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Quotes are by Tomas from "The Falcon Room."

"The foothills of the rugged Rif Mountains, Hassad’s territory, begin to rise somewhere near Tetouan, the largest town in the area and where he had spent his adolescent years. Fascinated, I had read about his people in my guidebook; the Riffians were a Spanish-influenced people known for their rebelliousness and wildness."

Packs of Rifs hung around the road: the women, dressed in red and white striped cotton costumes and huge straw hats with tassels and selling cheese and honey; the men trying to peddle things to motorists: cheap radios, cameras, clothing—things smuggled out of the duty-free port of Ceuta. And then there were the young men that offered you kif, popping out of the brush and standing right in the open, pretending to roll a joint.

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