Hshuma eh? Sounds interesting.. so what is it.

Its shame apparently and its shame to the extent that it actually means something in Moroccan society. Not like Western Society it seems where shame is something never admitted to or even appreciated for what it is exactly and what it means… we have no shame at times and I think this is a bad thing to be honest.

Shame was what safeguarded society against falling into the pit, not a specific pit but any pit to be honest, in the eyes of your fellow man and all that was of such importance at one time (and still is but incredibly warped) that it ment you stepped up and did the right thing, now it seems its the opposite and its who can do the worst thing.

So the Moroccasn call it Hshuma and boy oh boy is it important. To gain Hshuma in the eyes of your peers in Morocco can be incredibly bad and will mean you will have to do alot of public dispalys of goodness to gain back some social standing etc.