Originally posted May 2010
Originally posted May 2010
Originally posted May 2010
“There is no way back, cross or die”
(A young boy from the rural area living in Tangier while trying to cross to Spain).
This special edition of MEI Viewpoints offers snapshots of sports and the Middle East.
Originally posted June 2011
Originally posted October 2011
Audio recording from Human Rights, Education & Freedom of the Press in Morocco
Audio recording from Human Rights, Education & Freedom of the Press in Morocco
Audio recording from Human Rights, Education & Freedom of the Press in Morocco
Audio recording from Human Rights, Education & Freedom of the Press in Morocco
Audio recording from Reforming Radical Islam: The Moroccan Model
As elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East, the youth-driven revolts in Tunisia and Egypt produced a tsunami in Morocco’s political landscape. On February 20, a movement took shape that publicly demanded a constitutional monarchy in which an elected and accountable government would have control over the country’s social, economic, and security policies. All across the country, it organized rallies in which tens of thousands of Moroccans participated.
The basic legitimization of political authority and the specific logics of domination that have for decades regulated Arabs’ behavior and subjugated their life patterns are under siege in much of the Arab world. Only those regimes that still enjoy the historical prestige of traditional authority have so far managed to weather the assaults on the legitimacy of their rule.
Originally posted August 2011