2023-09-09 19:28:09
A woman in front of her house damaged by the earthquake in the old town of Marrakech, September 9, 2023. FADEL SENNA / AFP
REPORTAGE – Fate seems to have fallen on certain districts of the imperial city, where the tourist season is in full swing at this time of year.
Marrakech
«In Marrakech, we avoided the worst,” Moktab Abdelkassem is in front of his restaurant located at Place Djemaa El Fna, the most famous square in Morocco. “look at her [moquée, NDLR] Koutoubia is standing, the café terraces have held up. I haven’t slept all night. I came this morning to see if my establishment was still standing and miracle I can open today! No damage to my home! We really came close to a bigger disaster. The city is full at the moment, bars, restaurants were more crowded than ever! “. From his restaurant Chez Chegrouni, he observes the coming and going of televisions, the Spanish channel TVE taking over from France 24, facing the small mosque which collapsed just opposite. The fate fell hard on certain neighborhoods while others suffered only minor damage.
Ruins in Marrakech the day after the earthquake, the death toll of which exceeded 1000. Jean-Michel de Alberti
The city is still in peak tourist season, the hotels are full. At La Mamounia and in all the other surrounding establishments, customers slept…
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