"Sunset on the Maghreb" by Marley Craine

As my time in Morocco comes to a close, I reflect on all of the incredible things I've done, seen, tasted, smelled, laughed at, and swam in. But one particular sight stands out as the most mesmerizing and consistently beautiful: the sunset. In Rabat, I'd often go to the beach to watch it set by the water, or up on the roof of my host family's apartment building. I chased the sunset from Agdal to l'Ocean; Chefchaouen to Merzouga. Here are some of the most magnificent sunsets I've seen in Morocco.

This is one of the first sunsets I watched from the balcony off my bedroom in my host family.

A stunning scene over the Atlantic Ocean. I sat here with my friend one evening, watching the setting sun surrounded by other viewers and many cats.

The beginning of a sunset from the terrace of an opulent riad in Fez. My cohort stayed here all together for one night before heading off to the Sahara Desert the next morning.

By the ocean in Rabat again. I like to look across the Atlantic and wave to my family in Boston.

The view from the roof of my host family's apartment building, where I'd often go to spend time after school and before dinner.

In Chefchaouen, the blue city, we hiked up to a mosque on the side of a mountain and took in this striking tableau.

Sunset by the Mid Atlas Mountains, seen from the rural village of Khenifra.

Photo credit for all images: Craine, 2023.

Marley Craine is a student at Macalaster University studying abroad in Morocco this Fall 2023 on Amideast’s Regional Studies in French program.