@article{1356309,
      recid = {1356309},
      author = {Le Maire, Jerome.},
      title = {Where is love in the palm grove? [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (52 min.)},
      year = {2008},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Mamoun, a quirky thirty-five year old Muslim man living in  Skoura, Morocco, has never been married. His sister  considers the situation scandalous, because if he does not  marry, it means he is not following the commandments of  their religion. Mansour seems satisfied with his life,  living near his family, on good terms with his neighbors,  tending his animals and dealing with the droughts common to  this very dry region. When asked why he has not married, he  gives evasive answers. Mamoun could apply to the Nikah, an  important Muslim matrimonial service. Or he could attend  the Lema, the annual meeting of young people set up to give  men and women an opportunity to find a mate, one of the few  times Muslims are permitted to meet and talk with the  opposite sex. The French filmmaker (temporarily living in  Skoura) tries to arrange a marriage for Mamoun with the  pretty young daughter of a neighbor. She likes Mamoun and  would marry him but he wants someone even prettier. He does  attend the Lema but no one appeals to him. Considering the  separation of the sexes in Muslim society, the obsession  with virginity, and the custom of arranged marriages, how  can love blossom? Or maybe love is only a Western concept?  As his brother, Abdelali, says, "The only priority for  people here is working hard and earning their bread. When  your hands are raw because of a pickax, love is  irrelevant.".},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356309},
}