GHARDAÏA, ALGERIA: the mysterious ancient city 

Thanks for showing us these places! I have been there once, almost 20 years ago (I am originally from Algiers). A fascinating place. Culturally, Mozabites are berbers and they speak a language of the Tamazight family (they also use Algerian Arabic now, especially with outsiders). They have a very interesting history. In the 8th century, a Persian Ibadi Imam founded the Rustamid dynasty that ruled over the central Maghreb for around 150 years (their capital was Tharet, present day Tiaret in North West Algeria). They were not desert people. The flew to the desert (Wargla) when the Fatimids took control of North Africa in the tenth century, before fleeing to the present location of Ghardaia in the early 11th century. Since these times, they follow a form of Islam that is neither Sunni nor Shia. They are Ibadi. Most Ibadi are today in Oman, but there are a few in Algeria (Ghardaia), Tunisia (Djerba), Libya (Djebel Nefusa,) and Tanzania (Zanzibar). To be noted that until the mid-20th century, a minority of Mozabites were Jewish.

PLEASE DO MORE LONG VIDEOS! Your content is WAY TOO GOOD to be posted simply on shorts! You captivating as well, so please, if you can, do more long videos! ❤❤❤❤ And thanks a lot for sharing your travel vlogs as well, it's really nice to see places we never even knew existed! ❤

This channel is slowly becoming my comfort channel! Thank you so much for always documenting your travels. Your voice is also so relaxing. Love from Brazil 🤍🇧🇷

Long format videos are absolutely better, we get to actually feel the vibe and get a lot more of explanation of how things are and get a better picture of said community/culture Keep it going n Welcome to Algeria 🇩🇿

I love both the soothing voice n tone you use and the great respect you use when speaking about the local peoples and showing us their culture. Thank you for the content! Youve earned a new subscriber in me 😊 best wishes and safe travels!

Congrats on your first long form!!

It’s a very beautiful ancient city. I think it’s very commendable of the government to safeguard tourists , to have a tour guide. This would also benefit the residents safety, since the streets are very quiet & narrow. I enjoyed this video very much. And believe that being respectful to other’s culture, beliefs , religion & laws are very important.

It's not the Algerian authorities who require you to take on a guide in Ghardaïa, but the Ghardaïa community itself. Ghardaïa society is very well organised outside the state and the state respects its specificity. The inhabitants of Ghardaïa are extremely conservative and don't want to be disturbed by tourists, which is why they ask tourists to be accompanied by a guide in their town, which receives tourists out of pure tolerance on their part.

Thanks for the video. I am originally from Algeria. The sticks you saw in the market are licorice that work for cleaning teeth.

I wish to explore Algeria 🇩🇿 my favorite country in Africa it’s so huge the desert has always been my favorite thing about Algeria plus the Mediterranean Sea 😭❤️‍🔥

YAY!! I have been so excited for long videos. That part of the world has always been a mystery to me. I love learning about it!!!

I really enjoy this long form content and you should do more of these! I don't see many people travelling to these countries on youtube so its really great that you are sharing your experience!

It's just 250km away from my country or even less from Ceuta, and it's so ghostlike to us. We care more about visiting places so far away. But in fact really close to home lies a mysterious, fascinating places, that even has lots of Spanish descendance from the Jews and Muslims who left the peninsula hundreds of years ago. We even share traditional songs together... I really look forward to the day I visit all of Algeria, and other places like Tunisia and Egypt. I love North Africa. 🙏 🇪🇦

Growing up and being told it's too dangerous to travel as a women I have always put it off for another time but you're videos have pushed me to save up and travel the world. So thank you❤

I really like this and I truly hope you keep it up. I just subscribed and I am excited about your future content.

long form vids are an art form lol you’re doing fantastic! Thank you sm for the subtitles-helped me watch and understand the entire video. Especially loved all the new foods, the home/city structure and values of women and citizens in the Mozabite society

So excited for a full video by you !

love the long form vid!!!! your videos are fantastic!!

Love the longer format and the short nuggets. I appreciate that you are respectful and adventurous.

