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  • Boulevard Mohamed Zerktouni

    01Boulevard Mohamed Zerktouni

  • View of the city at dusk

    02View of the city at dusk

  • Mosque Hassan II

    03Mosque Hassan II

  • Café La Chope

    04Café La Chope

  • Beach, La Corniche

    05Beach, La Corniche

  • Fruit and vegetables seller, Triangle D’Or

    06Fruit and vegetables seller, Triangle D’Or

  • Rue d’Alger

    07Rue d’Alger

  • Olive stall at Habbous market

    08Olive stall at Habbous market

  • Tagine for lunch

    09Tagine for lunch

  • Habbous market

    10Habbous market

  • Rue du Parc

    11Rue du Parc

  • Paul, Villa Zevaco

    12Paul, Villa Zevaco

  • La Sqala café sign

    13La Sqala café sign

  • Tahir Shah’s house, Dar Khalifa

    14Tahir Shah’s house, Dar Khalifa

  • Shah’s library

    15Shah’s library

  • Triangle D’Or interior

    16Triangle D’Or interior

  • Traditional interior

    17Traditional interior

  • Sofia Alami

    18Sofia Alami

  • Karim Toraif

    19Karim Toraif

  • Sana Khatib

    20Sana Khatib

  • Francois Conradie

    21Francois Conradie

  • Tahir Shah

    22Tahir Shah

Architecture

“Casablanca is a city where the only tradition is modernity,” says architect Abderrahim Kassou, who heads an association to protect the city’s French colonial buildings from decay. These examples of Art Deco, neo-classical, neo-Mauresque and late art nouveau style have been at risk since Morocco’s independence in 1956, partly because locals felt they were colonial and un-Islamic. But Kassou’s association, Casamemoire, is starting to impress upon people the priceless value, and Moroccan-ness, of the city’s architectural patrimony.

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