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Morocco Set for Sheepless Eid as Drought Persists
- Morocco is encouraging people to avoid traditional sheep sacrifices during Eid al-Adha due to ongoing drought, as mentioned by Fatima Kharraz.
- The country is facing its seventh consecutive year of drought, which has led to a decline in livestock numbers.
- Red meat prices have increased, making it unaffordable for many Moroccans, where the minimum wage is just over 3,000 dirhams .
- The king's appeal has been met with understanding from the people of Morocco.
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For the first time since 1996, Moroccans celebrated the feast of sacrifice without slaughtering sheep, whose livestock was decimated by a dramatic drought.
Sacrifice festival suspended after 30 Years
In a historic and emotionally charged decision, Morocco has officially canceled the traditional Eid al-Adha sheep sacrifice—commonly referred to as the “Lamb Festival”—for the first time in three decades. The cancellation comes in response to an enduring drought, a shrinking national herd, and deepening economic hardship across the country. King Mohammed VI made the unprecedented announcement… Source
Drought, rising prices and dwindling herds undercut this year's Eid al-Adha in North Africa
Flocks of sheep once quilted Morocco’s mountain pastures, stretched across Algeria’s vast plateaus and grazed along Tunisia’s green coastline. But the cascading effects of climate change have sparked a region-wide shortage that is being felt acutely as Muslims throughout North Africa celebrate Eid al-Adha.Each year, Muslims slaughter sheep to honor a passage of the Quran in which the prophet Ibrahim prepared to sacrifice his son as an act of obe…
The lambs were shooting a year ago in the open field of Tabriquet, a popular market that moves the atmosphere of deep Morocco to the urban heart of Salé, bordering Rabat. On the eve of Eid el Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice that culminates the Muslim celebrations two months after Ramadan, this time there are no live sheep for sale in Tabriquet for slaughter in each home, as commanded by the Islamic tradition in memory of Abraham, ready to cut his s…
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