I love going to ancient villages and seeing how modern they really are. The fact they made their own fertilizer is pretty interesting. LOVE your longer content. Looking forward to more of it.

I'm really enjoying your videos / shorts. I've never seen anything like it. Absolutely wonderful to be visiting all these places with you. It's so gratifying to see places like Yemen, Syria, Algeria and the beautiful life that carries on within them.

This was such a beautiful video. Thank you for doing a longer video on this beautiful city and culture.

This is absolutely incredible. I would have never known a place like this exists. Also, great job with the video!

The way you say Ghardaia is super adorable, I'm glad you enjoyed the city.

I absolutely loved the video, will be happy to see next ones! I think it's amazing how you respect their culture and want to understand what it means to live like them!

Ghardaia, the whole city is a museum. And that includes the architecture, the way of life, and very old sophisticated ways to deliver water in a desert environment. That is why a guide is required. When one enters Ghardaia, he/she enters a museum. The locals want to keep it that way.

Fun fact: The Mozabite people do not speak Arabic as their mother tongue. They have thier own language named Mozibi and it's a Berber (Amazigh) Language but I think the majority of them can speak Arabic as a second Language

Yayyy! A full video! I should’ve turned on notifications omg

Great Video! Thank you! Well done, great information, and love the longer format :)

I love this longer video! Learning about the history is so interesting! I’m so impressed about how much information you shared in this video! I will be watching it several times! ❤ love your channel!!!

Wow, a very wonderful place. Thank you for posting and sharing with us to learn about such places 🎉❤

🔥🔥 love your videos! Pleasssse do longer videos! There amazing

Love this video so interesting!!

I wish I was as brave as you to explore so many new and beautiful places. Thank you for sharing this amazing looking city.

Amazing views ❤

You welcome it's a good video chloe thanks 😊

Your shorts started randomly popping up for me. I’m really enjoying your content.

i truly love this, thank you for sharing your adventure! one day I will gooo!

Great video! And did not seem like your first long form video, keep them coming I love traveling videos. You got another subscriber ✌🏽

Great video, was interesting to see the rocks that the eyeliners are made from.

Nice video Very much enjoyed it

Amazing work 👏

Hey girl, I’ve been obsessed with your channel for awhile now and I just got to say I loooooove your longer content videos! It’s really cool to see in depth the places you visit. I just have one teeny critique, you should just start talking normal when you do your narrations. You have such a pretty voice naturally and sometimes I feel like the raspiness in your voiceovers is a little overplayed. When I hear your voice when you’re talking in public it’s so different and imo way better because it sounds natural. I’m just a random comment on RU-vid though so keep doing you! You inspire women like me to not be afraid and get out and explore the world. Stay safe!

The city is conservative even for Algerian standards let alone westerners. But people are extremely nice and friendly.

Thank you for sharing!

This video is great! So glad you’re starting to make long format videos too. Just a short heads up though - the eyeliner you showed is made from galena, a lead sulfide mineral. If you do plan on wearing it, do so occasionally - make sure you avoid getting it in your eyes, and clean your eyes and hands thoroughly when applying and removing 👍🏼

Your shorts showed up on my algorithm today, im glad to see I subscribed 15mins after you uploaded a long form, excited to see more!

Loved this video and your content, pls keep making longer vids!

I really liked this, it was insightful

This video was so entertaining and interesting! Thanks for sharing, can’t sit to watch more of your travel vlogs

Very interesting but very short) thank you for sharing it with us❤

I really likw the long form content please post more

Beautiful n very informative

Super !

What a beautiful place ❤

Amazing video of the city and its people. Great work

Yes PLEASE make more videos like this

❤ amazing

Yes please I would love more king form content from you!

Welcome to Ghardaia, Ghardaia is very beautiful

Not trying to discourage you, but the way you edited this, with all the fast cuts and the fast paced voice over, makes it seem more of a longer tiktok than an actual youtube vlog. It's kinda hard to really to "get into the groove" so to speak, due to the editing. Also you seem to be really close to the mic. Maybe just as an idea for future videos.

Love your story telling 👏🏽 🎉😊

I love it please make more youtube videos ! :)

Please keep the long form videos going 😍

Just discovered your channel I really like your Vlog style it’s very peaceful and interesting please make more videos?

