will stay United 🇲🇦♥️

[@maxkingjoe5460]

Not if they says western sahara is moroco and want two cities anf island of spain and too many sins for king.

[@ryota6208]

The majority of phosphate mines are in the main land Morocco which make up 90% of Morocco's production . Great video btw !

[@aymanardo1322]

Exactly

[@mohamedabdelkrim3097]

Vive la République d OUED NOUN-GLEMINE SIDI IFNI TERFAYA TAN TAN ASSA ZAG OCCUPÉE par les criminelles milices marocaines

[@daviroza4700]

🇪🇭🇪🇭💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@samimellouki3139]

​@@daviroza4700😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💪🏻🇲🇦🦁❤

[@daviroza4700]

@@samimellouki3139 did you enjoy your earthquake?

[@mohamedred5746]

The sahara was Historically Part of Morocco but as you said It was the Euros who created the problem (as Always) and Algeria Is Backing the polisario who are Bunch of Mercenaries in Tindouf... Most of These Mercenaries are Not even From the Sahara But From Chad, Niger, mali and even Algerians... So why we should Give our Historically Lands to these?

[@jasonl.r674]

Sahrawis are just 100k people they can't control a country 😂, only 10-30k support SADR and they mostly immigrate to Casablanca

[@yourmum69_420]

why do you care about that land? It's empty desert. Why not let people make their own kingdom there? Why does Morocco need it?

[@mohamedred5746]

@@yourmum69_420 Seriusly what silly question... So why Australia just Give it 80% of Its Land cuz its a Dessert... Why arabia Just dont give it Land... Why Russian just dont give it land since Everything its Frozen anyways... Bro Delete that silly Comment...

[@moorish3840]

@@yourmum69_420 it’s literally Moroccan land lol

[@yourmum69_420]

@@moorish3840 but why does it need it?

[@mikejustmike2684]

Hi, nice video! I just want to point out an error: There's only ONE phosphate mine in "western sahara" , the Bou Craa mine, and it makes up less than 10% of morocco's production.

[@renegadeop3448]

I live in the northern part of morocco but a large portion of my family and friends live or come from the western Sahara , and everybody there already consider themselves Moroccan down to the last cell , while every time I watch a video on this topic , it always ignores what the people of that region think , are their loyalty bound to morocco or not ?

[@ayouxy]

FYI by saying "Western sahara" you are saying that it's its own place, and showing support to the terrorists lead by you know who to try and separate it fro Morocco. You want to say "the Moroccan sahara" or "South of Morocco" buddy.

[@daviroza4700]

Well free Western Sahara 🇪🇭

[@ayouxy]

@@daviroza4700 you mean take south Morocco away from Morocco?

[@Ayudado]

These are the consequences of a slow invasion called la Marcha Verde, just so no one forgets how they got here. And for the interest of other readers, it was supported by the USA

[@ayouxy]

@@Ayudado you mean the liberation of Moroccan lands from the clutches of the invader? Your history knowledge needs serious work.

[@MichaelNamiSound]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR OBJECTIVE MESSAGE ABOUT MY COUNTRY, SUPER WELL DONE, MY COMPLIMENTS!!! A YEAR AGO I ASKED YOU TO MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT MOROCCO, AND YOU DID A SUPER WELL, NOTHING TO ADD, NOT POLITICALLY INTENDED BUT MORE FOCUS ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS. MOROCCO WAS AN EMPIRE, AND AS YOU SAID THE ONLY COUNTRY IN NORTH AFRICA WAS NOT COVERED BY THE OTTOMANS, MOROCCO WAS ALSO VERY STRONG AND THEY DEFENDED THE COUNTRY WELL AND BEATED THE TURKS. THE WESTERN SAHARA NEVER EXISTED AND IS A MOVEMENT THROUGH ALGERIA SINCE 1975, THEREFORE IT WILL NEVER BECOME A LEGITIMATE STATE, AS YOU HAVE SEEN UNDER THE DYNASTIES OF ALMORAVID AND ALMOHAD MOROCCO WAS GREAT GEOGRAPHICALLY.

[@CountriesExplained]

Thanks for watching and sticking with me so long 🙌🇲🇦

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

WHY ARE WE SCREAMING??!

[@hizanwali19]

USA recognized the Moroccan Sahara, other western countries should follow up soon;

[@ThomasDOsborn_1999]

I am sahrawi and will never be Moroccan I will fight and die for my freedom for my Western Sahara 🇪🇭

[@ayouxy]

​@@ThomasDOsborn_1999 no you ain't shut up...

