Geography Now! MAURITANIA

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  • @GeographyNow
    @GeographyNow  6 років тому +651

    Welcome to the land of "Wind and poets" and dang, for a country mostly covered in sand they sure know how to talk to dolphins! As one of the least visited countries of the world #Mauritania remains quite the controversial enigma on a global scale and today we attempt to scratch the surface. The hot, dry sandy surface. ENJOY!

    • @sadiq._sm7
      @sadiq._sm7 6 років тому +6

      Geography Now hi Barry I am a huge fan

    • @moroccangeographer8993
      @moroccangeographer8993 6 років тому +4

      I am from Morocco, and the only thing I should know about Mauritania is that it should belong to us, and that it's empty, dry, and full of sand and iron.

    • @glorydavid3049
      @glorydavid3049 6 років тому

      Geography Now Dembele or Dumbelame

    • @marketingproms
      @marketingproms 6 років тому +11

      Hi Paul! I hope you make justice to the saharawi people in the Mauritania and Morocco episodes. Western Sahara is legally the last colony in Africa. We've suffered a lot and still have to live in refugee camps, under ocupation or abroad. Families are separated, people barely have their basic needs and human rights fullfilled and youth have a future with very little oportunities. Me myself I live abroad in Spain, but i was born and raised in the refugee camps in Algeria. I want to send you a letter and items from my culture, but I'm waiting to gather with some friends. Hope it will be soon! Free Western Sahara!

    • @tianab17
      @tianab17 6 років тому

      Geography Now HELLO BARBY!!!

  • @elviselvis6820
    @elviselvis6820 6 років тому +541

    Thank you I always wondered what the red on their flag stood for

    • @GeographyNow
      @GeographyNow  6 років тому +115

      Welll you know.... stay tuned for Friday ;)

    • @ddddirge
      @ddddirge 6 років тому +21

      good grief, if only this episode starts around 1 or 2 years early it wouldn't happened XD

    • @elviselvis6820
      @elviselvis6820 6 років тому +11

      Geography Now yeah I will you are my favorite food channel

    • @ZoborWarrior
      @ZoborWarrior 6 років тому +6

      Always? Sure, its there since last year. :D

    • @elviselvis6820
      @elviselvis6820 6 років тому

      Ggdivhjkjl ofc lol son

  • @adamalvares5963
    @adamalvares5963 6 років тому +885

    Geography Now! Zimbabwe
    Hey everyone, I am your host Barby Jr.
    btw Ken Jr. , you are fired.

    • @desephir7623
      @desephir7623 6 років тому +48

      Rhodesia*

    • @JC05
      @JC05 6 років тому +9

      xD

    • @brokkrep
      @brokkrep 6 років тому +14

      Hope Barby reads this. Dont forget all the nations exist until this

    • @randemize9595
      @randemize9595 6 років тому +18

      Rhodesians never die

    • @maghrebmapping4281
      @maghrebmapping4281 6 років тому +4

      Zimbabwe wont even Exist Sadly :C

  • @tobiasfunke3770
    @tobiasfunke3770 6 років тому +261

    This is the best educational channel on UA-cam

  • @mohamedleminemaouloud5215
    @mohamedleminemaouloud5215 6 років тому +376

    I'm from Mauritania, and thank you for this well searched episode, eventhough theres some mistakes. Great video!

    • @محمدالسبيعي-ظ9د
      @محمدالسبيعي-ظ9د 4 роки тому +2

      10,000 Subscribers with 3 videos ? No

    • @gmusic9026
      @gmusic9026 4 роки тому +5

      I want to go to mauritania will you help me?

    • @oluwadamilola6233
      @oluwadamilola6233 3 роки тому

      Lol

    • @Eacm114
      @Eacm114 3 роки тому +5

      Is your Arabic dialect very different from egyptian, syrian, lebanese, and Iraqi arabic?

    • @KNG-fm1kj
      @KNG-fm1kj 3 роки тому +2

      @@Eacm114 yes obviously, it's in north west africa

  • @mazelrinefinder6990
    @mazelrinefinder6990 4 роки тому +200

    I'm from the Phillipines and I went to Mauritania back in May 2012 with my parents because my dad is a seaman and me and mom invited us to join with him in his work inside of a cargo ship (my dad's ship came from Israel so me and mom have to travel to see him and we travel to Mauritania to dock) If I remember, we docked to Nouadhibou and we decided to go to buy supplies. We have a tour guide from that place and he is VERY NICE. I asked him what language did they use and he said Arabic and French. We stopped to a Chinese restaurant there to eat in Nouadhibou where they are also Chinese that are working there. I remember that there is a train that is so long! Our tour guide told us they are importing dynamite? I forgot but I heard it is dynamite. I wish we could travel more in Mauritania but we only have a short time to go back to our ship. I never got a chance to try their actual food from Mauritania (just the Chinese restaurant there) but next time. Love from the Philippines! 🇵🇭🇲🇷

    • @hamataghi3980
      @hamataghi3980 3 роки тому +5

      I am from Mauritania, thank you very much, hello to the Filipino people, and we hope you will come back.

    • @ramonacamarillo5253
      @ramonacamarillo5253 3 роки тому +1

      I’m Filipino Mauritania Glad that you liked it

    • @mohamedenahmed9799
      @mohamedenahmed9799 2 роки тому

      مزفطك

    • @princeprince5170
      @princeprince5170 2 роки тому

      @@ramonacamarillo5253
      Are you Filipino Mauritania?

