At the threshold (Morocco, Fez)

In the medina of Fez, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, thresholds aren't just thresholds. They're social interstices. At the intersection of the visible and the rejected, single women, precarious, or invisible mothers hold their own—neither inside nor outside—in an in-between that is as spatial as it is symbolic.

Moroccan culture values ​​modesty in situations: we help discreetly, we look away without ignoring. But in the alleys, these waiting bodies confront the tradition of hospitality with the reality of abandonment. Begging is both stigmatized and tolerated, fueled by tensions between community solidarity, the absence of a social safety net, and daily resilience.

What the photograph captures here is not a frozen scene. It is a gray area : one where the limits of a system are replayed, on the scale of a glance. This is not a humanitarian cliché. It is a silent question.

This photograph was selected by the prestigious international gallery 1X.com, which recognizes works for their aesthetic and documentary value.