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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaParadises of the earth: politics of solidarity
Nadir Bouhmouch, director of the groundbreaking documentary 'Paradises of the earth' talks about the inception of...
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Published in: 50.50The right to blasphemy: is this the boundary between civilisation and barbarism?
Former Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui collects fatwas like badges of honour. Her recent book outlines...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco: time for self assessment in the Palace
Amid the tense political environment in Morocco, now is the time for the Palace to assume its responsibility towards...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDevastating verdicts issued after a sham trial in Morocco
At dawn on July 19th, after hours of deliberation, the verdicts were finally delivered in the contentious retrial in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaStatement of solidarity with the protests in Northern Morocco
A coalition of North African organisations issued a solidarity statement with the protest movement in the Rif region...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia'The oppression is brutal’: Morocco breaks up Western Sahara protest ahead of UN talks
The confrontation highlights the Moroccan routine response towards self-determination and human rights activists in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe world’s last colony: Morocco continues occupation of Western Sahara, in defiance of UN
Some claim that the admission of Morocco will now resolve the question of Western Sahara’s occupation but in fact...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical Islam in Morocco: a royal affair
The recent events in Morocco prove that Islam, even political, remains the affair of the monarchy which has secured...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNegotiating Western Sahara: between international law and geopolitical interests
The question of Western Sahara has been in a stalemate since 1976, but with Morocco joining the African Union, the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaReflections on Western Sahara's struggle for self-determination
Some reflections about the Sahrawi struggle for self determination on the 41st anniversary of the proclamation of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCan the African Union pressure Morocco to accept a referendum on the Western Sahara?
Can Morocco's admission to the African Union last month trigger a lasting solution to the forty-year long Western...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco's admission to the African Union: a Pyrrhus victory for Rabat
Morocco’s admission to the African Union after decades of absence was received as a victory, but what does it mean...
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Published in: 50.50Deaths, deportations and arrests: violence against migrants in Morocco
EU policy is blocking routes to Europe for those suffering from the neocolonial and capitalist exploitation and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe death of Mohsen Fikri and the long history of oppression and protest in Morocco's Rif
A month after Mohsen Fikri’s death, the ongoing protests in Morocco’s Rif expose a long history of marginalization...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco: green for the rich, grey for the poor
With COP22 taking place in Morocco, is the kingdom greenwashing its image? And can there be climate justice without...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia2016 Moroccan elections: the past never happened
The one institution that benefited from the post-Arab Spring uncertainty and continues to profit from poor party...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFighting for climate/environmental justice in the Maghreb
Environmental problems need to be analysed in a comprehensive way with consideration to social justice, entitlements...
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Published in: HomeBelling the trolls: free expression, online abuse and gender
Freedom of expression is fundamentally about power: about who gets to speak or express themselves and on what terms...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEurope’s misguided applause for Morocco’s reform process
Stability under the cover of autocracy is not only unjust and brutal but also unsustainable.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA vision for Western Sahara and the Moroccan protest movement
If autonomy is to prevail then it should be an autonomy within a fully and strictly democratic Morocco, and if...