Imagine having so many children, you could run a factory. That's what Moulay Ismail's family looked like. He was a brutal emperor of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty from 1672 - 1727.

The “tight security” I’m sure has something to do with it, but the deeper reason is that the Alaouite dynasty has ruled since the 17th century and is descended from the Prophet Muhammad.

Modern science has yielded some of humankind's greatest achievements, including putting people on the moon and eradicating terrible diseases. However, some science is a little sillier than the ...

The two ensembles are surrounded by a series of ramparts that separate them from one another. In addition to its architectural interest of being built in the Hispano-Moorish style, Meknes is of ...

Ismaïl, who reigned from 1672 to 1727, was the first great sultan of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty, the current royal house of the kingdom. He was Sharifian — that is, he claimed descent from ...

As local American transplant and guide Kristoffer Erickson puts it, Taghia, a remote village in the High Atlas mountains in Central Morocco is like the Yosemite of North Africa. As with many, the ...

But what is not well known is that the Moroccan monarchy — the Alaouite dynasty — is one of the oldest living monarchies in the world. They follow the Sultan's rule ("Qanun Al Sultani ...

As a member of the Alaouite dynasty that has ruled Morocco for some 350 years and claims descent from Prophet Mohammad, the king is considered sacred by the constitution.

In February, on the back of revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, tens of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets, calling for human rights and democracy in a country ruled by the Alaouite dynasty ...

Sultan Moulay Ismaïl, who ruled Morocco between 1672 to 1727 would have had to have had sex with a harem of up to 110 women to father so many children.

Ismaïl, who reigned from 1672 to 1727, was the first great sultan of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty, the current royal house of the kingdom. He was Sharifian — that is, he claimed descent from ...