Videos tagged with "intensive"
Argan oil woman's cooperative. [01:29]
Morocco. Traveling from Tafraout to Essaouira. We visited a woman's cooperative. Before modern times, the Berbers (also known as the Amazighs) of Morocco would collect undigested Argan pits from the waste of goats which climb the trees to eat their fruit. The pits were then ground and pressed to make the nutty oil used in cooking and cosmetics. However, the oil used in cosmetic and culinary products available for sale today has most likely been harvested directly from the tree and processed with machines. All argan sold today is produced by a women's cooperative that shares the profits among the local women of the Berber tribe. The cooperative has established an ecosystem reforestation project so that the supply of argan oil will not run out and the income that is currently supporting the women will not disappear. The money is providing health care and education to the local women, and supporting the entire community as a whole. The most labour intensive part of oil-extraction is removal of the soft pulp (used as animal feed) and the cracking by hand, between two stones, of the hard nut. The seeds are then removed and gently roasted. This roasting accounts for part of the oil's distinctive, nutty flavor. The traditional technique for oil extraction is to grind the roasted seeds to paste, with a little water, in a stone rotary quern. The paste is then squeezed between hands to extract the oil. The extracted paste is still oil-rich and is used as animal feed. Oil produced ...
Tags: argan, oil, lindadevolder, Canon, powershotsx30, geotagged, travel, Africa, Morocco, Maroc, al-Maġrib, المغرب العربي, Atlas, High Atlas, Arabic
AALIM in 2011 [07:45]
This 7 minute, 44 second video introduces the Arab American Language Institute in Morocco, AALIM, located in Meknes, Morocco. AALIM specializes in teaching Arabic, both Modern Standard Arabic and Moroccan Dialect. In addition, AALIM offers Francophone programs in French and Cultural Discovery programs in English.
Tags: AALIM, Arabic, language, study, intensive, programs, Morocco, Meknes, Arab, American, Institute, in
AALIM 2011 activity calendar [00:48]
This 47 second video summarizes the 2011 programs at the Arab American Language Institute in Morocco, AALIM, located in Meknes, Morocco
Tags: AALIM, Arabic, language, study, intensive, programs, Morocco, Meknes, Arab, American, Institute, in
A Week with Sufi masters in Morocco - Feb 2010 [00:32]
A Video message from Create Culture's founders about the upcoming intensive week in Morocco with sufi masters
Tags: morocco, sufi, music, dance, daqqa
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