Surf's up: Moroccans hit the waves - in pictures

A group of beginners take lessons in the sport in waters off Tarfaya on the country's west coast

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Hassan Boulahcen, 27, a surf coach at Nuevas Olas surf club, Salim Maatoug, 26, the president of Nuevas Olas surf club, Hossin Ofan, 34, the club's general co-ordinator, and Oussama Segari, 26, who works as the club's treasurer and coffee shop manager, check out the waves in front of the Armas shipwreck in Tarfaya, Morocco. "We have a deal here. Everyone who leaves Tarfaya has to come back and do something for the town," Mr Maatoug says. Reuters

May 13, 2021

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