Alex Bego

Alex Bego

Resident & author of the site

Photographer and researcher, resident of the Immeuble Assayag. I document the life and the architecture of the residence from the inside.

I live in the Immeuble Assayag, in Casablanca. This site was born there: from the wish to tell, from the inside, the story of a building people photograph from the street without ever crossing its threshold. The staircases, the glass roofs, the terraces and the people who live with them deserved better than a silhouette on a postcard.

A photographer, researcher and publisher, based in Morocco since 2010, I work under the name Alex Bego. I lead photographic walks through Casablanca and I founded Morocco24x7, where I write regularly about the history and culture of the country.

I speak Russian, French, English and Arabic — which makes it possible to read Casablanca from several points of view at once, and to cross-check sources: archives, works on the history of architecture, and the memories of neighbours.

On this site I publish the history of the building, its architecture, its events and the life of its residents. If you hold archives, photographs or memories connected to the Assayag, write to me: they belong here.

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Top of an Assayag tower in golden light: pierced parapet, stepped setbacks, rounded canopies and stairwell glazing The building Pourquoi l’Assayag avait le droit d’être si haut 4 September 2026 · 8 min The injured caretaker carried out on a stretcher in front of the building, surrounded by a crowd of children and neighbours The building 1953 : une bombe dans l’Escalier A 3 September 2026 · 10 min The same balconies from below, a plant trailing over the railing Heritage Ceux qui ont écrit Casablanca 3 September 2026 · 4 min The Assayag garage ramp on rue Allal Ben Abdellah: two white piers, an open gate and an iron gantry over the way down The building Un parking sous l’immeuble, en 1930 3 September 2026 · 6 min From the upper floors: the stepped terraces and the street running down to the port The neighbourhood Derb Omar, le quartier marchand aux portes de l'Assayag 1 September 2026 · 5 min An artist paints a frieze of black horses on the long white wall of the Assayag’s basement, “Citadelle” exhibition Events « Citadelle » : dix artistes dans les sous-sols de l'Assayag 24 August 2026 · 7 min The Assayag’s stepped upper floors in golden sunlight: rounded canopies, a balcony on a slim column, railings, blue sky The building Qui était Moses Assayag ? 24 August 2026 · 7 min Old colourised postcard: the stepped Assayag Building along a palm-lined street, with a cyclist Jewish Casablanca Du mellah aux tours 23 August 2026 · 5 min From a neighbouring roof terrace, a man photographs the three white towers of the Assayag Building with his phone The building Pourquoi trois tours ? La Casablanca qui voulait monter 22 August 2026 · 6 min The Assayag’s stepped towers and their stairwell glazing in front of glass-fronted buildings, a dome in the foreground Jewish Casablanca Les commanditaires juifs de Casablanca 21 August 2026 · 4 min Floor plan of the Assayag in white lines on blue: two ranges with spiral staircases separated by a courtyard Architects Les frères Suraqui, architectes 20 August 2026 · 2 min Partial lunar eclipse in the night sky over Casablanca, above the top floors of a building with balconies Architects Zevaco et Azagury, enfants de Casablanca 19 August 2026 · 2 min