    • @princeprince5170
      @princeprince5170 2 роки тому

      You are very welcome to visit us again to show the culture, and the food

  • @benedictebro
    @benedictebro 6 років тому +656

    Can we please get Nick for the male voice of Alexa

  • @ramimroueh2769
    @ramimroueh2769 6 років тому +453

    Woah! So awesome! You really bring countries to life! Surprised you don’t get sponsors from tourism boards

    • @GeographyNow
      @GeographyNow  6 років тому +173

      I favorited this so that it will appear in the top comments so that hopefully a tourism board will see it and possibly consider sponsoring. BUT HEY! I mean YOU STARTED IT So......

    • @ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548
      @ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548 6 років тому +6

      The buthan episode got a few comments.

    • @PrincessLockette
      @PrincessLockette 6 років тому +8

      Rami Mroueh he got sponsered to go to greenland

    • @C1azed
      @C1azed 6 років тому +5

      Rami Mroueh most boards are not national wide

    • @duckymomo7935
      @duckymomo7935 6 років тому +1

      Red 7
      Boards also aren’t

  • @abdellahibouh9808
    @abdellahibouh9808 6 років тому +1427

    I'm from Mauritania and I can tell you've made some mistakes. For example, Nouakchott doesn't mean "place of winds", it means "Camels of Beach" (Nouak = Camels) and (chott = beach). but thank you most of the information​ in the video are correct.

    • @tijanitij1361
      @tijanitij1361 6 років тому +53

      @PolSmokesPot ! Yeah I'm Mauritanian and i wish that too, no lie, it would've been amazing if we were one country

    • @tijanitij1361
      @tijanitij1361 6 років тому +14

      @PolSmokesPot ! I'm here in morocco right now lol

    • @maesmmb
      @maesmmb 6 років тому +2

      Tijani Tij krdtaaaak 😁

    • @josephwiseman9592
      @josephwiseman9592 6 років тому +11

      I also want to correct that nouakchott doesn't mean Camels of beach it means ( Noua = Hot ; Kchott = Wood ) in Tamazight language

    • @parmesan4291
      @parmesan4291 6 років тому +1

      Oky

  • @rolithesecond
    @rolithesecond 5 років тому +163

    Anyone else here after watching Bald and Bankrupt in Mauretania?

  • @patrickw123
    @patrickw123 6 років тому +49

    I lived in Mauritania when I was a kid and, yes, this description is spot on correct. It's a harsh, desolate land and it's amazing how the culture developed here. Good job as usual! As for food, the description should basically be mint tea, goat, and couscous, then more mint tea, goat, and couscous, then more...

  • @afinoxi
    @afinoxi 6 років тому +163

    I'll buy that "The Saget Saga" if you sell it

  • @kyrgyzjeff4550
    @kyrgyzjeff4550 6 років тому +241

    Mauritania indeed seems like a mysterious place.

    • @minachercheuse7299
      @minachercheuse7299 5 років тому +33

      Lol seing this type of talk being told about my country is so funny. No we're just normal people. Very kind and ordinary. That's why there isn't much attention towards us.

    • @abderrahmane1840
      @abderrahmane1840 5 років тому +5

      mina Chercheuse that’s true, we litterally don’t have any problems or anything with the outside we’re just watching it all happen.

    • @MM168NSX
      @MM168NSX 5 років тому +10

      @@minachercheuse7299check out bald and bankrupt's new video.. There's a reason why the govt advises no one to travel there.

    • @potatoeskimos
      @potatoeskimos 4 роки тому +10

      @@minachercheuse7299 "Kind and ordinary" isn't a good indicator why people don't travel there.

    • @banger2998
      @banger2998 4 роки тому +2

      I have never heard of this place....my entire life has been a lie

  • @amg5671
    @amg5671 6 років тому +377

    One of my favorite African countries. I'm from Ghana.

    • @mauritaniamint
      @mauritaniamint 6 років тому +13

      yagyag yahee it does.. there are both white and black people in mauritania.. and it kinda make sense cause we’re between Morocco (99% white) and Senegal (99% black)

    • @tambal40
      @tambal40 5 років тому +6

      @@mauritaniamint isn't Mauritania like 50% berber

    • @nachameite1378
      @nachameite1378 5 років тому

      Thanks brother

    • @caps1075
      @caps1075 5 років тому +1

      @Hamoody Deeb youre wrong arabophones are arab speakers

    • @angryreader8857
      @angryreader8857 5 років тому

      @سعودي و القلب فلسطيني I'm from Bani Hassan, Tejikanet from my dad, Kinta from my mom

  • @rodrigoptks7842
    @rodrigoptks7842 6 років тому +8

    It's amazing the way you handle each country. It is clear that you conduct in-depth research on each country and its culture, knowing points that value each region of the world, and this is what, for me, makes your content even more extraordinary.

  • @JaleelBeig
    @JaleelBeig 6 років тому +244

    I'd like to take a guess what the flag represents.
    Star represents the people.
    The crescent for Islam.
    Yellow for the sandy land that makes up majority of the country.
    Green represents the hope for better future. Maybe even Islam again.
    And then red. *(begin violently mentally headbanging) BBBBLOOOOODDDD OFF THOOOSE WHOOO FIIIGHT FOORRRR THE FREEDOMMMMMMM**

    • @senorsiro3748
      @senorsiro3748 6 років тому +24

      Shark Team The addition of the red is fairly new, and along with the raising of the rebel flag over Libya, makes the Jamaican flag the only country flag on earth to have neither red, white, nor blue.

