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Published in: 50.50: NewsDeath of 14-year-old triggers protests for abortion rights in Morocco
Moroccan feminists are protesting both online and offline to kickstart stalled reforms to abortion rights and more
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘I’d never seen another African man share his transition on social media’
Ghali Eden founded the Instagram account Moroccan Transgender Community. It’s one way he’s fighting for the rights...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionCan worsening economies and increasing repression herald a new Arab Spring?
North Africa today is reminiscent of the period leading up to the 2011 uprisings. Tensions are further aggravated by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWomen’s rights have improved in North Africa, but the struggle continues
Ten years after the Arab Spring uprisings, we looked at the impact on women’s rights in the Maghreb.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe troubling case of Maâti Monjib highlights Morocco’s climate of repression
For five years, the 60-year-old academic and journalist has been the subject of police persecution.
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Published in: Frontline InsightsDifference is good: why migrant and rights groups work together in Morocco
Collaboration is helping grassroots groups learn from each other and connect for a better response to the migration...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaExtractivism and resistance in North Africa
Should we see protests, uprisings and movements against extractivism as mainly environmental, or are these...
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Published in: Frontline InsightsWoman by woman: crossing borders to strengthen rights in North Africa
Sharing learning – and supportive international funding – has been the key to making a difference at the grass roots...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAmussu: participatory art and cinema as a means of resistance
A statement by the producers of Amussu, an upcoming documentary film that tells the story of a community's continued...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaI am not a criminal, I am an artist
The story of three Moroccan dancers who despite having valid Visas, were refused entry, locked up, and deported by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco: military service and education reform promise more repression
The reinstatement of compulsory military service in this context of growing tensions is meant to be used for social control.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaViolence in Moroccan universities: a problem worth addressing
Violence between Morocco’s young political activists is the product of a deeply divided political society that has...
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Published in: 50.50Arrests of women’s rights activists put Saudi Arabia on the wrong side of history
From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, Muslim women’s movements for equality are increasingly interconnected – and unstoppable.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Is there a role for the EU in the Moroccan Rif crisis?
For Rabat, the challenge will be to access the EU funds and more while getting away from any significant EU impact....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco's social protests across time and space
Between the Rif republic, the “Arab Spring”, and the diaspora in Europe, to what extent will current and future...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco’s World Cup bid and the last colony in Africa
Awarding Morocco the World Cup would send the message that the injustices in Western Sahara can continue without...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Egypt functions in the Moroccan imagination
A journey through Morocco as an Egyptian. Amro Ali shares his observations and insights from common spaces of discussions.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYou've kept your power, Arab rulers, but at what cost?
Let us never forget that those who make peaceful uprisings impossible will eventually make violent revolution irresistible.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA declaration from North Africa: food sovereignty is a right
We stand against the plunder of peoples’ resources by multinationals and financial capital and against all forms of...