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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 175444, member: 44&quot;]The hat appears to be a fez usually associated with the Ottoman Empire. Today in many Muslim contries it is considered politically incorrect to wear one for it was a sign of oppressors, the Turks, who subjugated much of that region for decades. However, in Morocco it is consisted a National symbol, a protest against the French occupation.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In 1912, after the First Moroccan Crisis and the Agafir Crisis, the Treaty of Fez was signed, dividing Morocco into French and Spanish protectorates. In 1956, after 44 years of French rule, Morocco regained independence from France, and shortly afterward regained most of the territories under Spanish control&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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