Morocco set for sheepless Eid as drought persists

The rare call was made as the kingdom grapples with a seventh consecutive year's of a dry spell that has caused livestock numbers to decline. "We don't feel the usual excitement," said Kharraz. "It's as if the holiday doesn't exist." But the 52-year-old said it would have been prohibitively expensive to observe the sacrifice this year: sheep "prices were already high last year... We couldn't have afforded it." While sacrificing sheep during Eid al-Adha is not a religious obligation, it remains...