Street vendors group together in an association to defend their rights

It was in an atmosphere of spontaneity, doubts, bitterness and disenchantment that the former street vendors of Achouhada Boulevard in Hay Mohammadi met on October 17th at the youth space at the "Al Assil" residence in the same neighbourhood. Men and women, young and old, met to discuss their current situation and their future after the ban on their informal activity. Sad, lost and haggard faces marked by the vagaries of life furnished the meeting room while waiting for a solution capable of saving their livelihood. Other cunning, stubborn faces with a quick and exuberant look were watching for the ideal offer to compensate them. "We were summoned by merchants who shared the same stretch of boulevard as us, but we don't know what they are going to propose," says an accessories seller who has been working in the informal trade for several years with three other members of her family.Afte…