Category Archives: FOUAD MOURTADA

FOUAD EST LIBRE, MAIS…

Posted on March 19, 2008 by

Yes! Fouad has been freed, but has justice been served? I think not. The Royal pardon, while a welcome positive development of the tragic miscarriage of justice that landed Fouad Mourtada in Jail, does not exonerate him. It is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, FOUAD MOURTADA, MOROCCAN JUSTICE, MOROCCO | 2 Comments

BAXTER’S “THE SOUL THIEF”, OR FREE FOUAD

Posted on March 17, 2008 by

Here is a book I would like to recommend to the prosecutor who indicted Fouad Mourtada on charges of identity theft because he created a fake Facebook profile of HRH Prince Moulay Rachid and the Kafkaesque judge who sentenced him … Continue reading →

Posted in Charles Baxter, FOUAD MOURTADA, LITERATURE, MOROCCAN JUSTICE, MOROCCO | 1 Comment

ILLUSIONARY DEMOCRACY, UNATTAINABLE CHANGE

Posted on March 1, 2008 by

I was asked by fellow bloggers commenting on my post on the plight of Fouad Mourtada the following hauntingly simple question: why don’t Moroccans, instead of fleeing toward more favorable horizons, change their situation from within Morocco?   I advocate the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab World, Democracy, FOUAD MOURTADA, Maghreb, MOROCCAN JUSTICE, MOROCCO, Saudi Arabia | 1 Comment

WHY ARE MOROCCANS WASHING OUT ON SPANISH SHORES

Posted on February 24, 2008 by

Fouad, a 26 years old engineer with so much potential, so much to offer to Morocco sits rotting in a jail for exercising bad judgment. Three years is an excessive sentence for a conduct that could have been considered at worst a … Continue reading →

Posted in FOUAD MOURTADA, MOROCCAN JUSTICE | 4 Comments