The 40-year-old runner won with a total time of 18 hours 33 minutes, one minute ahead of his brother, ten years his junior, Mohammed El Morabity.
Moroccan Aziz Yachou finished third (6:37 p.m.).
Among the women, the Spaniard Anna Comet Pascua dominated the edition to offer her first victory (24:18) and rank 12th in scratch (men and women combined).
She is ahead of the French Sylvaine Cussot (24 h 32), 17th scratch, and the Moroccan Aziza El Amrany (26 h 31), 23rd scratch.
"I'm very happy to have won, the ninth victory was the goal. God willing, I hope to be able to win next year for the tenth time," Rachid El Morabity told AFP. .
The runner has in his sights to beat the record of victories (10) held by his compatriot Lahcen Ahansal, whom he had encouraged as a child on the Marathon des Sables when he passed through Zagora, where he is from.
Rachid El Morabity crossed the finish line of the last stage as the winner, with the national flag flying above his head.
He won this 42.2 km marathon stage in 3:07.
He has completed two editions of the Marathon des Sables in just six months;
the 2021 edition having been played uncharacteristically in October due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"It was really difficult. We couldn't rest much in between. Normally we need a month and a half to recover before going back to training. And there I didn't have all that time" , he explained.
The season is far from over for the champion, who will line up in the coming months for ultra-distance races in Algeria, Oman, Dubai, Jordan and Iran.
The best Frenchman is once again Merile Robert, fourth (9:12 p.m.), followed by Julien Chorier, 6th (9:42 p.m.).
Koh Lanta game show star Claude Dartois, who was trying out the race for the first time, finished 124th (33:31) after crossing the final line on Friday alongside fellow game contestant Sam Haliti ( 113th, 32:57), who had never run more than 10 km.
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