Two years after earthquake, displaced Moroccans losing hope

Two years after earthquake, displaced Moroccans losing hope

Omar Saed Omar, 52, is still grieving his two young daughters who were crushed to death when a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco’s mountainous Al-Haouz region outside the city of Marrakech on September 8, 2023.  Nearly 3,000 people were killed, thousands more injured, and over 500,000 displaced. The quake and its aftershocks damaged or destroyed nearly 60,000 homes.  Entire villages across the High Atlas Mountains in Al-Haouz province, the…