Mohammed

As I was talking to Al-Araby a man riding a contraption that could only be described as a wheelchair-bicycle hybrid parked himself right next to me and introduced himself as Mohammed. He explained that his problems with growth and the formation of his hands began at birth. When I asked him what it is like being disabled in Morocco, he answered with "Al-Hamdullillah" or "thanks be to God," meaning he is grateful for the health that God has afforded him. 

Mohammed went to school until the end of college, or junior high, when his father who lived in the countryside informed him that he had run out of money for his schooling. Now thirty-nine years old, Mohammed doesn't work, but the donations he receives allow him to rent a home in the Karia neighborhood of Sale and provide for his wife and three children.