    • @juicylemon4154
      @juicylemon4154 6 років тому +7

      Señor Sirowatko *hmm*
      🇨🇨🇲🇷🇯🇲

    • @JaleelBeig
      @JaleelBeig 6 років тому +6

      Cocos is under Australia though, not independent country

    • @senorsiro3748
      @senorsiro3748 6 років тому +4

      Juicy Lemon and the other is the old Maurit flag

    • @samiouldzeine8076
      @samiouldzeine8076 6 років тому +5

      the red is actually in memory of soldiers who fought for freedom 😂😂😂😂

  • @adam0478
    @adam0478 6 років тому +350

    Love to our Mauritanian brothers from Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇷

    • @mohamedit5014
      @mohamedit5014 6 років тому +20

      Viva Mauritania 🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷

    • @hbenabda1966
      @hbenabda1966 6 років тому +35

      *l am half Mauritania and Moroccan*
      *Thank you brother*

    • @moustaphabaya7887
      @moustaphabaya7887 6 років тому +20

      Yes shout out to all moroccans from a mauritanian

    • @Baazigar_007
      @Baazigar_007 5 років тому +10

      @@hbenabda1966 is it true more than half Mauritanians are Hafiz Quran

    • @Rweymi
      @Rweymi 5 років тому +6

      Bazil Adnan as a Muslim country lhmdllh we tend to focus on Quran recitation, so yes a decent amount of the population is lhmdllh hafiz❤️

  • @mrguy452
    @mrguy452 6 років тому +382

    I don't really get why people only the countries they know...I think learning about a country you knew almost nothing about is far more entertaining!

    • @Lugmillord
      @Lugmillord 6 років тому +36

      Definitely. I especially adore the tiny pacific island nations.

    • @greatwolf5372
      @greatwolf5372 6 років тому +12

      @@Lugmillord Yeah the Pacific islands are my favorite.

    • @sunspotmill1291
      @sunspotmill1291 6 років тому +18

      I love learning more about countries that I know the least about!

    • @ReverendMeat51
      @ReverendMeat51 6 років тому +6

      Agreed, love these ones

    • @alexandergilles8583
      @alexandergilles8583 6 років тому +23

      Mongolia is gonna be sooooo interesting. It’s like the 20th largest country but 230th most densely populated. I feel like no one knows ANYTHING about it other than the mongols. That’s one I’m really looking forward to

  • @bilalitani803
    @bilalitani803 6 років тому +106

    Much love to Mauritania from Lebanon!

    • @valen23arg
      @valen23arg 5 років тому +7

      Love lebanon from argentina!

    • @medleminahmed2134
      @medleminahmed2134 4 роки тому +6

      Much love to lebanon😍😍😍😍 from Mauritania

    • @lemzo6ix
      @lemzo6ix 4 роки тому +8

      oh i'm mauritanian and live in Lebanon

  • @StaxxxInMyJeans
    @StaxxxInMyJeans 5 років тому +19

    Mauritania is very interesting country, I was working in theirs offshore sector for almost two years. Mauritians are friendly persons. In my opinion someone should invest there in tourism, this country has big potential in this sector.

  • @ashaydwivedi420
    @ashaydwivedi420 6 років тому +24

    This person is progressing very fast! Watching since Bahamas. Love you 😍

    • @dams6829
      @dams6829 6 років тому +2

      Yeah jokes aside I think he will be at Zimbabwe next year.

  • @RyanBrenner52906
    @RyanBrenner52906 5 років тому +145

    Comments:
    80% LOVE YOU MAURITANIA
    10% You forgot Atlantis
    10% other

  • @geogking
    @geogking 6 років тому +95

    lol at 2:32 he showed a photo of the Meteor Crater site (Barringer Crater) in Arizona when talking about Kiffa. The snow-capped mountains in the background and the road leading to the impact site should've been dead giveaways. Kiffa was a very small meteorite impact in 1970. Tenoumer is the large ancient impact crater in Mauritania.

    • @joaohmendonca
      @joaohmendonca 6 років тому +8

      It took me too much scrolling to find this! Came to say the same!

    • @liamvarin6209
      @liamvarin6209 6 років тому +8

      I live in Arizona and thank you for noticing that! I've been to the crater and it seemed familiar lol.

    • @terry7987
      @terry7987 5 років тому

      @@liamvarin6209 DST is trash right?

    • @lvglen
      @lvglen 2 роки тому

      Another former Arizona resident here, now living in southern Utah... I went to college in Flagstaff at the foot of those mountains in the background. They're called the San Francisco Mountains, but it's not because you can see all the way to San Francisco from the top. It just seems that way. Anyway, I was going to comment that the Mauritanian crater bore a striking resemblance to Meteor Crater in Arizona, but I'm a couple of years too slow I guess. YYeah, the snow-capped peaks gave it away.😯

  • @alexandergilles8583
    @alexandergilles8583 6 років тому +4

    I love the guest stars. Your Ethiopia, Ecuador, Ireland, Egypt, and South Korea episodes are so cool with the guests you had in them! Looking forward to seeing nick and hopefully more guest stars!

  • @karima_MK
    @karima_MK 6 років тому +3

    I can't believe we started to follow your channel 3 years ago. It has helped me a lot with english. Look forward to see venezuela.

