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youssef 07-Mar-2008 15:16

Omar was born in Taos 1975. As a child, Omar was given the responsibility of looking after his father's sheeps and camels. When he was seven years old he entered the school in Hassi Labied and stayed there till the end of highschool. The last few years of studying was spent in Meknes where Omar got the urge to return to the desert because he could not forget that style of living.

Taos is a small village about 40km away from Hassi labied. Most of the houses were built for soldiers whose duties were to guard the Algerian border.

In the beginning there was no water source in the village and the inhabitants got their water supply from the neighbouring towns which got delivered by trucks.

Omar's father was also working as a soldier in a military and he owned a few camels, one of which was white. During celebrations in the village, a camel race was sometimes had. Omar's father often won these races on the back of his white camel.

Hassi Labied, where Omar lives today is a little village just north or Rissani on the road towards Merzouga. It is right next to the dunes of Erg Chebbi.

In the other direction you have a huge plain of stone desert. The oasis of Hassi Labied is similar to other oasis but with a unique feeling because of its closeness to the great dunes. The village itself consists of mostly mudhouses that blend in quite well with the landscape. These Kasbahs were not part of the landscape in the past few year. In the past, most Erg Chebbi's inhabitants where nomads who lived in tents and travelled across the Sahara desert in caravans to trade. In recent year however, since borders have been drawn between countires which share the Sahara, it is no longer possible to cross into Algeria, Mauretania, Malil or Sudan so tradding has ceased.

The change in climate also effected the lifestyles of the nomads. As it got more and more dry, the rivers and lakes dried up and left carvings in the landscape. The grass soon disappeared leaving a barren land unsuitable for grazing animals.

In Hassi Labied, water conditions were good and this offered the nomads a new life. Date palms were planted and a small argriculture developed in the oasis. In the seventies, tourists slowly began to pour in to Hassi Labied and Merzouga and now it's a well known place on the Moroccan tourist-map. Many things have been modernised in the last few years to facilitate tourism including the asfalting of roads from Rissani to Merzouga.
msn hassi_labied@hotmail.fr
prosophenosia 22-Jan-2008 23:32
Bellissimo. I am speakless.
sheridan barnett 20-Jan-2008 02:28
Wow, your photographs are amazing! You have a real eye for photography, especially when it comes to capturing the people you encounter on your travels. Thanks for sharing them with us!
Matt Latham 03-Nov-2007 20:30
Love your work and your site - very interesting viewing! Well done!
Juergen Hellmann 03-Jun-2007 18:51
Hi Federico,
I like your galleries very much. Good work!!
Best wishes
Juergen
Salah El-Sadek 24-May-2007 23:42
Hey Federico,
I am revisiting again with joy and great admiration to your talent and shots, fantastic variety of subjects and moods, brilliat compo and captures.. keep uploading these beauties..
Vince 17-May-2007 12:10
Hi Federico
Thank you for your visit to my gallery and also for your kind comment and vote. I've also seen your galleries and they are great.
Regards
Vince
Magdalena Kordiuk 14-May-2007 06:13
Really beautiful work. Very impressive, you have talent!
diana 05-May-2007 07:26
You have visited some very interesting places. I enjoyed seeing some of them through your galleries. Thank you.
Zainudin 04-May-2007 07:28
Hi Federico
Very interesting gallery and you have a great travel shot/album. Great work and impressive photography skills you have. Thanks for sharing those experience and photos. I will come back to check out the rest of your gallery.

Regards
Zainudin
Salah El-Sadek 11-Apr-2007 16:04
Hello Fredrico,
Your galleries took us to a very intresting trip for seeing the world through your eyes, I think it is a worthy rich trip full of great scenes and lovely spots.. well done and thanks for sharing..
Brett Hochkins 08-Apr-2007 00:30
Hello Frederico nice to meet you from all the way over in Australia. Thank you for dropping by and for your kind message in my guest book. I also enjoyed browsing through your work too. There are some really nice images... Hope to see you around pbase. Brett
Alain-Philippe BAUDRY-KNOPS 29-Mar-2007 12:44
Thanks Federico
I like you work also
Regards
Alain
Andrija Kasom 28-Mar-2007 08:27
Dear Federico,
You have so beautifuly photos in yours portfolio...Excellent my friend...Greetings from Montenegro old/new country in Europa...I will come back with pleasure...I want you visit Montenegro...
Stan Pierce 15-Feb-2007 16:18
Thank you for visiting my galleries. The photo of Yosemite (1971) is form a slide. After I scanned it I had to clean it up with Paint Shop Pro. Also, I must say that you have a great eye for capturing beauty. Keep up the good work.
Martha Albuquerque 14-Feb-2007 10:16
Hello Federico!
Bravo for your great work! so many excellent collections. Love the way you SEE THINGS!
Thanks for your visit and nice words,
cheers,
Martha
Carlo Colombo 18-Jan-2007 14:24
Ben arrivato su pbase.
Avanti cosģ!