A MAURITANIAN IDYLL

CLAIRE BERLINSKI, PARIS only recently abolished slavery and by most accounts still practices it. It ranks at the bottom of every human development index. Yet Mauritanian desert nomads are plainly happier than rush-hour commuters in Paris. Why?

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Mauritania only recently abolished slavery and by most accounts still practices it. It ranks at the bottom of every human development index. Yet Mauritanian desert nomads are plainly happier than rush-hour co…