As Eid approaches, social media has been flooded with posts about «Hak Lmalh», presented as an old Moroccan tradition in which a husband gifts his wife gold after Ramadan. But how much truth is there behind this viral tradition?
In the 1590s, Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur appointed Spanish military leader Judar Pasha to lead a campaign, conquering the Songhai empire in West Africa. Thanks to his army, Morocco took control of gold and salt trade routes.