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my innovation journey starts inland, south of morocco s major cities and mighty atlas mountains, just north of the sahara desert, near the quiet outpost of ouarzazate. this part of saharan morocco is known as the door of the desert. the landscape out here, it s almost like it s from another world. feels like we could be on mars. these plains receive three times the sun as parts of northern europe. ..and are home to a world leading project of staggering scale. this is noor, a solar power station, putting morocco at the forefront of pioneering renewable technology. i m used to feeling small, but this makes me feel even smaller. hello, abed, salam. hello, my friend, salam. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. this is incredible! and lots of sun. lots of sun, yeah. which is what we want for something like this. yeah. this is not an ordinary solarfield. panels with over 7,000 mirrors follow the sun. and i can hear lots of sounds at the moment. it s quite eerie. is that t ....
Truly modern, this is a city that has long inspired hollywood, even though the classic movie casablanca wasn t actually shot here. in recent years, action packed scenes for the point break, john wick and mission impossible franchises have all been filmed here, and i m making my own on screen debut as a digital avatar. it s through cutting edge virtual worlds like this that creatives are developing the new media morocco of tomorrow. hey, hamza. hey, paul. hi. how are you doing? great to meet you! yeah, great to meet you as well. i m really excited to see what you ve been working on! my avatar is just a bit of fun knocked up pretty swiftly. its creator s specialism is in designing digital worlds. he s brought me to casablanca s commons co working space to showcase his studio skills. i mean, i look pretty cool. ....