The Moroccan Walls in Western Sahara

Author: Jeff + Claude AI

Genre: Infrastructure Geography Construction

Date: 24th September 2026

Description: Stretching more than 2,700 kilometres across one of the most remote landscapes on Earth, the Moroccan Walls in Western Sahara form one of the longest continuous military barriers ever built—yet remain largely unknown to the wider world. This book traces the berm's origins in a bitter territorial dispute, examines the engineering and technology behind its construction, and explores the human realities of those who live, patrol, and remain divided by it. Drawing together history, infrastructure, and geopolitics, it also surveys the mined buffer zone, the Polisario resistance, and the long diplomatic stalemate overseen by MINURSO. A clear-eyed guide to a monumental structure hidden in plain sight, and to the conflict it continues to shape.

Summary

Ch1. Sand and Sovereignty: The Origins of Conflict

Ch2. Engineering the Berm: Construction of the Walls

Ch3. Anatomy of a Defence Line: Structure and Technology

Ch4. Life in the Shadow: Communities Along the Walls

Ch5. The Mined Buffer: No Man's Land and Its Legacy

Ch6. Polisario and the War of Attrition

Ch7. Ceasefire and Stalemate: MINURSO and the Frozen Conflict

Ch8. Visiting the Walls: Access, Realities and What Remains