Very interesting. Thank you

Amazing ❤♓✌️

So happy about this long vid!❤

FINALLY A VIDEO! YAY

Algeria is my favorite Muslim country, specially for amazing nature and neutral policy

Ghardaia is very unique in terms of tradition, culture and very religious. A lot of respect

Interesting! 👍

AMAZING. Absolutely beautiful and so cute city. the architecture is sublime. the beauty of this city looks amazing. I can imagine a Hollywood adventure or period or science fiction film filming in this city or region. The potential is crazy. I love it, it makes me want to go there. Algeria is a surprising country. 

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Just a minor detail that caught my attention: the white robe you wore doesn't hold any religious significance. It's actually a traditional garment adorned with symbols, many of which carry meaning rooted in Berber culture. During your visit, there were a few moments that left me feeling uneasy. As Algerians, we hold our traditions and customs dear, and while I understand that cultural nuances can be overlooked by visitors, there were instances that seemed somewhat insensitive. Claiming to be Arab due to a language barrier with your guide, for instance, could be perceived as a misunderstanding. We take pride in our generosity and hospitality, and we sincerely appreciate visitors who take an interest in our culture. I simply wanted to gently bring to your attention the importance of approaching interactions with an awareness of local customs. Thank you for choosing to explore our country, and I hope this insight enhances your future travels.

لقد شعرت بعدم الراحة من مشاهدة هذا الفديوا الثواني الأولى لكني اتسرع وأطلق الحكم،كجزائري من لايفهم أو يتأقلم مع ثقافتنا فالباب يستطيع أن يخرج جملا

Your content is too good to stay short 😉👌

Also visit extremely old rock paintings I southern Algeria, close to cities of Tamanrasset and Jant

I'd also like to add that people's choice of lifestyle isn't due to a lack of intelligence or knowledge; it's a conscious cultural choice. For instance, the Tuareg people have vehemently opposed the installation of cell phone towers in certain Sahara regions, yet they still enjoy playing their music with electric guitars. It's important to understand that it's simply a matter of choice and cultural preference.

2 women in the night is not usual this society is very traditional that's why police followed you

Loved the longer video 👍!

bravo

You have a very very very Beautiful Personality in All of Your Videos.

the amazigh dress suits you well.A true algerian women

Thank you for visiting my country 😍. I'm really happy that curious and enthusiastic people like you would be coming to my country. I'm pretty sure you were encouraged to visit other parts of Algeria, and I can confirm you won't regret it 😊

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Long videos please !

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This is so random but if you ever come to The Netherlands you should come to Staphorst, Veluwe and Urk. Especially Staphorst because they have beautiful traditions and in Veluwe there is a festival called Eibertjesdag where we were our traditional clothing, dance to folk music and make klompen. In Urk there is “Urkerdag” which is similar. The Netherlands stereotypes us and our culture as primitive and conservative and a few decades back parents refused to teach their kids Low Saxon (our native language, most of the Netherlands does not traditionally speak Dutch) out of fear that if they had a Low Saxon accent that we could not get jobs. Our history and local folklore is super interesting, in Veluwe, where I’m from, we believe that the devil himself lives in the Veluwe (which is a large forest and now national park) along with the spirits of women mistreated by their husbands who drag abusive men into the lakes and kill them (we call them witte wieven). You’ve most likely already gone to the Netherlands because it’s a pretty common place to visit in Europe but if you ever come back you should definitely visit the countryside and our traditional villages 😊

Very cool story! What a unique and off the beaten path destination. I’m curious, what are your ethnic origins? I’m from the US but of Indian and Persian origins and it’s always cool to see how people react to different parts of my identity when I travel abroad.

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Well as an Algerian I can tell you the losing face thing is bullshit 💀

Damn you havd such a relaxing voice, perhaps consider asmr or something like that?🥴🥴

So they have signs telling women to dress modestly but then you said the white robe was not oppressive and a choice. How can the two not be connected?

Did you know that the word mascara come from Algerian city Mascara where french discovered Algerian eyeliner ;)

Vive l'Algérie ❤🇩🇿