Show real moroccan iii moor and morocco are words un known to the people of that troubled land these people know themselves as arabs and descendants of those valiant upholders ot of the prophets prophet a green standard who swept like a flood ac across roes north africa at the time of the h hegira ex ira the maiocco mot 0 cc 0 of the pros pres ent day they found possessed by a sturdy race who mho claimed descent from the people who mho vere mere cast out of 0 ca naaman by joshua the son eon of nun their countr so far as its plains were concerned was taken aken from them by the arabs and their fighting strength was made to serve the arab cause in ill the conquest of spain they themselves gradually took to he mountains to the gif gibat at ulas here they have remained ever since speak ing their own language maintaining their own customs and racial altri autes and obstinately refusing to be absorbed by the arab dellens del leis on the plains these people are the berbers their tongue la Is called shileah liter they have none la in the ordinary sense of the word but they have a rich stoie of oral tradition myth le 1 gend and folklore |