Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains. The tragedy of what happened to Lahcen’s family is on everybody’s lips in the mountain village around an hour’s drive from the tourist city of Marrakesh. Moulay Brahim is in the province and suffered more than a dozen deaths. Before the disaster, Moulay Brahim was home to some 3,000 people. “Everyone here lost family, in this village and in others.”Another villager, Lahcen Ait Tagaddirt, lost two young relatives who lived in a nearby village.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 09, 2023 18:29 UTC