A Tuareg nomad stands near a 13th-century mosque in Timbuktu, Mali, March 19, 2004. Just as Timbuktu with its exotic staccato name is part of the lore of the Sahara, ...

In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics are thwacking a camel-wool ball across the desert in a traditional pastime: sand hockey.Similar in many ways to field ...

It’s where his father, grandfather and many generations had lived as nomads in the Sahara. “We raised dromedaries (camels) and goats,” said Salem. “We sold goat milk, or the whole goat.

The most recent official census of nomads in Morocco dates to 2014, and returned a nomadic population of 25,274 -- 63 percent lower than a decade earlier in 2004.

In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics are thwacking a camel-wool ball across the desert in a traditional pastime: sand hockey.

M’HAMID EL GHIZLANE, Morocco — In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics are thwacking a camel-wool ball across the desert in a traditional pastime: Sand ...

I n a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics are thwacking a camel-wool ball across the desert in a traditional pastime: sand hockey.

Moroccan nomads keep alive ancient sport of sand hockey. M'hamid El Ghizlane (Morocco) (AFP) – In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics are thwacking a ...

Back to homepage / Live news Moroccan nomads keep alive ancient sport of sand hockey. M'hamid El Ghizlane (Morocco) (AFP) – In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans ...