Ain Diab () is a neighborhood located at the Corniche of

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. The neighborhood is affluent and famous for the fashionable stretch of coastline known as the Corniche. There are numerous hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, and Lalla Meryem Beach and Ain Diab Beach. There is also the

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and island of Sidi Abderrahman, which is now connected to the mainland by bridge. Ain Diab hosted a round of the Formula One World Championship in 1958. Amongst the notable residents is the British-born writer Tahir Shah. The first

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franchise in Africa and in the

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opened on Ain Diab in 1992.

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Neighbourhoods of Casablanca {{CasablancaSettat-geo-stub

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