Agadir, Morocco: Epicenter of a Generational Earthquake?

By Kevin Barrett, for Al-Andalus Tribune

Agadir is a major city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, south of Marrakesh and Asfi. As the urban hub of southwestern coastal Morocco, it’s all the way across the country from where I live in Saidia, the far northeastern corner where the Algerian border meets the Mediterranean.

I decided to visit Agadir for various reasons, or maybe no reason at all. First, Ryan Air dangled the prospect of a $30 roundtrip flight. Then I remembered the book Agadir by the Swedish poet Artur Lundqvist—an unforgettable description of the devastating 1960 earthquake that leveled the city. I thought of Gaza, which now looks a lot like Agadir after the quake.*

If Agadir could be rebuilt into a thriving seaside community, so can Gaza. I resolved to visit Agadir to take in the results of all that rebuilding. Tomorrow Gaza, Insha’allah…

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