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Simon Speakman Cordall

Morocco’s Marrakesh is awakening slowly from the earthquake damage

Earthquake damage reached the Koutoubia Mosque [Simon Speakman Cordall/Al Jazeera]

Marrakesh, Morocco – Like everyone in Marrakesh, 39-year-old Zakaria Lamnichri was surprised when the earthquake hit six months ago.

Speaking from his stall in the centre of the city, the easy flow of his conversation interrupted by queries from browsing tourists, he recalls the tremors he experienced as the magnitude 6.9 earthquake ripped through the nearby mountains, claiming the lives of about 3,000 people.

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