Dyed silk hanging to dry in Marrakech, Morocco

Dyed silk hanging to dry in Marrakech, Morocco

Here in Morocco’s fourth-largest city, there’s a souk for nearly everything. At the dyer’s souk, skeins of crimson silk air-dry before they’re put up for sale at the market. If you come to Marrakech, prepare to shop, and if you shop, prepare to haggle. It’s not only encouraged at the souks, but expected.