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A tough job
Shopping carts in the Sunday Souk? It may sound odd, but it does actually exist. Moroccans call it “Mol Karussa,” which means a shopping cart man or the man who pulls a two-wheeled cart offering to carry shoppers’ bags to a bus stop, a parking lot, or another transportation place near the Souk. Basically, this is a service that has been offered for many years in Morocco and is appreciated by the vast majority of the Souk buyers. The job is not an easy job. The shopping cart man starts his day in the early hours of the morning and stays until when the sun disappears. Many shopping cart men work the entire day without break time and nourishing meals. In addition, when they are roaming the earthy aisles of the Souk looking continually for customers, they aren’t getting paid. Most of the time, customers who are using their shopping cart service pay little money, whatever they want. This could be between three and ten dirhams. Add to that, the increased competition makes the shopping cart job tougher. Will the government regulate this job in the future, or will the job, itself, disappear as the thinkers of Morocco may close the Sunday Souk of the city of Mohammedia, taking away food from many families’ tables? What do you think?
Mol Karussa
A parking lot
A buyer
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The wild fire
At 3 a.m., Al-Eidi, who is the shepherd, came in and woke up everybody in the house because the barn was on fire. The bales of hay burned to ashes, and an amount of livestock already died because the wild smoky fire spread beyond the barnyard. Al-Eidi repeatedly fetched water from the well to keep the fire out from the brand new tractor and some other farm equipment, but he couldn’t save the wheat bags and some other crops that were harvested last year. Sadly, he reported the incident and called on us for help. It was an all-out effort to bring the fire under control.
Bales of hay
Ashes
Livestock
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A barber shop in the Souk, really!
If you think all there is to the Sunday Souk are the things that you can buy to eat, wear, or use for the house, you are wrong. The Sunday Souk has barbershops.
The Souk hair salon does not have a fancy look or usual look of a hair salon elsewhere, but it does have what it takes to do the job. Basically, the hair salon location is a tent like any other tents of the Sunday Souk made out of several cloths. Inside it, there are one or two chairs and a wooden table that is covered with a white plastic tablecloth. On the table, there are several pairs of scissors, combs, some razors, shaving brushes, and one spray water shower bottle. No sign is there to indicate the business, but most people know them.
When a client is getting the haircut service, he will enjoy many things while the barber is doing his hair. For example, the announcements of peddlers’ products and special prices, the shoppers who are walking back and forth on the earthy aisles, the warmth smacking breeze, and the sun rays. The Sunday hair salon is surrounded with positive energy and life that make its clients come back for the next time.
A barber shop
A pair of scissors
Shaving brushes