Morocco's booming movie industry

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A group of tourists explore the cinematic Sahara dunes outside Merzouga, Morocco, one of the locations used in the filming of "Sex and the City 2." (Solana Pyne/ GlobalPost)
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CLA studio general manager Amine Tazi said this castle set appeared in the "Kingdom of Heaven" and was repurposed in a shoot for "Prince of Persia." (Erik German/GlobalPost)
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A Moroccan lot is made to look like an old gas station in the U.S. The set was used in the the horror film "The Hills Have Eyes" and features a billboard for non-existent beer outside Ouarzazate, Morocco. (Solana Pyne/GlobalPost)
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Moroccan tour guide Aimad Qaddi shows visitors around the faux-Tibetan set of the Martin Scorcese film "Kundun" at Atlas Studios outside Ouarzazate, Morocco. (Erik German/GlobalPost)
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