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Can the people of Morocco afford to buy these tiles for their homes?

@@shanthageorge7413 it depends, before up to the 90s even poor ppl houses had them, now only does who actually want them and are in the upper middel class or higher get them, craftsmen started dying and fewer apprentices, and many migrated to Europe or NA,or went working in places that would pay them 5 to 10 times more than in Morocco like Saudi arabia or UAE or even Algeria the neighbors, so meh it's dying in Morocco but spreading elsewhere

it is preserved and passed to next generatiion the state put efforts on this matter, and the rich loves it

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I could easily slap some rocks together and make it "pretty". These guys should be out of business. My humble opinion

Why do I get the feeling you make these tiles haha

@@seanfindlay2726 Man you sound so arrogant

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@@solomon6082 what's your story? why did you leave and where to? I

@@solomon6082 god bless you !

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@@solomon6082 wa fikoum brother, my first name is badr_eddine , what was your city at that time ?

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Very true

Was about to say this, but could not have said it any better, well said.

Beautifully explained

I agree.

This is true for most Indian craftsmen too. Ultimately there will only be a few craftsmen left who will command high prices as the craft will be very niche and available to only the very rich. Or to the Govt if it is able to sponsor the craftsmen. Such exquisite craft can never be a mass product.

yeah, i prefer the machine one ! Not just it is way more cheaper but alsi highly reliable

@@theskywalker8416 these tiles are all over the walls of old castle from the 11th century, it’s very reliable.

@@maghrebi_wa_bidalael no doubt about it ,just if i use those i would have paid like 10x more 😅and i also dont know who i can trust and dont have time to do research for it when i build my hoouse

In my opinion is worth, they shoukd pay them x2 more than the normal price

American here. I'm impressed. Those guys genuinely care about making the best tiles they possibly can. I love it.

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Why did you come over here? I'm wondering why foreigners come over and live here for years, is it education, just exploring..?

@@mamado697 A bit of both, most of them want to study at historic Moroccan universities, others come for freelancing.

@@baathi7358 interesting, what study majors does Morocco has that attract them?

@@mamado697 They have really good high schools and "prepa" for maths. So they made good financial engineers. But it's also because with not so much money you could live well there (the average in France could have a way better life there). If you live in a big city, you can enjoy a kind of life not so different of an european one. I would say it's easier if you speak french. Nowadays, they learn more and more to speak english but a lot of people could still speak french, and you have some french school and "lycée français".

A very humble person..

The teacher learns too as they go along, they just happen to know more and don't need to learn as much. The teacher is no more important than the student, because both are and will continue to learn and are central to the craft being made. The one and the other are the often the same within each other but also seperate. One cannot exist without the other.

Ahmed embodied the growth mindset before it was a thing. Very wise man!

The word "maalem" in Arabic doesn't exactly mean teacher, at least currently. While it can mean a male school teacher but it's not commonly used for that. Here it translates into "master" and it's used to refer to an experienced craftsmen, in construction it is used to refer to a leader of a crew(equivalent to Forman in English)..it also used as an adjective to describe a person very good at what he does.

@@hki4464 thanks for the insight, Arabic is an interesting language with much nuance

Not all of us didn't know some like me knew this is a heritage but it was heavy to understand it but yeah...I agree with you

تمام .. انا مغربية من الجنوب الشرقي.. طلما سافرت في صغري الى مدن اخرى كمراكش او الرباط كنت أعشق الزليج وويلفت نضري ربما لكترة الالوان و الاشكال فيه.. و اشعر بالفخر و انا ارى القيمة اللامادية لهذا الموروث .. هناك في الجنوب الشرقي موروث كذلم للأسف الى الآن لا احد يعطيه قيمة كالقصبات او صناعة الخناجر او مجموعة من الامور.. الناس تميل الآن لبناء المنازل العصرية مستغنين عن الهندسة المعمارية القديمة ما يشكل خطرا يهدد باندثار ذلك الموروث و هناك قصبات قديمة مهددة بالانهيار للأسف ....

Shops and restaurants? Where? The only wealthy international country that doesnt already have beautiful, inviting architecture is the US and they are too cheap to make their "shops and restaurants" look good with genuine art and materials. Styrofoam is working just fine for them and at a fraction of the cost.

