Introduction to Clifford Geertz in Morocco: 'Why Sefrou?
Sefrou is a town situated in north-central Morocco to the south of Fez, where the foothills of the Middle Atlas Mountains meet the western plain (Figure 1). The Arabic term for both the town of Sefrou and its surrounding region – bled Sefrou – was for Geertz and his fellow researchers more than a mere name on a map:
