Special envoy to Rabat and Casablanca
At the start of Ramadan, the clean streets of Rabat empty out long before the fast is broken.
This is the time when television broadcasts live from the royal palace the first religious talk of the holy month delivered by Ahmed Toufiq, the Minister of Habous and Islamic Affairs, before His Majesty the King.
Sitting cross-legged, the "Commander of the Faithful" has donned a yellow gandoura for the occasion and holds a Koran in his hands.
Mohammed VI is accompanied by his son, Prince Moulay el-Hassan, the future Hassan III, a skinny young man with a shy look.
The sovereign had not appeared in public since the historic qualification of the "Atlas Lions", the national football team, in the semi-finals of the World Cup.
He then participated in the popular jubilation in the streets of the capital and received the players a few days later.
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