Far away from the rest of civilisation, one village in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains has managed to overcome harsh living conditions through the construction of a mosque. Oliver Jarvis brings this report.
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Oliver Jarvis is a digital producer for the BBC World Service and is currently based in London.
Previously he was a reporter for China Global Television Network (CGTN), and before that the Online Editor and In-house writer for Asian Geographic Magazines, and a columnist for Southeast Asia.
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