Moulay Rachid (Arabic: مولاي رشيد) is an arrondissement and southeastern suburb of Casablanca, in the Moulay Rachid district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. As of 2014 it had 245,484 inhabitants.
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Moulay Rachid is a district and southeastern suburb of Casablanca, in the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. The district, named after Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, covers an area of 13.38 square kilometres and as of 2004 had 384,044 inhabitants. It lies to the east of Sbata.
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Hay Mohammadi or Hay Mohammedi is a neighbourhood in eastern Casablanca, in the Aïn Sebaâ - Hay Mohammadi district of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. As of 2004 it had 156,501 inhabitants.
The district was once home to North Africa's oldest and largest slum, formerly known as Carrières Centrales, which was largely demolished throughout the 2010s within the framework of the Moroccan government's 'Cities without Slums'. The project has been criticized for its forced relocation into unsustainable debts and relocating city dwellers away from their work and social sphere. Celebrated as a laboratory for industrial and housing innovation
during the colonial period, but also famous for playing a crucial role in the anticolonial struggle, according to Strava, C..
This neighbourhood has been historically referred to as a 'mythical place', and locals talk about it with pride and affection.
The people in Hay Mohammadi face various challenges, including social degradation, economic insecurity, and struggles for material well-being. These issues are exacerbated by urban transformations, historical legacies, and neoliberal reforms that impact their everyday lives. Additionally, residents grapple with inadequate housing conditions, limited access to resources, and the reproduction of social inequalities within the neighborhood.
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Carrières Centrales is a series of modernist housing developments in Casablanca, Morocco designed in the 1950s by architects Georges Candillis, Shadrach Woods, Alexis Josic. The development aimed to create utopian "habitats" that would provide alternatives to slum life for working class residents of the city. Carrières Centrales has been noted as a prominent example of modernism within the Maghreb.
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The Ben M'Sik European Cemetery is a cemetery in Casablanca, Morocco and is described as "a very large civilian cemetery...approximately 6 kilometres from Casablanca town centre".
Ben M'Sik European Cemetery contains 38 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. The Commonwealth plot also contains two war graves of other nationalities and seven non-war burials. Among the latter is the grave of Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, who held a number of commands during the Second World War. He died in 1981 at the age of 96, and is buried alongside Galley Boy Raymond Steed, who at 14 years of age was the second youngest known Commonwealth casualty of the Second World War.
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Lahraouyine is a small city and urban commune in Médiouna Province, of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. It recorded a population of 64,821 in the 2014 Moroccan census. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 52,862 people living in 10,806 households.
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