As the taxi driver makes haste to drop off one rider and pick up another, the wheel of his cab is stuck in a hole along the asphalt road. The driver subsequently falls in the hole in the Adib Zifzaf Street and launches a rant of cursing directed at Casablanca’s mayor. Casablanca’s mayor, however, is a prominent businessman who possesses money and power and enjoys full impunity.
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Pothole Patching in Casablanca
As the taxi driver makes haste to drop off one rider and pick up another, the wheel of his cab is stuck in a hole along the asphalt road. The driver subsequently falls in the hole in the Adib Zifzaf Street and launches a rant of cursing directed at Casablanca’s mayor. Casablanca’s mayor, however, is a prominent businessman who possesses
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