Monday 27 April 2015

Carrying the world on their back: The human mules of Morocco

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CEUTA, Spain — Three armed and uniformed men stand watch outside a warehouse in North Africa. Behind them, a throng of veiled women are pushing in line.

"Do you know this word?” one of the guards asks with a sly smile. 'Alucinaciones' or hallucinations. "You’ll see why," he adds.

It's true. The hundreds of Moroccan women behind him appear like a mirage in the early morning as they wait to strap massive packages of household goods to their backs. Bent over at the waist because of the weight, the women will carry the loads across the border that separates an autonomous Spanish enclave on the African continent from neighboring Morocco. Read more...

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