SuWoopSparrow I live in a german city with a good amount of old buildings, and almost nothing looks that nice here. I don't mean chain restaurants, I mean nice restaurants. those tiles would go well with any mediterranean theme, people wouldn't know that it's specifically moroccan anyways. in terms of american things, this sort of decoration could work well in malls or more upscale shopping centers. it looks expensive and lifts the mood, I'm pretty sure it can make people spend more money.

@@Ass_of_Amalek I am not saying it wouldnt fit nicely in many places. My point is that European places already look nice if maintained. If your German city with old buildings doesnt look and feel good, its because its not properly maintained. If they wont invest to properly maintain, then they certainly wont spend the money on these tiles. American cities flat out dont spend much money on their aesthetics. They legitimately build with styrofoam in an effort to get the best bang for buck, but it falls short of feeling like true architecture. Theyre not going to be spending money on tiles like this. If they wanted the look of tiles like this, they would make plastic veneers or something to that effect.

SuWoopSparrow no, I don't think lack of maintenance is the issue here. unless you count WW2 strategic bombing as a lack of maintenance. xD even the old stuff that still stands looks a bit boring (though I souldn't put moroccan tiles on that). where do you live? you're overgeneralizing. there are places in america just like in europe where property prices (both commercial and residential) are so high that they pretty much dictate that a large amount of money is also spent on construction. there absolutely is a huge sector of construction in america that uses very expensive materials (fancy stones and woods etc). though I am aware that average construction in america is indeed incredibly flimsy compared to what we're used to in europe, with their weird wood and drywall balloon framing stuff that they insist on building in tornado and hurricane territory and that only lasts for a few decades even if it isn't blown away by a gust of wind.

@@Ass_of_Amalek I grew up in both the US and Europe. Its a generalization, of course. The scope of a YT comment can only go so far. The US has some of the best architecture in the world. The point is that its a minority representation. There is a reason why the world is fascinated with European cities and their walkable, charming nature. The US can do exactly the same thing if they want to and they even have done so in a number of neighborhoods in a number of cities, but the point is its not the standard. Because they can do it with what they have and choose not to, why would they go even further and spend more money to bring in beautiful Moroccan tiles? I am talking about general city decoration and aesthetics. I am not talking about individuals or one-offs.

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@@nctsgrass i think i remember from a statistic, that there actually are.

We as moroccans don't want to let this art die it's just that we can't afford it anymore, as you can see it's labor intensive therefor the price is justified but with a cheaper alternative we can't just keep having it installed in our new homes.

@@souf_ryuOutsource labor to Jaipur, India. lol

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🤣 exactly, i was done with japanese craft that recuire 10 years of training or fruits that cost as much as a car just for being good looking

The Japanese jeans episode is ridiculous. Great job you have the slowest, most tedious way of making what turns out to be a regular looking pair of jeans 👏 here’s $2000 apparently 😒

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@@hichamfarhan8703 - Gee, that's not exaggerated much.

Visit morocco again land of civilization and antiquity, you welcome

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@Berty Wooster Your welcome here bro but Tunisia is another country 😅

Kingdom of Morroco isn’t that old. The people living there are. That’s like saying the United States is so beautiful! The Native Americans have such great culture

@Berty Wooster Don't worry I got the meaning, for my part I have never been to Tunisia but I would have liked. Tangier is my city btw 😄

Except females should never go there.

Ain't that the essence of life?

Knowledge is an endless ocean. The genius of mankind has no limits.

