Possible Clues:

• A Mauretanian fell
• Use ropes to secure African
• Room for Moroccan Muslim
• What you might do to 'Showboat', or 'Othello'?
• Scene of many a werewolf tale
• Othello, perhaps
• Upland tract - secure boat
• Marshy tract
• Open land - secure a boat - North African
• Land mainly high but low by river