This photo was taken by Sarah Zouheir, a graduate student in the Geography and Environment. This photo was taken in El Jadida, Morocco on 30 August 2008.

'In Moroccan towns, the burden of traditions and the omnipresent social control prevent couples to have physical contacts in public spaces. When they meet, they can't even talk, they just can feel the presence of the other, with the fear that someone would recognize them.'

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