“Permanent shop premises fringe the square where the souk is held. These stores open on Sunday only, revealing jars of jam or tins of peas, sacks of couscous, rice or coffee. Modest everyday grocery-bazars (Tahanout for ‘little bedroom’ or ‘shop’).
‘Cafés’ where you’re served a tea for six rials – but as in a shared house, you need to bring your own tealeaves and sugar. Similarly, if you come for lunch, a stew will be cooked up for you as long as you supply the meat and bread.
A place to celebrate good bargains and done deals.”

Extract from Onze lunes au Maroc, text by Karin Huet. Éditions Gallimard 2012.