Mules have a very important role in the poor and geographically difficult region of the Atlas mountain range.
Morocco struggles with strong inequalities. In one hand, illiteracy and poverty spread all over the country, a small middle class trying to make a life between modernity and religion. On the other hand, a small group of very rich families who control all the resources of the country and its head, the king, owning more than 1,500 companies trhough the country and ranking six on the list of richest kings on the world.