between the mountainous tribal

between the mountainous tribal

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Sefrou, (43) a small town at the foot of the Middle Atlas Mountains, has historically occupied a pivotal position between the mountainous tribal areas and the large city of Fez. This geographical location makes it a commercial and cultural crossroads, frequented by diverse populations: Amazigh peasants, Arabic-speaking merchants, Moroccan Jews, and urban notables. For Geertz, this plurality makes Sefrou an ideal case study for examining how different traditions, statuses, and value systems coexist and interact around the weekly market. Thus, the Sefrou suq becomes a “strategically located” terrain for understanding, in miniature, phenomena of general significance in Moroccan society. หนังใหม่2025