[@ThomasDOsborn_1999]

@@ayouxy suck my sahrawi fyi I am currently fighting a case raping a Moroccan girl

[@daviroza4700]

🇪🇭🇪🇭💪🏽💪🏽

[@NeoCrash9]

​@@ThomasDOsborn_1999 You are not free, you're a slave of Algeria

[@zakapuntas4698]

Actually, i find it very disrespectful that even after you knew that all Moroccans Consider the southern part of the country ( Western Sahara) as a part of Morocco, Historically speaking or realistically speaking it was and it will remain always Moroccan. But you still intentionally used the incorrect divided map, which I don't really understand why you have done it. And as a recap, The Sahara is Moroccan (both Western Sahara and Western Sahara

[@yourmum69_420]

he is being unbiased

[@Ayudado]

Kudos to the channel for being unbiased. Marcha Verde should be taught for what it was and show to the rest of the world the intentions of Maroc for their project of 'the Great Maroc' which is bollocks and a delusion by the monarchy to have a reason to exist and not have their own people kick them from the throne.

[@benino1]

❤ MOROCCO 🇲🇦

[@daviroza4700]

Free Western Sahara 🇪🇭 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@NeoCrash9]

​@@daviroza4700 Yea so you algerians can attack us from all borders and use western sahara as your puppet state Not happening

[@benino1]

​@@daviroza4700 Polisario = Terrorists like Hamas & Hizbollah 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Mootjeman130]

My home country

[@CountriesExplained]

🙌🇲🇦

[@l-d3573]

Same, it’s blady 🫶🏽🇲🇦

[@yulzy000]

This conflict has been artificially kept alive by Morocco's neighbors ... Algeria

[@aiwwakk7152]

Greetings to the Kingdom of Morocco from the Islamic Republic of Iran. 🇮🇷🤝🇲🇦

[@RayanClodGamingHD]

Am from Marococo

[@MazineZ]

I still don't comprehend why you didn't show the whole map of Morocco, even though historically speaking it is illogical to show it divided, but what has triggered even more is the fact that you explained, why us the Indigenous people of North africa or the "Amazigh" people don't like to be called as "berbers" and yet you still refer to us by "berbers" . However the video was not a disappointment, you mentioned solid facts and broke down many of the misunderstood ideas about us, so I as a Moroccan I thank you for that!

[@brandydinsmore8214]

What do the people called Berbers prefer to be called? I thought Amazigh was the language. Just want to get this correct. Just started working with someone and wish to not say the wrong thing.

[@robinelz4309]

nice video man keep it up

[@robinelz4309]

And btw i live in the Netherlands and there are alot of people that come from Morocco. From my excperience it was like 1/10 of the people in my city

[@Mootjeman130]

​@@robinelz4309 the hague?

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you! 😁🙌

[@mohamedrh4093]

As many pointed out, there is only one phospahte mine in Western Sahara and it produces only 2% of Morocco's phosphate according to the USGS and the OCP, the rest (6 mines) are in the Atlas region. Great video.

[@abdellahaitnasseroffi]

Hello I'm from Morocco and exactly in Sahara

[@CountriesExplained]

👋

[@daviroza4700]

Freee Western Sahara 🇪🇭

[@MayouZaid]

@@daviroza4700Bro your from Spain you should be ashamed of yourself, your grandfathers killed and used chemical weapons on my people in the Rif area, you should stay away from this topic that you don’tknow anything about.

[@exposedclickbaitaRblx]

​@@daviroza4700as a sahrawi, never 🇲🇦 some payed rebels might agree with you, but the indigenous sahrawis are pro morccan and i am one of them

[@omartouil2929]

Greetings from Rabat Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦 Great video

[@CountriesExplained]

👋🇲🇦

[@gellert7735]

Hey, great video! Can you do Albania in the next video, please?

[@CountriesExplained]

Thank you! Definitely will do Albania soon! 🇦🇱

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Cool!

[@Masa_lalu_gabisa_diubah.Apapun]

waiting for the discussion about the country of Singapore

[@u1zha]

8:32 oh that's a gambit I hadn't heard of or imagined

[@ligacyman2263]

The Almohads used to say about their origin that they were pure Arabs. Abd al-Wahid al-Marrakshi (13th century AD), a contemporary of the Almohad state era, says in his book (Al-Mujab - FI - talkhis) of the News of Morocco”: “Abd al-Mu’min ibn Ali, the caliph of the Almohads, used to say his sermon when he mentioned Kuma (Kumi): I am not one of them, but rather we are Qays ibn Aylan ibn Mudar ibn Nizar.” Ibn Ma'ad Ibn Adnan, and we have the right of birth among them and origin in them, and they are maternal uncles. As for Al-Mahdi bin Tumart, the founder of the Almohad state, he used to describe his person and origin in all his letters and in his books by saying: “From Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Arabi Al-Qurashi Al-Hashimi Al-Hasani Al-Fatimi Al-Muhammadi.”

