Traditional Moroccan colors range from vibrant shades of gold, red, orange ... my aunts and their other women friends to talk about every single detail of the kaftan. What will be the color?

Seven months pregnant, she sat patiently, wearing a brown djellaba, a long robe with a hood, embroidered in orange and a matching orange hijab to cover her hair. About 10 other women sat alongside ...

The newly appointed morchidat may also serve as role models for Moroccan women who hope to be educated and become paid professionals (the morchidat earn a salary equivalent to about $500 a month).