Rough Hands

Mustapha is a fortyyearold barber in Casablanca His clients are retired highranking government officials former cabinet ministers and power brokers in Morocco On the side Mustapha has an underground business facilitating paperwork using his privileged access to these retired bigwigs to grease the wheels of bureaucracy While his operation thrives Mustapha keeps a shameful secret he is illiterate and has hired Said to assist him with managing appointments and tracking transactions He does not know that Said is being paid to monitor his underground dealings