Category Archives: Individual Freedom

The New Court Jester

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Before he uttered a word, Mr. Abdelilah Benkirane, the new Moroccan Prime Minister, was made to understand he will be challenged. As he stood before the lectern to address Morocco’s bicameral Parliament, parliamentarian women stood up holding printed slogans expressing … Continue reading →

Posted in Abdelilah Benkirane, Arab World, Democracy, Freedom of the Press, HUMAN RIGHTS, Individual Freedom, MOROCCO, POVERTY | Tagged | 1 Comment

The FBI’s Minority Report

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

On Wednesday, the FBI arrested Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old U.S. citizen from Ashland, west of Boston, on terrorism charges. The arrest came as a result of an undercover operation conducted by FBI agents posing as al-Qaeida terrorists. They provided Ferdaus … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Department of Defense, FBI, George W. Bush, Individual Freedom, Moroccan Initiative, Terrorism, United States, USA PATRIOT Act | Tagged | 2 Comments

Betting on the King

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

The confident and fantastically positive promulgations of the government’s official spokesperson, Khalid Naciri, who seems to have forgotten his moment of ignominy, that the revolution of the people AND the king – as he termed it – is on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Freedom of the Press, Individual Freedom, MOROCCO | Tagged | 4 Comments

Morocco: A Revolution of Fluff

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Moroccans have grown impervious to their leadership’s dictatorial hubris. They have come to realize that the internet is an intractable shield that has stripped our Machiavellian leaders off of their protective invisibility cloak and rendered their political dogmatism impotent. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab World, Democracy, Individual Freedom, Khaled Naceri, MOROCCO | Tagged | 11 Comments

A Schizophrenic Morocco

Posted on February 25, 2010 by

It would be unjust to overlook Morocco’s outstanding progress in the past decade. The numbers the government spews out on a regular basis in its reports, mostly considered overblown by observers and analysts, aside, the face of the country has … Continue reading →

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Human Rights in Morocco: The 2010 Reports

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

I was reading Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) for my daily dose of indoctrination, my mind unfocused on reality, when I came across an interestingly ironic piece of information. It jolted me the way you would be if your butt were griped … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab World, Democracy, HUMAN RIGHTS, Individual Freedom, MOROCCO | Tagged | 2 Comments

Falling From The King’s Grace

Posted on January 14, 2010 by

In the first week of 2010, Morocco has witnessed two momentous events that will undoubtedly set the tone for the rest of the year. They are harbingers of a positive institutional shift toward apolitical social development and equity. Or are … Continue reading →

Posted in Algeria, Democracy, Freedom of the Press, HUMAN RIGHTS, Individual Freedom, MOROCCO, Western Sahara | Tagged | 2 Comments

Enough With The Mindless Chauvinism

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

To read the urgent rallying cries in the slogan riddled open letters and petitions circulated by some Moroccan associations in the U.S. against the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights for its support of Aminatou Haider, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Algeria, Aminatou Haider, Democracy, Freedom of the Press, HUMAN RIGHTS, Individual Freedom, MOROCCO | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

The Politics Of Silence

Posted on November 5, 2009 by

Even as Morocco’s Minister of Foreign affairs Taieb Fassi-Fihri, during his meetings in Marrakesh with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton within the framework of the Forum for the Future, continues to tout, in his usual saccharine tone, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Masae, Democracy, Freedom of the Press, Individual Freedom, Journalism, JUSTICE, MOROCCO | Tagged | 3 Comments

I Am Pregnant And I Exist

Posted on October 30, 2009 by

In an already bifurcated country, The November issue of Femmes du Maroc – Women of Morocco, a Moroccan magazine that caters to the interests of Moroccan women with a panoply of feminine subjects is bound to turn into lascivious fodder … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom of the Press, HUMAN RIGHTS, Individual Freedom, MOROCCO, Uncategorized | Tagged | 35 Comments

About Face

Posted on October 19, 2009 by

If you want to find journalists, human rights activists, and bloggers that speak their mind in Morocco today, look first in the government’s prisons. Then, check the holding pens of the country’s judicial system. You will find them clustered in groups … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Freedom of the Press, HUMAN RIGHTS, Individual Freedom, MOROCCO | Tagged | 1 Comment

The Naked Truth About MALI’s Eating Disorder

Posted on September 21, 2009 by

I resisted commenting on the arrest of the six members of the e-group “Alternative movement for individual freedoms,” known as “MALI,” who crash-landed on reality and caused much of a bedlam in Morocco recently when they decided to eat publically … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, HUMAN RIGHTS, Individual Freedom, MOROCCO, Mouvement Alternatif pour les Libertés Individuelles | Tagged | 4 Comments