The engineers of water

Collection title

Rihab Attarikh

ID

2MT00038

Source

SOREAD-2M (MA)

First broadcast date

03/22/2010

Production year

2010

Abstract

In Morocco, in the eighteenth century, people adopted rules for sharing water and invented ingenious techniques and systems for the mobilization and management of water. These basic rules were agreed on orally and accepted by the whole society, since they were developed by men of power to deal with conflicts, especially when the resources became scarce. The documentary shows in details the technical management and water sharing through the testimony of historians and the photos of some still existing hydraulic installations in the city of Fez and Tetouan.

Type

video

Production companies

• 2M - Own production

Broadcaster

2M - 2M

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Water issues

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life

Credits / Cast

• Maghraoui Soumaya - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1800 to 1850

Map locations

• Morocco - North - Fez

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

7m26