Dakhla is set to host the 14th edition of the Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan Global Kitesports Associations (GKA) Kitesurf World Cup and the 3rd edition of the Global Wingsports Association (GWA ...

A thousand shades of blue. Aziz Ouakrim, a kite instructor, is one of the pioneers of this sport in Dakhla, having done it for 20 years. "There were no hotels, nor international flights.

Abdellahi lbikam, 28, used to be a kitesurfing instructor in Dakhla. "I was born there and tried to open my own business but I never received the authorisation from the Moroccan authorities," he said.

Seventeen hundred kilometres south of Casablanca lies the town of Dakhla, in Western Sahara. Featuring music, windsurf and kitesurf events, the Dakhla festival is also a chance for Morocco to ...