Morocco
In Morocco, surfing is introducing a new generation of Arab youth to an alternative vision of Western culture, one based on a love of the ocean and the many joys it can provide.
David Morris reports on the growing popularity of surfing and its unique culture among youth in Sidi Ifni, Morocco.
Surfing and Islam. Could there be a more incongruous pairing of cultural sensibilities?
In their dusty Renault, blasting a Sublime song, Los Ifninos—surfers of Sidi Ifni—demonstrate their embrace of transculturation between Western and traditional Moroccan elements.
Leaping into cold water, surfers experience the perfect life—"nobody talks about terrorism, economics, or politics." Surfing is to some Moroccans what soccer is to much of the rest of the world.
The words "surfing" and "Islam" do not generally go together. Yet in Morocco, on Islam's Western shore, surfing has become an increasingly popular sport, attracting waveriders from around the globe.