Moroccan Culture Quotes

In Morocco, for a woman to earn her own living is the essential concern.

As you wake up to sort of Morocco coming to life, and you drive a two hour journey through the desert as the sun is rising over the sand dunes... I saw landscapes and visual stuff that I'll never forget. It was special.

In Morocco, there is an insistence on authority. Children are not encouraged to speak up in front of their parents. My parents were not like this. I was the kind of girl who could tell her father, 'No, what you are saying is totally untrue, and I don't agree with you.'

There's just really interesting facets of culture just swirling in Morocco. They all have slightly different colours, so it's just an inspiring place to be.

My father is Moroccan and I have fond childhood memories of holidays there.

I loved filming in Morocco; it was amazing. I'd never been anywhere like that. The culture was phenomenal. I was so blown away by the spirit of that country.

I've always said Moroccan artistes are extremely talented, and the world needs to take notice.

It's amazing, it's pumping, it's furious, it's anxious, it's happy and it's far more real than anything you'll ever experience in a Western city. Morocco is a living, pulsating entity which is rapidly changing all the time but there are parts of Marrakesh that carry on as they have done for a thousands years. The music is a reflection of that, of all times and all religions and of all the natural expectations and conditions of the people who live there.

Actually, I don't like dogs. I'm from Morocco, and people there don't like animals.

I'm always very proud of Moroccan artistes doing well and achieving international recognition.

It is an honour to be spreading Moroccan music and dance in India while integrating some of my favourite things about India, including the beautiful, talented, carefree children, who just light up the screen the minute they start dancing.

Moroccan boys never steal from Moroccans.

The woman with dark hair, wide hips, and a few extra pounds has always been the essence of beauty in Morocco.

I want my daughter to grow up with memories of home-cooked meals, just as I did as one of seven children by Moroccan parents.

Always was Morocco. And recently the country's leadership seems to have embraced it in all its ill-reputed glory. The days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration and young flesh are probably over for good. Hippies can just as easily get their bong riffs in Portland or Peoria. But the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and the look of Tangier -- what you see and hear when you lean out the window and take it all in -- that's here to stay.

You know what you can gain when you sit down with the Moroccans. As a person and as a musician. That's how you grow.

I was born in Morocco and lived there until I was 13; I'm really proud of my heritage.

My childhood was very sheltered. I grew up in a palace. But I lived in Morocco as a Moroccan citizen.

I am a Moroccan writer of French expression.