17/05/2025
The desert blooms, roses perfume the air and a Moroccan town comes to life
KALAAT M#x27;GOUNA, Morocco ? Gloved and armed with shears, women weave through thorny brambles, clipping and tossing their harvest into wheelbarrows. ?Thank God for the rain,? said rose picker Fatima El Alami. ?There are roses elsewhere, but there?s nowhere like here.? She?s right. Mild temperatures, steady sunlight, and low humidity make the fields around Kalaat M?Gouna a perfect cradle for growing its signature flower: the Damask rose. Abundant precipitation and several desert downpours this year have bestowed Morocco with an...