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We don`t die - we just leaving earth, as saved souls - who go up into HEAVEN or as unsaved souls - who go down into torment. Dear soul, read the bible - full of information and an introduction to who GOD is we should serve. We, all - saved and unsaved will put on IMMORTALITY, so not a single part of us should perish, but be everlasting. The torment that awaits for the unsaved: REGRETS, that do not get forgiven (feeling sorry so deeply that it hurts inside yet knowing the whole time (forever) that no forgiven is found for you any longer. Is that enough of the torment? - oh dear soul, no, you will be placed in the middle of a lake full of fire (not water) and you will burn and not dying, for even you, who stayed wicked sinner (unsaved soul) did put on immortality that even single part of you cannot perish, but be everlasting. Now, tell me, is that not a torment? We can have a piece of that torment even here, many of us have been felt sorry/regret of thing we have done- right? - now Imagen, not getting forgiven for rest of your days. See, we are found already in torment, in a temporary torment. In the lake of fire, THE TORMENT LAST FOREVER. DAY AND NIGHT WITHOUT ANY KIND OF REST. NO DAY(S) OFF. Even if you have been there (in torment) already for millions and trillions of years, you`ll be there same long. That`s the something, we are trying you all warn about. Instead of dying twice, you`ll choose LIFE. The life(promises) that GOD promise to give us , IF WE REPENT AND BORN AGAIN =GET SAVED. “Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.” Psalms 27:7 (KJV) How to deal with BIBLE? 1.) read it from 1st page (1.testament) to the last page (2. testament) = getting to know the text that`s in the bible, 2.) Start to study the bible, why it is written the way it was and what kind of picture does it actually give us. 3.) While hunger for truth - one receives the COMFORTER - THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO WILL TEACH US AND BRING INTO OUR REMEMBRANCE ALL THING JESUS TOLD US. 4.) congratulations, you now also knowing and understanding the harsh truth like i do. aka the heavenly wisdom.

@@theharshtruthoutthere you said you red the bible but have you understood its content the most important example when jesus said there is only one god the one true god our father in heaven....care to explaine what he is trying to say...if jesus is god like the christians claim then why does god has a god that answers to and prayes to and fears and serves and worshipes and why arn`t the christians are doing the same as jesus did by worshiping this one true god instead of a trinitarian concept that makes no scence that jesus never preached.. and why are they leaving jesus`s teachings of a unitarian god belief that in aramiac he called '' Ellah'' the creator of the univers jesus`s god and your god ...

@@theharshtruthoutthere in the bible it says no one have seen or can see god but jesus was seen by the people meaning he was just a man ,,thr bible also says that god alone is immortal ..but according to the christian doctrine jesus was beaten to death and killed by some guys and crusified ,,so this means jesus was just a man like you and me exepte he was a loyale servant of god ..you find many counterdictions in the bible and the church`s doctrine so tell me should i believe the bible ''jesus`s teachings sent to him from god'' or the churche`s nonsence that was fabricated after his time.

@@thesonsofliberty6205 Okay, you seem to find that part to understand still hard, but you do know and understand that the REAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS THE HUMAN BODY ITSELF. For a real Christ follower, there`s no reasons to step into a earthly church (into manmade building).

@@thesonsofliberty6205 JESUS is GOD in flesh - but JESUS is also a man/human, an example for us of how we all should live. The body of JESUS was created, yes, BUT the SPIRIT was and is GOD himself. GOD himself came down form HIS heavenly Thrown and filled his earthly vessel (human body), no extra new spirit was created. Every time a new human born =a new SPIRIT is created little time before the body was fully made. The reason for a SON called JESUS was: so that the whole mankind (all humans ever lived) could be REDEEMED. Didn`t even JESUS himself went on the mountain to pray TO GOD. Where did He looked? Did He rise His eyes towards the heavens or not? Whosoever has seen the SON has seen the FATHER. For they are ONE. ONE GOD -in 3 FATHER SON HOLY GHOST. GOD created humans also all in 3. (spirit - soul - body = man/human.

You're right I just watched their journey in the met channel

Same 😘

And hash 😅

Man never been there but morrocan food In southern France was amazing roasted lamb stew over a grain i forget the name of

I was blessed to be able to spend one month in Morocco for work. Incredible would be an understatement. I plan to go back. One of my favorites places I’ve ever been. And I’ve been all over the world.

@@Aztesticals possibly couscous?

Salam. I also want to visit to learn. Would you please give me the address of that factory in fez.

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@BorekSigar it's zbi

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@@nonof6500 you're damn right 😂

Same

there are lots of items that you can get and that are just as complex and artistic as Zellige from Morocco, you should definitely go visit Fes, a truly breath taking place

Allah dont have child Allah is one and muhammad is his messenger

@@user-xs9jo6qb2n She did not say she is Allah's child. She said God's child. So chill ايها المنطرف. تبا لك ولمن علمك

Right? Man, so much craftsmanship

@@bmo14lax That too, but mostly the back. They must have a very strong core.

@Truth And Justice I didn’t find it complicated. I found it poetic and philosophic.

@@JammCo agreed

@Truth And Justice he's chief artisan and designer.. he's well paid!

