The Souks of Morocco

A BROAD ABROAD: SHOPPING AT A SOUK

The open air market with local families shopping with the tourists.

A full basket of pomegranates, some with green skins.

A Medina full of rows of figs, dates, strawberries and tree fruit.

Plastic containers of dried meat packed in fat.

Camel Meat Market with an open table with camel hooves.

Dough in a large bowl with a cook in the back preparing individual flatbread.

The cook is stretching to dough paper-thin in preparation of cooking.

The cook stretches the dough paper thin and forms it on a shaped baking oven in the open market.

Large, stacked copper kettles in the market.

Green and dark olives in large bowls in the market.

Large market baskets full of garlic and figs.

Camel head with herbs hanging in the open air market.

Tall baskets of figs, walnuts, raisins and other dried fruit.

Rows of blue containers filled with dried pods and spices.

Glass jars of dried spices on a shelf in the market.

Fresh herbs and greens sitting on an open air wagon in the city street.

What is a Souk?

Souks, markets in Morocco’s medinas, are a combination of small stalls peddling everything from fresh produce, meat, cheese, spices, prepared foods, as well as many household goods. As in Medieval Europe, the trades still congregate in certain areas in certian modern medinas.

Marrakech Market with an assortment of handbags, fabrick, and gift items

Colorful baskets of spices from Marrakech Market

This is still particulary evident in Fes. The copper smith, light fixtures, carpet shops, tanneries and food stalls all occupy their own unique location. I have created a little slideshow with Moroccan food typically found in any souk such as pomegranates, dates, figs and olives along with a few unusual delicacies, tree strawberries, snails, camel feet and trid/phyllo in the making.

Feature image: Gul Isik

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