<div><p>If you visit the busy market in Agadir, Morocco, one vendor's store will stand out in the crowded streets full of shops and people.</p><p>Nour Eddine's clothing store has a very special feature that you won't find anywhere else in the market: a front garden that's home to the city's stray cats.</p><p>In the hustle and bustle of the city, it can be easy to overlook these small creatures, but Eddine has a special place in his heart for them.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/SK2.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Ibrahim Fadel</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/SK1-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/SK1-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Ibrahim Fadel</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>He built the garden years ago, and it's become a sanctuary for abandoned and injured animals.</p><p>Eddine gives his cats food and water, and will even buy them medicine.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Sk3.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Ibrahim Fadel</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"When one of the cats get sick, I get sick," he told <a href="http://agadirinfo.ma/%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA/">Agadir Info</a>. "I can't do any business until the cat is taken care of."</p><p>Some of his customers give him small donations, but Eddine pays for all of this mainly from his own pocket.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Sk5.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Sk5_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Sk5_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Ibrahim Fadel</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>There's no denying that the garden is a good way to attract people to his store, but Eddine looks after these cats because he really cares.</p><p>He's even started training his son to run the family store, so he can spend more time with his beloved animals.</p><p>"I do not enter my house until I finish my duty feeding the cats," he says. "These cats don't have a home, so they depend on me to feed them."</p><p><strong>Share this post if you think Eddine is a true hero!</strong></p></div>
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