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AUTHORS’ JOURNEYS
On this remote coastline live the Imraguen,
a fishing community that has kept its way
of life intact for centuries. No engines, no
industrial nets—they fish as they always
have: in sail-powered dugout canoes, with
the unexpected help of dolphins, who drive
shoals of fish towards the shore. It’s a rare,
almost magical symbiosis that survives
because here, time does not accelerate.
It is respected. Visiting the Banc d’Arguin
means breaking the rhythm. It means dis-
connecting from the noise, crossing kilome-
tres of sand to reach a place where nature
is in charge. There are no grand monu-
ments, no spectacle. There is water, birds,
light, and silence.
Aerial view of Banc d’Arguin
Hundreds of pelicans at the Banc d’Arguin, and below,
another aerial view of the area
Where the
Sahara meets
the ocean, the
Banc d’Arguin
remains
untouched:
wind, birds, and
silence in their
purest form
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