This picture was taken in the Oasis of Mezguita, in the upper Drâa Valley located in the South East of Morocco. It shows a small group of women washing their laundry in a water pond. This water pond is used to catch the rare rains of the region, the water released twice a year from the El Mansour Eddahbi dam, and serves to recharge the aquifer. In addition, women come to this pond to wash their laundry. This activity is an occasion for Oasian women to extend their mobility beyond the house and the family “garden” situated in the oases and to get together. The pound is situated at the outskirts of the douar where the social control is less rigid. Therefore, women regard this activity as an opportunity to exchange and talk about private issues. For some young women, it is also a chance to chat on WhatsApp with their male friends far away from the watchful eye of male and elder family members.