August 2009 – “Gateway to the Sahara”: Tour the Ourzazate Mellah
Rapheal Elmaleh, Morocco’s only Jewish tour guide and a research advisor to Diarna, leads viewers through the Mellah (old Jewish quarter) of Ourzazate, a city in southern Morocco known as the “gateway to the Sahara” desert. He recounts how, on his first trip to the city, he discovered the Mellah’s last Jew. Raphy also explains the Quarter’s architecture and reveals what has become of its synagogue.