In the center of the Rabat average there is a bookstore run by a 71 -year -old man who responds to the name of Mohamed Aziz. A bookstore that opened its doors in 1967 after Aziz will have been selling books under the shadow of a tree. A bookstore that emerged in a country where it is not read and was born as an act of love towards its city and towards literature.
Today, very close to International Book Day, we tell you the story behind this man. A bookseller who attracts the looks of any walker. If you cross him and his bookstore for Rabat's Medina, it will attract your attention, sure.
Mohamed spends most of the day in his bookstore surrounded by books and stories and reading (always reading). He says that, to date, he has been able to read more than 4,000 books since he dedicates at least 8 hours to reading. The rest of his time walks through the neighborhoods of Rabat in search of book vendors from which he takes the literary treasures that he then puts on sale in his store.
Thus, the lack of access to books in his childhood caused that once he could decide what to devote himself no longer from them or a second. Aziz, Rabat's bookseller. And he already says it, he only needs a couple of pillows and books to be happy.
Mohamed spends most of the day in his bookstore surrounded by books and stories and reading (always reading). He says that, to date, he has been able to read more than 4,000 books since he dedicates at least 8 hours to reading. The rest of his time walks through the neighborhoods of Rabat in search of book vendors from which he takes the literary treasures that he then puts on sale in his store.
Why did you decide to open a bookstore in a country where you don't read?
Mohamed lost his parents at 6 years. When he was orphaned, he had to look for life to try to finish high school but, it was not possible. At 15 he left school due to the high cost he supposed for him and his family to have access to textbooks. That fact generated a terrible frustration that has led him to live surrounded by books."This is how I come from my childhood, my situation, my poverty."
Thus, the lack of access to books in his childhood caused that once he could decide what to devote himself no longer from them or a second. Aziz, Rabat's bookseller. And he already says it, he only needs a couple of pillows and books to be happy.
