1. women’s agricultural cooperative tamounte imin’tlit

2. the cooperative's board, imin'tlit

3. the fruit of argan tree looks like an olive

4. the 'olives' are dried up in the sun

5. the skin is dry, the walnuts are ready for working

6. Fatima working at the machine skinning the walnuts

7. walnuts are ready to be broken

8. the argan walnuts

9. Mina breaks the walnuts with a stone and a sort of white 'almond' comes out

10. Fatima separates the walnuts from 'almonds'

11. the women take eight hours average for 1l argan oil preparation

12. ‘almond'

13. could not skip: afternoon break with mint tea, amlou, argan oil and home-made bread

14. oven for toasting

15. the traditional grinder

16. traditional process for food argan oil extraction

17. modern equipment: food oil

18. modern equipment: cosmetic oil

19. old and new: a mobile phone in the basket of broken walnuts

20. the showroom

21. amlou: cream of almonds (skinned and toasted), argan oil and honey

22. historical picture of tamounte women: first from right is the director

23. argan trees hills in the area of Essaouira

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