A few days before the end of the previous Ramadan, Moroccan police raided a café in the city center, arrested a group of young people, and took them to the police station under an investigation for allegedly breaking the fast even though they were in a closed space out of public view. The police arrived with an army of camera operators documenting the raid for many media outlets across Morocco. Aren’t the police supposed to “protect and serve”? Go figure…

Many believe that 40 days is the suitable period to get rid of the alcohol from their bodies and start their fast purely. For me, this “40 whatever” is a weird justification.