Skoura Oasis | Food Lab, Workshops & Crafts

THE OASIS

Beyond

the walls,

another

way

of inhabiting

the world

Dar Ahlam.

Where the House meets the world

“Never ask for directions from someone who knows the way, for you might never get lost.”
— Hannane Bourriche, guardian of Dar Ahlam’s stories.

The Skoura palm grove is a living ecosystem, inhabited by those who make The House of Dreams a gateway into local heritage. During your stay, you will meet them within their daily lives and at close quarters, in moments that are sincere and privileged.

Our advice: wander around the kasbah, and you will inevitably discover one of the stars in our constellation…

THE

PALM GROVE

THE

Food Lab

Today, Skoura faces significant climate challenges: producing more with less water; keeping soils alive despite the heat and bringing forgotten seeds back into circulation. In response, we created the Food Lab – a 2,000 square metre plot divided into around 30 parcels (vegetables, aromatic and medicinal plants), just a 10-minute walk from the main house.

Rethinking desert agriculture

Fancy a special moment at the Food Lab? We will set you beneath a fruit tree, serving our finest freshly grilled vegetables and introducing you to sfenj – traditional Moroccan doughnuts that you are unlikely to forget…

THE

Food Lab

Rethinking desert agriculture

Drawing on traditional farming techniques, we work hand in hand with local farmers to develop methods better suited to drought conditions, to support communities and transform produce to avoid waste (via drying, dehydration, fermentation and more). Fancy a special moment at the Food Lab? We will set you beneath a fruit tree, serving our finest freshly grilled vegetables and introducing you to sfenj – traditional Moroccan doughnuts that you are unlikely to forget…

THE

bread house

The taste of ancestral gestures

Under the watchful eye of Nadjet, our guardian of flour, the Bread House preserves an essential daily practice.

Prepared by hand, slowly kneaded and baked each day in a traditional oven, this universal staple follows the steady rhythm of the land and those who cultivate it.

Dar Ahlam, breads, flatbreads and pastries accompany every moment of the day, from breakfast through to dinner.

THE

house of bread

The taste of ancestral gestures

Under the watchful eye of Nadjet, our guardian of flour, the Bread House preserves an essential daily practice.

Prepared by hand, slowly kneaded and baked each day in a traditional oven, this universal staple follows the steady rhythm of the land and those who cultivate it.

At Dar Ahlam, breads, flatbreads and pastries accompany every moment of the day, from breakfast through to dinner.

THE

House of the Sky

A sensory journey shaped by honey

Born from an encounter with multidisciplinary artist Olivier Darné, the House of the Sky is a space for sensitive exploration at the crossroads of art and engagement. In this sensory journey filled with surprises, bees are the starting point of a broader narrative – that of our relationship with the world.

Understanding their role, their organisation and their collective intelligence is also to recognise the necessity of protecting them.

THE

house of the sky

A sensory journey shaped by honey

Understanding their role, their organisation and their collective intelligence is also to recognise the necessity of protecting them.

Giving shape to the landscape

In the valley, pottery remains a living tradition. With hands in the earth, you rediscover an ancestral gesture: kneading, shaping, feeling the material resist, then yield. As the light fades over the surrounding landscape, the house takes on a meditative dimension, reconnecting you to a direct, almost instinctive relationship with matter.

THE

HOUSE OF THE EARTH

THE

HOUSE OF THE EARTH

Giving shape to the landscape

Guillaume Sorge, sound artist and curator, was our first resident. Do not hesitate to write to us if this creative perspective speaks to you.

The voice of Dar Ahlam

Dar Ahlam’s music residency, Muusiiqaa, is dedicated to creation, recording and transmission. Rooted in local traditions yet open to the most contemporary explorations, the studio welcomes musicians who come to capture, reinterpret and extend the sounds of Skoura.

LA VOIX DE DAR AHLAM

Guillaume Sorge, sound artist and curator, was our first resident. Do not hesitate to write to us if this creative perspective speaks to you.