IN PICTURES: In Morocco, it’s the women who carry the Atlas
Published date: 22 April 2015 18:41 BST
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Women in the mountain village of Tizi Oussem (MEE/Rik Goverde)
Yemna Ait Lmâlame with the traditional bread she bakes for her family. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
A young Amazigh girl carries a heavy load up to the village, while herding cattle at the same time. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
A woman in Tizi Oussem carrying a heavy load on her back, up the hill to her house. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
A woman in Tizi Essoume carrying a heavy load on her back, up the hill to her house (MEE/Rik Goverde)
The women of Tizi Oussem carry wood on their backs up to the village. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
An old woman in Tizi Oussem carrying a heavy load of crops up the hill into the village. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
An old woman in Tizi Oussem carrying a heavy load of herbs up the hill. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
Jamou Ait Talb Mbark is tending to her cow under the young aple trees. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
The Amazigh woman Jamou Ait Talb Mbark with her daughter. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
Samira and her sibblings in the kitchen of their house in Tizi Oussem (MEE/Rik Goverde)
Samira (left) and her brother and sister (front) standing outside their house in the Amazigh village of Tizi Oussem. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
16-year old Amazigh girl Malika Benazzou dropped out of school. When she’s not working in the house or in the Azzaden valley, she weaves carpets. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
Yemna Ait Lmâlame takes her sheep down to the valley. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
A woman and child look out over the Azzaden valley. (MEE/Rik Goverde)
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