[@Hilal_abdelilah]

Morocco was united. And it will forever.

[@Danieljhonson856]

Good video from Casablanca

[@nicklaurindo1916]

Please do a video about Brazil 🇧🇷!

[@CountriesExplained]

Definitely on the list! 👌🇧🇷

[@ayoub.amazigh]

Great video! However, this topic is full of propaganda that was made by Algeria. Firstly, the buffer zone is not controlled by Polisario. It was marked as a demilitarized zone by the UN after a peace agreement was made in the 1990s between Morocco and Polisario. you see that curvy line that is not just any line; it is the longest minefield in the world. It was created to prevent Polisario (Algeria) from attacking major cities in the south and to prevent terrorist groups that exist in southern Algeria and Mali from attacking Morocco. Despite the terrorist groups that exist in the south of Algeria and Mali, the south of Morocco remains safer than most European countries. Remember that peace agreement between Polisario and Morocco? it is no longer valid after Polisario broke the agreement in 2020. Morocco has since been cutting pieces of land and expanding the minefield. It is likely that Morocco will claim all of the land in the future. Algeria and Polisario have tried to stop this, but they failed miserably because of the advanced military drones that Morocco possesses. Historically, not only the south of Morocco belongs to us, but also half of Algeria was taken by France and added to Algeria as pieces of land from Tunisia, Libya, and Mali to create modern Algeria. This topic has become even more complicated as Morocco is currently trying to end France's colonial control over the African continent and remove their influence from Africa. France and its former colony are trying to prevent this, but they are facing opposition from Morocco, which is supported by the United States and Israel.

[@tymanung6382]

Never heard of intl law + right of peoples to self determination vs..coloni zation----- good for Morocco vs. France or Spain, but not for West Sahara. Typical human attitude for in betweens--- freedom. etc. for selves, but NOT for others beneath them----- US + other early 1800s slave---owning societies who fought for own independence---- ONLY for selves---- as usual among homo sapiens humans.

[@user-qp1zj5yt7t]

Western Desert And it will remain as it is

[@mohamedrh4093]

at 6:32 you posted a painting that has nothing to do with Mauretania. It's a 17th century painting that depicts one of the kings of the current ruling family. You could have used the mosaics in the old Mauretanian capital of Volubilis in Morocco, which would be more accurate

[@alphaorionis75]

At 6:27 the fresco is from Knossos palace, on the island of Crete in Greece. These are Minoans, not Phoenicians.

[@tayebghorfi1230]

ffs that region in not controlled by polisario, it's a non fire region established by the UN ... what a shame ...

[@daviroza4700]

🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@NeoCrash9]

​@@daviroza4700Algeria slave

[@khmershare1524]

Could you explain about Cambodia?

[@khadijaboyd6200]

Would anyone, anybody, please, state the emergence of the Poliwhatever before the demise of Francisco Franco? Please educate me in History. I'm alll ears (and 360 degree vision). Kindest regards 😊

[@centro8894]

The buffer region is controlled by the moroccan drone, any mercenary of the polisario gets in dies

[@alenahawke475]

Morocco was the first country to recognize America's independence.🇺🇲🇲🇦

[@youssefajil8666]

just go there and ask people were do you live they will tell you morocco everyone of them why still people call it west sahara

[@Danieljhonson856]

The buffer zone isn’t controlled by polisario , it is used to anticipate attacks

[@khadijaboyd6200]

AI at work; still a long way to go, voice, cadences, regional nuances, etc... mostly, human intelligence, analysis, and sense of proportion. Check inflections from "narrator". 😊

[@kukukuku4773]

Do Philippines pls

[@nizar7026]

"Mysterious" land of Morocco... How very orientalist

[@tunisian_stats]

Do Tunisia explained

[@adilelhabri-sx1fs]

Viva Morocco

[@daviroza4700]

Viva Sahara 💪🏽💪🏽🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

[@younessessami9965]

​@@daviroza4700shame on you

[@lewisstubbs6569]

Western Sahara is Moroccan land simple as that

[@trendytokss]

This is an artificial conflict,that line doesn't even exist in real life

[@osamintv6135]

While there are phosphate mines in western Sahara the bulk of the Moroccan reserves exist on the northern part. As a Moroccan I can say that so far the region has been a burden on the taxpayer and not a benefit. I hope we get to exploit profitability the resources on the shores or this would've been a huge waste of time and resources

[@Yassineothman]

The Sahara has helped our country a lot actually

[@osamintv6135]

@@Yassineothman how?

