variants
or Casbah
or less commonly kasbah
or Kasbah
1
: a North African castle or fortress
2
: the native section of a North African city
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Dar Ahlam is a beautiful renovation and realization of a 200-year-old kasbah near Ouarzazate, at the gateway to the Sahara Desert.
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Ann Abel,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
The views from the kasbah, nestled deep in the hills outside Marrakech, are uniformly spectacular.
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Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Oct. 2024
She was arrested at a hideout in the casbah in 1957 but freed five years later, when Algeria declared independence in 1962, sparking the mass exodus of Europeans from the country.
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Washington Post,
9 July 2021
The community’s salmon-pink palette was suggested by the rosy sandstone walls, and its hilltop clubhouse, introduced by a Middle Eastern-style water stair, was placed to overlook the villas like a casbah surveying so many riads.
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Peter Haldeman,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2017
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Ann Abel,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
The views from the kasbah, nestled deep in the hills outside Marrakech, are uniformly spectacular.
—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Oct. 2024
She was arrested at a hideout in the casbah in 1957 but freed five years later, when Algeria declared independence in 1962, sparking the mass exodus of Europeans from the country.
—
Washington Post,
9 July 2021
The community’s salmon-pink palette was suggested by the rosy sandstone walls, and its hilltop clubhouse, introduced by a Middle Eastern-style water stair, was placed to overlook the villas like a casbah surveying so many riads.
—
Peter Haldeman,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2017
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“Casbah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/casbah. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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