2BAC WRITING EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH IN MOROCCO

EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH IN MOROCCO

It's a fact that day by day population in Morocco is increasing, and this causes many social, economic, and environmental problems. The main purpose of this essay is to discuss the three main effects of overpopulation in Morocco.

The first major effect of overpopulation in Morocco is unemployment. First of all, there aren't enough sources of jobs in Morocco, so only the most prepared people get a job. This is a great social and economic problem because people who don't work get frustrated and can't support their families.

The second effect of overpopulation in Morocco is the low quality of public services. Natural resources, like water or food, aren't enough for so many people, so there is a lot of thirst and hunger in the country. Also, the level of education is quite low because there are a lot of children or young people who must study, and there are not enough schools or teachers. The same happens with health; hospitals aren't capable of giving attention to all the people who need it, so there are a lot of diseases.

The most significant effect of overpopulation in Morocco is the high level of pollution. Because a great number of people must go by cars, buses and taxis to their jobs at the same time, amazing traffic jams are caused. This, together with the noise caused by vehicles and people, causes a great amount of pollution. Also, every day people generate a lot of trash, and this pollutes both water and ground.

All the effects of over population that I have said make a cycle. For example, pollution causes diseases, and these diseases can't be attended because of the insufficient hospitals. That's why I think that we must find a way to organize all the people who live in this country, so we could live in a better environment and have a better quality of life. We must also learn to take care of the natural resources and think of those who are coming. If we don't stop spending our resources and polluting, the next generations will have a huge problem.

Finally, I think that Morocco needs to generate more sources of jobs, so everybody can work and satisfy their needs.

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2BAC WRITING ACHOURA IN MOROCCO

ACHOURA IN MOROCCO

In Morocco, children of every age celebrate Achoura Festival on the tenth day of Muharram. Families traditionally gather together to have special meals and offer zakat to the poor. Street celebrations, bonfires, and fireworks are other common ways of celebrating Achoura.

Trade, in toys and Taarija drums, is busy as the holiday gets closer. Stores of every size from the working class neighbourhood shops to large shopping centres stock new merchandise just for the Achoura celebration. Dolls, plastic guns, cars, masks, and every other toy imaginable are available. Toys for every budget make choices for the children and family difficult to make.

Some of the shop keepers will even put toys on the floor so that the smallest of the shoppers have access. In addition to the toys, sales of the Taarija drums are on the rise this time of year. They are a long time tradition of the Morocco festival. Children and adults will usually buy a new drum every season. Some have been collecting the Moroccan drums for many years. Friends and families will meet on the big day to play their drum while singing and dancing in Morocco.

Children take the celebrations to the street during the Achoura Festival. Most of them are waiting in anticipation for the big day of Zem Zem. Sharing a name with a well in Mecca, children are free to spray other children and adults with water. Bonfires are lit when evening comes. Participants, wearing new clothes, will sing, leap, and dance around the fires late into the night. In prior years children would set off rockets. This activity has been banned by the government because lack of supervision lead to many serious accidents involving children. Rocket sales are still made by the black market traders and in outlying villages.

On the 10th of Mouharram, which is Achoura Day, Moroccan families prepare a special couscous dish. It’s couscous with dried mutton ( guedid ). This spicy and tasteful meat is kept from the Sacrifice Feast, Aid Al Adha, until Achoura. In the evening, families and neighbours will meet together for a special meal of dried fruits ( hagouza ) and candies of all sorts and colours.

In some remote areas in Morocco, people still keep some traditions which no longer exist in urban ones. In the morning of Achoura Day, children wearing their traditional clothes and chanting “ bida bida lalla “ go from house to house asking the residents for some eggs, a piece of dried mutton or dried fruits, maybe a Halloween with a Moroccan flavour. Before noon, they decide where they are going to celebrate Achoura. One of the families of the village receives them and prepares a collective couscous dish with the meat they have collected in the morning. Many families and their children share in the feast.

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Sincerelyours

And Blessed Are The Ones Who Care For Their Fellow Men!

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