Compare and contrast: To save water, drought-hit Morocco is closing its famous public baths three days a week

Associated Press


The public baths — hammams in Arabic — for centuries have been fixtures of Moroccan life. Inside their domed chambers, men and women, regardless of social class, commune together and unwind. Bathers sit on stone slabs under mosaic tiles, lather with traditional black soap and wash with scalding water from plastic buckets. Click here to continue reading