  • @bromanHenk1
    @bromanHenk1 6 років тому +30

    I sailed across the Atlantic from The Grand Canaries to the Caribbean, on the way we passed just to far away from Mauritania to see. Looking at the GPS was the first time I’d seen the name nouakchott, ever since I’ve wanted to visit this mysterious place I spent so much time so close to, but never being able to visit

  • @manimathi5269
    @manimathi5269 6 років тому +236

    Love you MAURITANIA from India🇮🇳

  • @rushopolis
    @rushopolis 6 років тому +166

    *Home of the lost city of Atlantis*

    • @gevara454
      @gevara454 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah the ass of sahara is atlantis

    • @gevara454
      @gevara454 3 роки тому

      Sorry for the auto correct the eye of Africa

  • @fons8313
    @fons8313 3 роки тому +10

    As a Morrocan Mauritania is such a mysterious place not talked about alot on the news

  • @البشيرالأمين-ت9ح
    @البشيرالأمين-ت9ح 5 років тому +3

    Thanks a lot for the effort you puts in I'm a mauritanian citizen and I really appreciate it

  • @pasquill
    @pasquill 6 років тому +32

    "pretty difficult to transition from that topic. Err... Here's Keith on base!"

    • @Hey-py2hb
      @Hey-py2hb 6 років тому +2

      It is weird he said that at the moment I was reading your comment .XD

  • @yazan770
    @yazan770 6 років тому +186

    Much love to our Mauritanian Brothers from Syria

    • @yazan770
      @yazan770 6 років тому +15

      PolSmokesPot !
      Akhi thank you very much for your kindness we LOVE you too
      ❤🇸🇾❤ 🇲🇦❤
      I also hope that i one day can visit Casablanca , Marrakesch , and Of course Chefchoun 💙💙
      Long live Morocco ✌❤

    • @proeuropean5703
      @proeuropean5703 6 років тому +5

      MYM Love to Syria and Morocco ❤️✌🏾👍🏾🤝💪🏾

    • @yazan770
      @yazan770 6 років тому +2

      @@proeuropean5703 ❤❤

    • @proeuropean5703
      @proeuropean5703 6 років тому +3

      MYM ❤️❤️

    • @benyameenyitzhak1036
      @benyameenyitzhak1036 6 років тому +1

      How's the war going?

  • @qudratullahsael7726
    @qudratullahsael7726 5 років тому +21

    سلام and love from افغانستان (Afghanistan) to my Mauritanian brothers & sisters.

  • @honeybadgerkid1600
    @honeybadgerkid1600 6 років тому +3

    Barby!! You are seriously THE BEST geography UA-camr out there!! I've looked briefly at other channels and none come even remotely close to how awesome your videos are. I challenge anyone to say otherwise!!!

  • @paulmulenga8742
    @paulmulenga8742 3 роки тому +4

    I like how you make geography fun. Cant wait for you to reach Zambia

  • @YasEmisDaBus
    @YasEmisDaBus 6 років тому +64

    ITS TIME TO LEARN GEOGRAPHY
    *NOW!*

  • @Kingheart5
    @Kingheart5 3 роки тому +18

    Love to mauritania 🇲🇷 from england 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @patheeramaka5711
    @patheeramaka5711 5 років тому +7

    This video reminds me of Mauritanian I've ever met
    such a smart, kind, gentle, and polite
    I wanna visit here in one day

    • @mauri_laugh779
      @mauri_laugh779 5 років тому

      Patheera Maka you’re welcome anytime

  • @medozil7023
    @medozil7023 6 років тому +57

    I m from nouakchott. Mauritania

    • @benyameenyitzhak1036
      @benyameenyitzhak1036 6 років тому +2

      You have the internet?

    • @medozil7023
      @medozil7023 6 років тому +8

      @@benyameenyitzhak1036 no 😒 we have 4g here and a fiber optique

    • @benyameenyitzhak1036
      @benyameenyitzhak1036 6 років тому

      @@medozil7023 so much potential for this country!

    • @castillofring7936
      @castillofring7936 5 років тому +4

      @@medozil7023 Ptdr depuis quand y'a la 4 g en Mauritanie ?

    • @ghost482mb
      @ghost482mb 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @blackpharaon2387
    @blackpharaon2387 5 років тому +43

    You’ve missed something about the Ethnicity
    In Mauritania 🇲🇷 you can find those 4 major ethnicity
    1Bidan ( Maures black and white)
    2-Fulani
    3-Wolof
    4-Soninké
    And not peoples from Congo and Niger 🇳🇪 even though you can find some Fulani all across the era.

    • @AbdaToumbou
      @AbdaToumbou 5 років тому +3

      Black Pharaon you forgot about the berber’s .

    • @amirg5555
      @amirg5555 4 роки тому +1

      Forgot about the Haratine

    • @carlluis1427
      @carlluis1427 4 роки тому +2

      @@AbdaToumbou we dont have berbers.

    • @whostolemymakeup3816
      @whostolemymakeup3816 3 роки тому

      @@carlluis1427 yea we do, I am.

