After 3 flights and too many carb-laden airplane meals, I arrived in Rabat. As exhausted and jet-lagged as I was, I resisted the urge to pass out for the day and went for a stroll to the oldest part of the city, the Kasbah of the Udayas. The fortress was built over 1000 years ago. Inside are narrow and winding alleyways painted blue and white, courtyard gardens with orange trees and innumerable stray cats. Students: what is the purpose of a Kasbah?