[@Yassineothman]

@@osamintv6135 it will most likely have oil which will benefit Morocco

[@moment8505]

it is helping the country georraphicly, we can go wherever we want without a moroccophob would try to damage our free trade, and honestly the region has potential Morocco doesn't want to use unfortunately @@osamintv6135

[@hansmaulwurf9051]

Asterix

[@scarseven5473]

The sahara was and will always remain moroccan, as a proud moroccan, even if the whole world comes together and stands against us I would gladly fight it for my country. It's our ancestors that put their life on the line to retrieve what's theirs, they rathered be dead than give up on their land, maybe we are a different generation but we are the same moroccan nation that's ready to sacrifice for its patrimony.

[@hamidweldche3bemks967]

❤🇲🇦❤✌🇲🇦✌👍🇲🇦👍🙏🇲🇦🙏🔔🇲🇦🔔

[@daviroza4700]

💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🇪🇭🇪🇭

[@rida8955]

So basically some Moroccan villagers in the Sahara claim that their village is a COUNTRY 😂 but not problem every country has this kind of problem for example some people in the US believes in the existence of santa or tge ufos 🛸🤠 Morocco is a mudufikn strong badass country in africa 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🦅🦅🦅

[@davidbrinkman7282]

It would be nice if you did Spain! A very interesting country!

[@jasonl.r674]

🇲🇦❤️🇪🇸 so much in Common throughout the history 😊

[@CountriesExplained]

Definitely will! 👌🇪🇸

[@csx3180]

Appreciate the effort but too many inaccuracies, like @6:19 you showed a "gnawa" person when talking about the amazigh, Gnawa add descendents of ex slaves that were brought from the songhai empire in modern mali when morocco conquered it in 1591, and just before you showed him you showed a "tuareg" , tuaregs live in Southern algeria, libya and parts of Northern Mali and Niger, not morocco. And @6:32 you showed a painting of king abdelhafid of the current alaouite dynasty of morocco, dating back to the 1800s, while you were talking about the ancient state of moretanea, there are many remains from that era you should've used pictures of some coins or statues or atleast something relevant to what you're talking about, there are too many inaccuracies to count honestly, but I hope this will be a learning experience. Also,Most of morocco is actually green or mountainous

[@mrbagel6715]

3rd

[@CountriesExplained]

🥉🙌

[@gatsbyonline6380]

If u ignore history u better stop talking about moroccan history please

[@ovbureauhaarle1178]

bro talks about stuff that has nothing to do with the ''Western Sahara''

[@samimellouki3139]

Sahara war,ist und wird immer Marokko Sein,Vive Sahara Marokko 🇲🇦🦁❤

[@ismailelazzouzi7112]

Morocco is not to be devided

[@realitealgeriennes3923]

Liberty for the western Sahara

[@nickchuck79]

It moroccan

[@nabildabounne9621]

@@nickchuck79 liberty for the Kabyle

[@jakwllwlwlw]

I to will pick up the weapons agains you we will shed the sand of Morocco with your Algerian blood. Fuck you fucking pirates.

[@ayouxy]

From the polezario terrorists, maybe...let it remain part of Morocco.

[@daviroza4700]

Free Western Sahara 🇪🇭

[@daviroza4700]

Free Western Sahara 🇪🇭 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@hassanounouk7553]

المغرب عاش المغرب هاهاها

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Free Western Sahara Free Palestine Free Western Papua New Guinea

[@ashraf_rpl4961]

Free Western Sahara from what? it has a population of less than 80k while Morocco has 40M+. A fraud case!

[@mohammedelkinda]

Free Palestina fuck Israël and polosario.

[@nabildabounne9621]

Sáhara is part of Morocco 🇲🇦

[@jakwllwlwlw]

Free your mother from your father motherfucker we will kill you all.

[@ayouxy]

Nooot the same thing...see, the concept of "western sahara" was never a thing, it's just an idea pushed by people with interest. Palestine, however, is a real country. To compare it, western sahara is closer to israel in its early phases...before it started killing every Palestinian.

[@jackhuge6054]

The Almohads from #Algeria occupied Marrakech and established the state

[@ilyasmaghribi9182]

🤣🤣🤣🖕🇨🇵🇹🇷

[@mohamedred5746]

Lmao the Algerians are Hilarious

[@raiselghiwane7506]

same for Sint petersburg right?

[@jakwllwlwlw]

You’r country didn’t excited give proof of you are righteous. Fuck you basterd

[@daviroza4700]

💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🇪🇭🇪🇭💪🏽💪🏽

[@jakwllwlwlw]

Morocco was a kingdom for 1200 years. What was Algeria it didn’t exist.

[@legalsandnigga]

Western Sahara is not Morocco.

[@MazinhoShenthen]

Our flag is waving there thus it's ours, whatever you like it or not

[@salahsoltani4025]

Free sahara from evil morocco

[@MazinhoShenthen]

Come and make us