    • @abdovero4255
      @abdovero4255 2 роки тому

      @A
      They hassanit
      Beni Ḥassan (Arabic: بني حسان "Children of Ḥassān") is a nomadic group of Arabian origin, one of the four sub-tribes of the Maqil Arab tribes who emigrated in the 10th century to the Maghreb with the Bani Hilal and Banu Sulaym tribes.[1]
      In Morocco, they first settled, alongside their Maqil relatives, in the area between Tadla and the Moulouya River. The Sous Almohad governor called upon them for help against a rebellion in the Sous, and they resettled in and around that region.[2]
      They later moved to Mauritania,[3] and from the 16th century onwards, they managed to push back all black Mauritanians southwards to the Senegal Valley river.[4] The Beni Hassan and other warrior Arab tribes dominated the Sanhaja Berber tribes of the area after the Char Bouba war of the 17th century. As a result, Arabian culture and language came to dominate, and the Berber tribes underwent some Arabisation. The Bani Hassan dialect of Arabic became used in the region and is still spoken, in the form of Hassaniya Arabic.

  • @gwenpolo1307
    @gwenpolo1307 6 років тому +6

    I know it’s been said before, but your animation and editing skills are getting better and better with each episode.

  • @abdennoury4184
    @abdennoury4184 6 років тому +12

    I LOVE MAURITANIA
    💟🇲🇷🇩🇿🇲🇦🇱🇾🇹🇳💟

  • @ARCtheCartoonMaster
    @ARCtheCartoonMaster 3 роки тому +3

    3:48 It looks like the Big Red Spot on Jupiter.

  • @aquiatic
    @aquiatic 6 років тому +2

    Not only do I love your videos but I love how positive the comments section is too. The world is so divided these days, but the GN fam is from all over and it makes me happy.

  • @lettuce3162
    @lettuce3162 6 років тому +119

    LOVE mauritanian brothers from france !! Salam, peace upon you all

    • @maesmmb
      @maesmmb 6 років тому +1

      Sağ ol türk kardeşim

    • @EinALGHOUL
      @EinALGHOUL 5 років тому

      Merhaba🤗

    • @medkhalouna9785
      @medkhalouna9785 4 роки тому

      Lettuce Seed we also love Turkish people 💕

    • @medkhalouna9785
      @medkhalouna9785 4 роки тому

      Lettuce Seed çok teşekkür ederim ☺️

    • @hachemahmed9941
      @hachemahmed9941 4 роки тому +1

      Lettuce Seed thaaank you we love you here tooo 💜💜💜

  • @TheTastyDuck
    @TheTastyDuck 6 років тому +30

    2:16 "But you can also ride it as a passenger" alright, I'll try sitting in ores and coal for a change of scenery

    • @hans2538
      @hans2538 6 років тому

      TheTastyDuck i was in Mauritanië for 3 days and actually saw that train, the people where really just sitting on the ores (mostly it was stone with some gold inside)

    • @bandobandit353
      @bandobandit353 6 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/jEo-ykjmHgg/v-deo.html

  • @iraqimapper8625
    @iraqimapper8625 6 років тому +233

    Love to our Mauritanians brothers from Iraq

    • @awsomemodels
      @awsomemodels 6 років тому +8

      I am from Iraq too 👍👍👍

    • @thirdyespedido9606
      @thirdyespedido9606 6 років тому +17

      Indeed

    • @seraph5826
      @seraph5826 6 років тому +4

      @@thirdyespedido9606 lel

    • @PrismC
      @PrismC 6 років тому

      @@leaderofthelewishpeople6382 You'll have to define peaceful first. Do you consider a prisoner in a cage "peaceful"?

    • @GeN56YoS
      @GeN56YoS 6 років тому +9

      @@leaderofthelewishpeople6382 it's a long answer; in the past if you obey Saddam & his officers you would be fine for the most part, not saying that it was easy or at least humain, but you didn't have to worry about your father not coming back from work because of a car bomb or assassination by the various radical militias often for dump or no reasons. However, almost all people used to sleep hungry, and now the economic situation is slightly better even though poverty is still a major issue. Also, Iraqis didn't quite got freedom; just last month the Gov. cut down the internet for a couple of days because there were big demonstrations against corruption and asking for basic rights like drinking water and power so it's clearly "fake freedom"... I can't give you the full idea in one comment but Iraq now is unstable with no sign of permenent relief.

  • @remyfarnert
    @remyfarnert 6 років тому +16

    My dad was born there (we are French). He'll love this episode

    • @remyfarnert
      @remyfarnert 6 років тому

      What do you mean ?

    • @keja500
      @keja500 9 місяців тому

      A bon ton père es né en Mauritanie ?

    • @remyfarnert
      @remyfarnert 9 місяців тому

      @@keja500 oui, à Rosso

    • @keja500
      @keja500 9 місяців тому +1

      @@remyfarnert Cool mec je suis mauritanien né en France, ma grande soeur es aussi né a Rosso.

  • @megustariasabertodo2702
    @megustariasabertodo2702 3 роки тому +5

    I am from Mauritania greetings to everyone great video 🇲🇷🇲🇷🇲🇷♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹شكرا وتحياتي للجميع

  • @reichminister_1943
    @reichminister_1943 4 роки тому +19

    I am from India I love Mauritania specially it's ship yard and Sahara desert love from india🇮🇳❤️🇲🇷

  • @amauritaniannomad6533
    @amauritaniannomad6533 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you for this episode Barbie and thanks everyone for your positive comments.

  • @m.-a.f.9375
    @m.-a.f.9375 2 роки тому +5

    Looks like a beautiful country. I usually make friends with locals wherever I travel -hopefully I'll be able to meet wonderful people there as well. Love from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @PeterOConnell-pq6io
    @PeterOConnell-pq6io 4 місяці тому +3

    I'm from the USA. Despite my interest in world geography, I can't think of another large country that I know less about. The food looks great!

