ABSTRACT
Mr. Naamani in the Moroccan Sahara, who had explained how he had found water during his long treks across the desert. From Morocco to Sudan and from Israel to Iran people had spoken about water as a cherished good: the source of life, a divine gift and a resource with the power to transform the desert into a paradise. There was a discrepancy between the way people talked about water as a sacred and treasured resource and their wasteful behavior. In many places the water scarcity was not yet tangible and instead of acknowledging present realities people were still able to comfortably avert their eyes and continue believing in past realities. The Wadi Barada, the valley through which the river used to run to Damascus, is now a dry riverbed strewn with garbage. Spring water has been replaced with untreated sewage water that irrigates the crops in the valley.