@Truth And Justice if you master it other can too but if you own it, your mark will be so unique that it will become a legacy for your name. There is no complications, he knows exactly what he's saying.

Knowledge=time+attention

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@@Hana-wr4rg much appreciation ❤

I think it shold be a UNESCO Humanity hirtage if it hasn't already been so.

​@@NEWz206 It's already registered

@@ahmedharvey6740 👍👍

By hand

@@poiuytrewq2913 No, I meant it, by head for the design. He never had a sheet or something to help him, he just knew. And couldn't even check it, because, as you see, he reversed them.

Are you rich?

@@file8229 I'm not, but my father is ok. (He is the one who bought it) It wasn't cheap but not as expensive as the video says.

the parts with concave corners look difficult, those are definitely going to tend to crack.

Hi. Could u pls give me the address of that workshop. I want to make a visit there.

Greeting to you and algerians too from morocco 🇩🇿🇲🇦🇩🇿🇲🇦

have you taken action and practice doing these?

If you're rich this is paradise with everything you might dream of. But for the common people it's far from it unfortunately

@@Almighty_DarkLord I think you might be wrong, I am moroccan and we're living so good. In every coutry, there are issues, not only in Morocco. People are living with faith and love. It's such a fairy tail that all moroccan are living in war.

@@sofiamari9642 that's what I said. Most people who live day by day counting pennies, they don't exactly have the luxury to ponder the arts and the beauty. I also live in this shiter and while it has it's positives. I just can't see the world through rose tinted glasses. So don't assume your life is a baseline. But even with all of that I prefer living here over "the land of the free" cus that's just hell

@@Almighty_DarkLord I respect your perspective

@@Almighty_DarkLord like letterly every country on this world…

@Son Of Rabat it's not about that. People who do this kind of work are extremely skilled, but they're not paid enough, because no one can afford to buy tiles that would require them to take a loan. Also it's not like mass produced tiles couldn't mimic this, they could, people just think that automated stuff has to be flawless so no one even goes exploring that possibility. You could easily waterjet cut tiles to fake these kinds of designs and glazing with different shades is also nothing spectacular.

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For Moroccans it's not cheap considering the minimum monthly salary of 300$, but after exporting it can be much more due to some shady export lobby which profits from the art produced by theses craftsmen

@@medmedin4541 greedy tile shops profit the most

Remember one thing: $100 in US is not the same as $100 in Morocco.

@@nieczerwony a 100 bucks is a 1000 dirhams in morocco. Stop acting like theres a huge difference in currency

@@AndalusianPrince Easy there big boy.

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That may sounds reasonable for western standers, but when you take in consideration the leveling standers of Morocco then you can understand why it's called "expensive". Most of the Moroccans consider this art a luxury.

@@ExaoSS that is very true, I also imagine shipping heavy stone across an ocean isn't the cheapest thing to do😄

@@ExaoSS 2 or three thousand on a back splash does not sound reasonable even for western standards thats alot. Most people would not spend that amount on just the tiles and then you have to factor in fitting as well. You're looking at at least about £3500 for a back splash nope that's deffinately not reasonable.

If 2 grand is reasonable for backsplash, you've got more money than you know what to do with.

@@mohammedkhan2020 well yeah 2 thousand for subway tiles would be a scam. But did you watch the video those tiles are beautiful 😍

صدقني لا ننسى وصيه أسلافنا المنعمون ❤️

Because the first buyers of Moroccan craftsmanship are themselves: Moroccans, they are jealous of their identity and their age-old culture, even if it's expensive, they make an effort to have this treasure at home, in the shops. and especially in public buildings such as hospitals, town halls, etc.

I missed the part where they discussed the glaze ingredients.

You've learnt it from the Algerians like Couscous

@@nimozuz2109 Who learned from the other, was it the one who built empires or who was just a follower of empires, Morocco built great empires since the era of the Almoravids, the Almohads, the Marinids, the Saadians, what do you have? You have no history, no heritage, no culture, just vassals to us and to the Ottomans and the French, you have nothing, you just steal The history and culture of your neighbors, this is what you study in the courses that your generals write for you.

