As Morocco’s Zakaria Aboukhlal prostrated himself on the manicured football pitch on Saturday after his side became the first African or Arab country to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup, the streets of London erupted in celebration as supporters basked in the Atlas Lions’ historic triumph.
On west London’s Golborne Road, women wearing hijabs roared with jubilation as they raised their arms in the air with red and green Moroccan flags fluttering like sails behind them.
