Pictures from around Morocco

 
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Rabat's main street, Mohammed V, looking West.
The builting in the left foreground is the train station.
The parliament is farther down on the left.

 

15th century Koutoubia mosque, looking West from the
Jema' al-fna -- the gateway to the Marrakech medina (below)


     jema'a al-fna'a ("The Square of the Dead") in Marrakech, at the entrance to the medina (old city)

 
 

     Water-sellers in the jema'a al-fna'a

A fqih (religious scholar/healer) sits in the jema' al fna, awiting clients who'll ask him to interpret dreams, write amulets that will protect against jinn spirits, or perhaps summon a jinn who'll cause mischief for an enemy.
  

A story-teller entertaining a crowd of Moroccan passers-by in the late afternoon.

 

 
 


 

 

 


   

 

 

  

 

 
     




 
   


 

 

 

A bar on Mohammed V blvd in Rabat, from the era of the French Protectorate.

 

Rooftop bar of the Hotel Renaissance, on Mohammed V blvd. in Marrakech.