    • @Mohamedahmedouthman
      @Mohamedahmedouthman 16 днів тому

      I’m from Mauritania living in the US and I can tell you that it definitely is

  • @B0Boman
    @B0Boman 6 років тому +1

    Nick was awesome! Hope to see him filling in several more segments for episodes to come!

  • @Mamdouh_dooha
    @Mamdouh_dooha 5 років тому +7

    Wow!!! I LOVE IT WHEN I SEE MY FAVOURITE UA-camR TALKING ABOUT MY COUNTRY ❤

  • @jimmyjones6885
    @jimmyjones6885 6 років тому +7

    Keep up the good work! Been here since the Australia episode. :)

  • @theearth__9146
    @theearth__9146 5 років тому +8

    Love Mauritania from wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇲🇷❤️

  • @searingabyss6543
    @searingabyss6543 6 років тому +8

    The Richat structure is the remains of Atlantis. It matches Plato's description exactly.

    • @yllejord
      @yllejord 5 років тому +1

      No it isn't and no it doesn't.

  • @salahSaika
    @salahSaika 6 років тому +1

    Amazing episode with a wealth of information about my country thank you so much .

  • @dusanpavlovic5529
    @dusanpavlovic5529 6 років тому +32

    I can't wait for the Serbia episode in 2047!

    • @spiceguy2408
      @spiceguy2408 6 років тому +6

      Dank
      The Serb is video comment section should be disabled though cause it'll be too toxic

    • @ILLYRIANW0LF
      @ILLYRIANW0LF 5 років тому +2

      Serbia Episode will be all about War Crimes, ethnic cleansing, alcoholics, incest and sadists.

    • @rohanr.9714
      @rohanr.9714 4 роки тому +2

      serbia is two episodes away now

    • @aleksplavcev8044
      @aleksplavcev8044 3 роки тому

      Zimbabwe episode will be ready in 2047 ...

    • @isaacnuketon
      @isaacnuketon 3 роки тому

      Getting ready for vietnam boys

  • @muhammadcalvin8281
    @muhammadcalvin8281 6 років тому +50

    Is it true in mauritania, when a bride is about get married she had to eat a lot of food in order get fat due to the vision of "well fed" people are healthier
    *sorry for my english btw
    Also Fun Fact:
    I our language "Wilaya" literally means "region" (with H)

    • @melaynineyahiyahi4988
      @melaynineyahiyahi4988 6 років тому +13

      yes it was a tradition but it died because Mauritanians now live in the 21st century

    • @user-po4dv9sp3n
      @user-po4dv9sp3n 6 років тому +2

      The cut her fingers to force her to drink camel milk to be fat!! That’s horrible

    • @melaynineyahiyahi4988
      @melaynineyahiyahi4988 6 років тому +17

      Pardon_ noo ur talking about something that u have no knowledge about. first of ll they don't cut finger, yes they force u to be fat and it was horrible, but it was a tradition and people approved of it during the period of time they lived in. After a while people found out that it was bad and very primitive and now most people don't practice it anymore. It was a tradition used by uneducated people like when Chinese used to practice footbinding or some people can say that practicing ballet dancing is bad because kids break their fingers practicing it

    • @muslimproudtobe
      @muslimproudtobe 6 років тому

      There are over 70 reasons that you have to go through to cut someone's hands off in islamic jurisprudence

    • @Alhy-ls3dv
      @Alhy-ls3dv 6 років тому

      Are u Malaysian😁

  • @joaquimfurtado4868
    @joaquimfurtado4868 6 років тому +62

    The land of Wind and poets looks so rich culturally love from india

    • @brahimmk
      @brahimmk 6 років тому +4

      Thanks
      Love from here (Mauritania)

    • @amarbowah4802
      @amarbowah4802 5 років тому

      love you man

    • @Sahelian
      @Sahelian 5 років тому +2

      they stole our senegalese culture

  • @abdoabdo-vw1qz
    @abdoabdo-vw1qz 6 років тому +34

    LOVE FROM TUNISIA

  • @DiesIstNichtEinstein
    @DiesIstNichtEinstein 6 років тому +2

    There was a ship that had almost the same name as this country! One of Cunard's 'ocean greyhounds' -- RMS Mauretania, which held the Blue Riband (the unofficial record for fastest transatlantic crossing) for 20 years!

  • @mohamedshinguity4336
    @mohamedshinguity4336 4 роки тому +4

    From Mouritania 🇲🇷
    Love you bro

  • @badsdiom
    @badsdiom 6 років тому +6

    I'm from Mauritania I really like your video, good job broo

  • @MistressDay
    @MistressDay 2 роки тому +3

    I can't wait to visit Mauritania. They have the best food, and the people are so nice. I can deal with the sand in exchange for those simple things.

  • @wolfpack1061
    @wolfpack1061 6 років тому +75

    My french teacher is from Mauritania!

    • @brahimmk
      @brahimmk 6 років тому +1

      wolfpack, where are you from?
      And where does he teach you?

    • @clamp202
      @clamp202 6 років тому +4

      wolfpack1061 im guessing you’re from canada

    • @redditclipps1
      @redditclipps1 4 роки тому +1

      Je n'ai de jamais eu de proffeseur de français.