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@@nimozuz2109 l''Algérie n'existe pas. L'Algérie est un État moderne créé par la france. Et la moindre preuve est que je vous mets au défi de me donner le nom d'un souverain, roi ou président de l'Algérie avant la colonisation française ou la colonisation ottomane

@@manalsss3819 Massinissa, Kusaila , .. la liste est longue, le roi du Maroc installé par la France à failli régné que le nord laissant le sud au Berber,

Crazy Algeria 🇩🇿🤥👎🤡

واحد السنطيحة عند الكراغلة مايمكنش ،الله يبعدهم علينا

true culture appropriation is cancer

ليس التاريخ فقط ، بدون مجهود أيضاً، و هذا مايحز في النفس أكتر يعني يريدون نسبه حتى إن لم يستطيعوا إنجازه؟

Because it’s origin is algerian not morrocan, and it’s proven by Alaeddin Marzouki, an architect and interior designer specializing in Islamic heritage, says that the history of zellij goes back to Algeria 🤨

@@jkvvhm507 هذا قول أما نحن فلدينا كتب لتاريخ الزليج المغربي ولعلك لم تقرأ كتاب ابن خلدون عن المغرب وعن العمارة المغربية ابن خلدون قد فصل في ذلك لذلك نحن لا نحتاج الى مؤرخ جزائري حاقد ليسرق وينسب لنفسه في حين لن تجد صانع واحد في الجزائر للزليج المغربي المغرب لديه الاف وملايين صناع الزليج وعندما تذهب الى أي دولة عربية او أجنبية وتريد ان تعرف موطن الزليج سيقولون لك المغرب الكل يعرف ان الزليج مغربي موري وليس جزائري لذلك لا تفرع لنا رأسنا باكاذيبك

@@jkvvhm507 The only Moroccan Zellige you have in Algeria was made by Moroccans. You can keep lying and inventing a history for your country that didn't even exist when the Zellige was developed and produced centuries ago in Morocco

@@jkvvhm507 the palace that adidas based the shirt design from was built by the Almohads. It’s a Moroccan craft in this day and age because only Moroccans still make it today in our traditional style. Algerians and Tunisians stopped making zellige hundreds of years ago. Historically it belonged to all of North Africa, not just Algeria. If anything it’s believed it originated in Tunisia because of inspiration from Byzantine tile work.

​@jkvv hm the idea of a flag could be made by one nation. But do idea of flags belong to only one nation today? No, each nation has own flag they own. Same with this. Product of their labor belongs to the laborers of the nation. Not Algeria. Morrocoo ❤

What are you talkin about? Couscous is a Berber / Amazigh dish, Zellige is Amazigh, the Alawites ruled in Morocco only since 1666, before that you had only Amazigh ruling dynasties, Morocco is 99 percent Amazigh country, the architecture, the gastronomy, the DNA, the river and mountainnames, the city's names are all Amazigh stop lying to yourself

@@sadaqataljariya I think he means the land in terms of Moorish heritage. Moorish includes Amazigh, Roman, Andalusian, Carthaginian, etc... Traditions. And those do date back a long time

@@ColonelFluffles Hello Sir, this exactly what i meant !! Thank you 👍 By the way, i'm Amazighe from RIF (North Of Morocco 🇲🇦). You have a good knowledge about Moroccan History !! Take care and have a good day !!

@@sadaqataljariya قوم إذا مس النعال وجوهكم، شكت النعال بأي ذنب تضرب

@@sadaqataljariya amazigh is a wide word, it means all of north africa, this art is Moroccan. Don't tell me you're one of those séparatists riffians who live in the netherlands using government free money.

I love thier Riad, so unique, garden inside the home

Welcome to my country anytime ❤️

Exatly, i confirm, even in the public baths, latrines, and some alley, these were "common tiles" in the past..

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Absolutely beautiful tiles ♥️

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Fun fact : The meaning of the world "Japan" is the land of the rising sun The meaning of the world "Maghrib" (which is the name of Morocco in arabic) is the land of the setting sun

@@Anas-im4gt very interesting! Very good to know

That logic as we know that Morocco and Japan one of oldest monarchs in the world

@@samafatimazahra Yeah, that too. Really weird when you think about it I mean both the land of rising and setting sun have oldest monarchies in the world.

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They thought zellige is algerian cause they have some riads in telmcen with zellige , while they don't know that telmcen was under almohads dynasty rule , and france colonisation gave it to them , but thankfully we still have some workshops of zellige in morocco and they don't