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Published in: HomeBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next Door
Bookshops are places where the rhizome of culture breaks ground, connected beneath the earth but apparently separate...
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Published in: HomeBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next Door
Dispassionate analysis of social and political problems is what is needed to build a better society. Thirty Moroccan...
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Published in: HomeBliss Was It in that Dawn to Be Next Door
The effects of learning Arabic from two different angles – as a cause of illiteracy in Morocco, and a spurned langue...
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Published in: 50.50Forced marriage to rapists: the death of Amina El Filali
For years, human rights and women's organizations have been demanding reform of Article 475 of the Moroccan Penal...
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Published in: HomeNorth African diversities: a Moroccan odyssey
The evolution of Morocco under its monarchy makes it in many ways an exception to political trends elsewhere in the...
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Published in: HomeHas corruption become sacrosanct in Morocco?
One reason why Moroccans voted for the Justice and Development party (PJD) in the November 2011 parliamentary...
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Published in: HomeWhy the Moroccan regime is still ignoring pro-change voices
The most important reason why Badou Ezzaki was not selected is because he is the coach that Moroccans recommend for this job.
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Published in: HomeWhat happened when the February 20 Movement lost momentum?
Many reasons lie behind the loss of momentum of the February 20th movement. One is that its leaders and strong...
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Published in: HomeHow the Moroccan regime weathered the storms of the Arab Spring
One of the reasons why the February 20 movement didn’t survive was that it was not supported by Moroccan...
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Published in: HomeOn Abdellah Nhari’s reponse to Mokhtar Laghzioui’s views on sexual freedom
Moroccans haven’t understood some of the slogans they cheered on during their pro-change demonstrations.
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Published in: HomeThe new capitalists: Islamists' political economy
Islamist parties are proving to be the main beneficiaries of the Arab world's political transformation. But their...
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Published in: 50.50Uncertainty for the future of the Moroccan women’s movement
For the past twenty years Moroccan women, from the liberal camp to the Islamist, have campaigned for equal rights...
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Published in: HomeMorocco's silent revolution
Morocco’s experience of the Arab spring of 2011, including constitutional reform and a parliamentary election,...
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Published in: HomeHolding on to the status quo, Gulf States seek political unity
If the Gulf Cooperation Council wanted to support democracy and stability, they would have invested in Tunisia and...
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Published in: HomeMorocco: Why do I boycott?
Moroccan opposition activists are stepping up calls for a boycott of today’s parliamentary election, saying it can...
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Published in: HomeArab spring: revolution to constitution
The Arab uprisings of 2011 can be understood as the striving for a new social contract founded on constitutional and...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab 1989 revisited
The establishment and deepening of a democratic culture is a long-term project and is intergenerational. As...
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Published in: HomeThe last Moroccan king?
The Makhzen (the name given in Morocco to the state apparatus) seems to be losing the deterrent effect on which it...
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Published in: openSecurityTensions rise between Israel and Hizbollah after Hariri indictiments
All eyes are on the Hizbollah-dominated Lebanese government as the UN indicts senior members over the Hariri...