    • @haibawaly8375
      @haibawaly8375 4 роки тому

      He is good

    • @unbonfrancophone1539
      @unbonfrancophone1539 4 роки тому

      @@redditclipps1 Impossible

  • @alexcrane3749
    @alexcrane3749 6 років тому +30

    1:15 That explains why the "BLOOD OF THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM" segments used to be awesome and graphic, now they're tame and boring.

  • @hacenebety2760
    @hacenebety2760 6 років тому +2

    Great episode
    #Respect from Mauritania

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 6 років тому +11

    Oh my! We're so close to Nigeria!

  • @medlmn363
    @medlmn363 3 роки тому +4

    hello a mauritanian her, just want to tell you that this is a great video even i lerned a new thing or a two about my country thank you

  • @zhin8294
    @zhin8294 6 років тому +19

    Always nice to know more about fellow muslim brothers. Salam from Pakistan.

    • @DarthCookieKS
      @DarthCookieKS 6 років тому +3

      Zhin The Tyrant Pakistan is rightful Indian land da ah coo!

    • @kerkoubmohamedlemine4079
      @kerkoubmohamedlemine4079 5 років тому +3

      Salam to you and to all the Pakistani 🇵🇰 brothers and sisters from Nouakchott

  • @AbdouSefiani
    @AbdouSefiani 5 років тому +2

    Mauritania was part of the Moroccan sultanate for nearly 1000 years before the French came.

  • @elaztic
    @elaztic 4 роки тому +9

    Thank you for making me fall in love with Mauritania 🇯🇲🇨🇦

    • @britishbavarian4592
      @britishbavarian4592 3 роки тому

      Pretty sure that’s the Jamaican flag 😂

    • @elaztic
      @elaztic 3 роки тому

      @@britishbavarian4592 and the Canadian flag you missed that too

    • @britishbavarian4592
      @britishbavarian4592 3 роки тому

      @@elaztic well yes but that was the correct flag lol

  • @ArminKorrinsYTB
    @ArminKorrinsYTB 6 років тому +37

    It seems like the historical part from Almoravids (12th century) to Portuguese (16th) was just ignored.
    I mean after the Almoravids, Mauritania was still under the moroccan kingdoms influences, after the alaouites came in and the annexation again (with Ismail's campaign).
    The wolof states were still around there in the south by the end of the 19th century

    • @aresse3725
      @aresse3725 6 років тому +7

      mauritania is moroccan. no doubt about that.

    • @youssefe5127
      @youssefe5127 6 років тому +6

      Mauritiana is buffer zone between Morocco and black Africa essiently It's ethier been controlled by the various West African kingdoms or Moroccan dynasty's.

    • @youssefe5127
      @youssefe5127 6 років тому +2

      @PolSmokesPot ! Yes there was even before Islam. I agree. I'm saying is Mauritania is were the two meet its mix of Berber,Arab and West African culturally and geneticly. I'm not dissing on Mauritania I'm just stateing the fact that's it's always been a middle ground between two.

    • @stevesteve4102
      @stevesteve4102 6 років тому +2

      how about you take Ceuta and Melila first before you claim another sovereign country?!

    • @mooreo
      @mooreo 5 років тому

      @Stanley Dougé Geo Topnymes in Mauritana are mostly berbers...flagrant proof it's an amazigh territory

  • @adestructivemind3602
    @adestructivemind3602 6 років тому +51

    "The land of poets"? That sure sounds like Somalia to me. Those two countries should get together, and make a poetry club.

    • @Ayanislucky
      @Ayanislucky 6 років тому +2

      I was gonna say the same hahaha

    • @JaleelBeig
      @JaleelBeig 6 років тому +7

      Or a literature club 👀

    • @Agate717
      @Agate717 6 років тому +3

      Shark Team doki doki literature club featuring Somalia and Mauretania

    • @katzlang
      @katzlang 6 років тому

      DOKI DOKI

    • @Shakirbindahir1998
      @Shakirbindahir1998 6 років тому +1

      They don't speak the same language tho..

  • @ashaydwivedi420
    @ashaydwivedi420 6 років тому +18

    For people who want 'Maur' of 'Mauritania', you'll be left with 'itania'

  • @therealronniej
    @therealronniej 6 років тому +4

    2:33 That's Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona. I know because I have been there

  • @Dykttatuobdidu
    @Dykttatuobdidu Рік тому +2

    I’m from Mauritania and you did a great job filming this episode. ❤

    • @Brianschmitz9759
      @Brianschmitz9759 Рік тому

      Did Mauritania’s flag once not have any red white or blue

  • @itscasper4787
    @itscasper4787 6 років тому +18

    Im so hyped for the Poland episode :O If its not 20 minutes long you missed something :D

    • @lilesapi5126
      @lilesapi5126 6 років тому +2

      Yo cuz give me a shout out here is my vid ua-cam.com/video/Z0A9MCZUAWI/v-deo.html

    • @Hey-py2hb
      @Hey-py2hb 6 років тому +1

      We do not care about poland why should we give it 20 minutes .there is nothing exceptionnal there

    • @foresta-2684
      @foresta-2684 6 років тому

      he better do that wonderful state justice

    • @karenguldbrand
      @karenguldbrand 6 років тому

      The China episode was barely 20 minutes long, so I doubt it:-)

    • @artizonka1353
      @artizonka1353 6 років тому +2

      Everyone is waiting for the Poland episode

  • @tabithamendygomis5075
    @tabithamendygomis5075 4 роки тому +3

    From Senegambia, I love the country ❤️. I been there for over 19 years and am 23 now. So y'all can guest🤗.

