Aida Alami is a Morocco-based freelance journalist who’s frequently on the road, reporting from North Africa, France, and, more recently, the Caribbean. She regularly contributes to The New York Times, and her work has also been published by The New York Review of Books, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera English, and Foreign Policy.
A little over a year ago, 45 people in an inflatable boat died at sea trying to cross to Spain from a beach north of the city of Casablanca along Morocco’s Atlantic shore. More than half … Read more
