MOSA’AB ELSHAMY

Photographer

Elshamy is an Associated Press photographer covering North Africa and beyond. He has covered major stories across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.

AP PHOTOS: Moroccan earthquake shattered thousands of lives

AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) — With their arms around each other, three boys walked through the streets of their town at the foot of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains.

Responders dig for bodies in Moroccan mountain villages devastated by last week’s earthquake

Moroccan rescuers have been joined by crews from Spain, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as they dig through rubble for bodies still buried in devastated communities in the Atlas Mountains.

Earthquake robbed Moroccan villagers of almost everything — loved ones, homes and possessions

The toll of the earthquake that devastated Morocco is on stark display in dozens of remote villages across the North African county’s disaster zone.

Moroccans sleep in the streets for 3rd night following an earthquake that took more than 2,100 lives

The disaster killed more than 2,100 people — a number that is expected to rise — and the United Nations estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday night’s magnitude 6.8 quake.

Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 2,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech

A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco killing more than 1,000 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech.

Spain and Morocco renew ties with migration, business deals

The governments of Spain and Morocco have signed deals on managing migration and boosting Spanish investment in Morocco.

Climate change threatens centuries-old oases in Morocco

ALNIF, Morocco (AP) — Residents of the oasis of Alnif say they can’t remember a drought this bad: The land is dry. Some wells are empty.

Moroccan region held death recipe for boy trapped in well

The death of a 5-year-old boy trapped for days in the dark depths of a well symbolizes for many villagers a curse that haunts their remote mountainous region in northern Morocco.

Moroccans bury 5-year-old boy Rayan, who died in deep well

Morocco has buried 5-year-old Rayan, a boy who was trapped in a well for days and whose plight drew worldwide attention.

Moroccans in mourning after trapped boy’s death

An eerie silence has fallen on a Moroccan village after a 5-year-old boy who had been trapped in a well for four days was reached, but too late.

Morocco’s king says boy, 5, trapped in deep well has died

Morocco’s king says a 5-year-old boy has died after rescuers pulled him out of a deep well where he was trapped for four days.

Shaky soil threatens rescue of Moroccan boy trapped in well

Rescuers are inching closer to reaching a 5-year-old boy trapped for three days in a well in Morocco, in an operation hampered by concerns about ground stability that has captivated the North African country.

AP Photos: Trapped by snow in a Moroccan mountain village

TIMAHDITE, Morocco (AP) — For the people of the remote Moroccan village of Timahdite, nestled in North Africa’s highest mountain range, heavy snowfall brings weeks, or months, of isolation.

AP PHOTOS: Sufi religious order finally able to gather again

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Followers of a Sufi religious order convened on a Moroccan village near the city of Nador for the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in the first such gathering since the pandemic.

U.S. general: ‘wildfire of terrorism’ on march in Africa

A senior U.S. general has warned that the “wildfire of terrorism” is sweeping across a band of Africa and needs the attention of the world.

Migrant surge on Spain-Morocco border brings more suffering

An extraordinary surge of migrants seeking to leave Morocco for Spain this week has left a border town suffering under the strain.

Spain, Morocco turn focus to young migrants stuck at border

With border crossings of migrants apparently under control, Spain and Morocco have turned their attention to the plight of hundreds of mostly teenagers stranded on both sides of their frontier.

Around 3,000 Moroccan migrants cross into Spanish territory

Authorities in Spain say around 3,000 Moroccans, 1,000 of whom are presumed to be minors, crossed into the Spanish northern African enclave of Ceuta.

AP PHOTOS: Laborious saffron harvest unites Moroccan village

ASKAOUN, Morocco (AP) — A 10-year-old boy calls for the dawn prayer in an isolated village in Morocco’s Atlas mountains, announcing a laborious day racing against the clock to harvest fields that produce the most expensive spice on earth: saffron.

Jailed tycoon and professor in Tunisia’s presidential runoff

Jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui and independent law professor Kais Saied will advance to Tunisia’s presidential runoff, sending the North African nation’s young democracy into an unprecedented electoral battle.

AP PHOTOS: Moroccans feast, light up sky on Shiite holy day

SALE, Morocco (AP) — Women thrumming drums, children devouring rich pastries, red flares lighting up the sky — these are telltale signs that Moroccans are marking Ashoura.

AP PHOTOS: In Morocco, tribal tattoos fade with age, Islam

In Morocco’s Middle Atlas mountains, an ancient tradition is fading. The distinctive tribal tattoos that indigenous Amazigh women acquired in a coming of age ritual are slowly disappearing as their bearers age and die.

AP PHOTOS: Morocco cracks down on migrants heading to Spain

TANGIERS, Morocco (AP) — Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants escaping poverty and violence in their home countries are fleeing to forests to escape police raids in the northern Moroccan port city of Tangiers — only to be chased from their makeshift camps.

Grueling Marathon des Sables completes another edition

About 1,000 competitors from 50 countries took part in this year’s Marathon des Sables under a hot desert sun and with the desolation of the Sahara all around.

Snow isolates Moroccan mountain villages more used to sun

Bitter temperatures and heavy snowfall has beleaguered several regions in Morocco, disrupting schools, cutting off villages and national highways.

AP PHOTOS: Wedding festival is boon for Moroccan village

IMILCHIL, Morocco (AP) — What started as an annual marriage festival has become an economic boon for a tiny Berber village tucked into the foothills of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains.

AP PHOTOS: Ancient tradition of horsemanship in Morocco

MANSOURIA, Morocco (AP) — In Morocco, an ancient tradition of horsemanship survives the test of time.

AP PHOTOS: Berbers live on in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains

AP PHOTOS: Deep in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, the ancient Berbers live on, defying a harsh environment and loyal to their traditions and heritage.

AP PHOTOS: Ancient Jewish community endures on Tunisian isle

DJERBA, Tunisia (AP) — When school lets out, the streets around the ancient synagogue on this Tunisian island fill with rambunctious boys wearing Jewish kippahs and girls in long skirts, shouting to each other in Hebrew, Arabic and French.

AP PHOTOS: Muslims come together for pinnacle of hajj

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — From all around the world and after years of saving, Muslim pilgrims packed onto a rocky landscape outside of Mecca on Wednesday for the apex of the annual hajj pilgrimage.