  • @Omex1425
    @Omex1425 6 років тому +18

    You should say that Richat Structure is believed to be lost city of Atlantis, according to Plato description

    • @Hollywood2021
      @Hollywood2021 5 років тому

      I was thinking the same thing. When you look at the landscape on Google Earth, it looks like something major happened to west Mauritania. Perhaps massive flooding related to a 12,000 year old crater just discovered in Greenland?

  • @ElHadyBrahim
    @ElHadyBrahim 5 років тому +1

    Thank you endlessly for this "such great" video.

  • @kevin_dat_mexican8908
    @kevin_dat_mexican8908 6 років тому +1

    Mexico is coming up soon!!! So excited!!!

  • @NachoNachoAU
    @NachoNachoAU 6 років тому +80

    Notification squad in the house!! 🇲🇷

  • @szairon4051
    @szairon4051 6 років тому +9

    *Big Support to your channel Barby✨😍💞 Keep up the great work 😍☺️💖*

  • @tecleatortecleator2572
    @tecleatortecleator2572 5 років тому +4

    When my sister got married she used 6 or 7 dresses one of them was like the one in the video I think it is used also in the Moroccan sahara.

  • @Kitchywac
    @Kitchywac 3 роки тому +1

    Love this site! Dude is sharp 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

  • @shishiromura
    @shishiromura 6 років тому +2

    Mauritania have a very appealing flag in my opinion. The colors and symbol look really nice.

  • @dhzzzzzz
    @dhzzzzzz 6 років тому +33

    “Wilaya” means region, in Indonesia, region is “wilayah”. Almost the same 👍🇮🇩

    • @FairyCRat
      @FairyCRat 4 роки тому +3

      Influences from Arab traders I guess

    • @jacobrotich5238
      @jacobrotich5238 4 роки тому +3

      Wilaya is also a Swahili name meaning region

    • @ahmedouahmedou9270
      @ahmedouahmedou9270 4 роки тому

      @@FairyCRat yes

    • @user-cu1gn1fc4x
      @user-cu1gn1fc4x 4 роки тому +1

      In Algeria we say that too
      :-)

    • @ahmedopone4080
      @ahmedopone4080 3 роки тому +1

      I think it is from the ottomans who used to divide their territory into adminstrative regions by the same name. Tho it is Arabic I think they popularised it.

  • @moneymule8209
    @moneymule8209 6 років тому +14

    Mauritius episode gonna be real good

  • @Sentient_Patato
    @Sentient_Patato 5 років тому +11

    Mauritania, I'm like so proud of being mauritanian right now. The way he pronounces hassaniya (language in Mauritania) super funny.

    • @donlegend1169
      @donlegend1169 4 роки тому

      Denba Mohamed BIGUE but you guys are actually not ethnically arab, you just have been arabised. Your tribes are mostly of berber origin

    • @Sentient_Patato
      @Sentient_Patato 4 роки тому +1

      @@donlegend1169 Couldn't agree moor. Lol

    • @potatocake3438
      @potatocake3438 4 роки тому +2

      Don Legend the same for moroccov

    • @donlegend1169
      @donlegend1169 4 роки тому

      Potato Cake definitely

    • @flamearo7596
      @flamearo7596 4 роки тому

      @@donlegend1169 bro we never haved arabised 80% is arab we are arabs in dna 20% is berber so acept it bro we are the real arabs in africa

  • @elhacenreemani8715
    @elhacenreemani8715 4 роки тому

    Hello I am Canadian from Mauritania and I am so happy to watch your episode brother.

  • @UwU-xk5cx
    @UwU-xk5cx 5 років тому +1

    Fun fact, the eye of the Sahara is sometimes referred as the Atlantis because the Maoris had a king named atlas and it is said by a Greek cartographer that his city ( a big one) was there back when the zone wasn’t that arid and it is speculated that it even had rivers

  • @yoners3555
    @yoners3555 6 років тому +11

    I CANT WAIT FOR THE MOROCCO EPISODE

    • @youtubeuser1820
      @youtubeuser1820 6 років тому +1

      Omar C.C Me too, I’m half Moroccan :D

    • @youtubeuser1820
      @youtubeuser1820 6 років тому

      Omar C.C kydayir labas?

    • @yoners3555
      @yoners3555 6 років тому +2

      UA-cam User Good. I’m not Moroccan though, I’m egyptian. But I have a lot of Moroccan friends

    • @youtubeuser1820
      @youtubeuser1820 6 років тому

      Omar C.C oh sorry lol

    • @kestrel9
      @kestrel9 6 років тому

      Me too

  • @AAAJ7
    @AAAJ7 3 роки тому +3

    Greetings from Mauritania 🇲🇷🇲🇷😁

  • @itisnottaken4444
    @itisnottaken4444 6 років тому +3

    Something is soothing about nicks voice....especially when he says "Avacado Pudding"

  • @connerbone9375
    @connerbone9375 6 років тому +2

    Just so you know, the picture you used for the Kiffa meteorite crash is actually a picture of Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona.

  • @isaacveynaflores1105
    @isaacveynaflores1105 6 років тому

    Great Video! I'm so excited for the Mexico episode, when ever that may be. I'm sure it'll be great as it's such a big country rich in many things. Been watching since the first video waiting for Mexico. And now that we hit the M's I'm more hyped.