A Day of Sightseeing

The City of Rabat

A typical busy day within the city walls of Rabat. Shops and vendors of all types are on both sides of the narrow streets, and people are everywhere.


The Mosque in Rabat is built right into the city walls. The men are leaving after the midday prayer time.

Outside the "Sunday Gate" of Rabat; so named because, traditionally, mobile souks (compared to a farmer's market) were set up in front of different cities and their gates on certain days of the week.

Uncle Mustapha walking into the Sunday Gate of the City of Rabat.

This apartment building located just outside the city walls of Rabat is where Samir lived the first few years of his life. The second floor from the top was his family's flat.

The Marjane, a chain of WalMart-type stores, is the first of its kind in Morocco.

The City of Sale

This gate is called the Sale Harbor, because the river used to flow right up to the city of Sale centuries ago.

The main city wall of Sale (meaning "Salt," and pronounced Sall-A).