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  • A family walks through a market
    Reform of the Moroccan family code

    A struggle over Quranic principles

    Feminists in Morocco are eagerly awaiting a planned reform of the family code. Experts and the public have been consulted, but the king and the commission have yet to reveal the proposed amendments.

  • Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri
    New Choukri translation

    The absurdist frame

    In Mohamed Choukri's varied and experimental collection "Tales of Tangier" the hyperreal meets the bizarre. The off-kilter stories put forward by the late author seem to be set spinning on their edges, so fast and wild they might just fly off the page

  • Syrian music band from Ottoman Aleppo, mid-18th century
    The universal language of music

    Music dossier: Tuning in to the unfamiliar

    An independent, modern music scene has long since developed in the Islamic world and Europe. Breaking with convention, it is a far cry from belly dance and folklore cliches. In this dossier, we present some of its leading protagonists, genres and events

  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to media representatives in Cairo
    Biden's plan for a Middle East ceasefire

    What Gaza exit strategy?

    U.S. President Biden's plan to end the war in Gaza ignores important questions. As long as it is not clear who will control the Gaza Strip once the war is over, there will be no lasting solution. An analysis

  • Brice Bottin and Yousra Mansour lead the French-Moroccan band Bab L’Bluz
    French-Moroccan band Bab L'Bluz

    Morocco's electrifying abundance

    Swaken is the title of the second album from French-Moroccan quartet Bab L'Bluz. The band based around singer Yousra Mansour delves even further into the facets of the music found between the Atlantic coast and the Sahara

  • Sahrawi singer and musician Aziza Brahim
    Aziza Brahim's "Mawja"

    The voice of Western Sahara

    Aziza Brahim's childhood as a Sahrawi refugee in Algeria naturally shaped her music, but as her latest album, "Mawja" shows, while she has not forgotten where she comes from, she has long since tuned her ears to a world beyond the camp perimeters

  • Moroccan Said Tichiti performs live with his band Said Chalaban
    Music of the Sahel

    Jarama – echoes of the Sahara

    It's a long way from Hungary to Morocco, both geographically and culturally. For expatriate Moroccan Said Tichiti, the distance finally caught up with him in 2018. Stuck musically and seeking inspiration he and two of his Chalaban band mates made the long trip to his former home. New release "Jarama" is the musical outcome

  • A migrant runs across a field in the Spanish enclave of Melilla
    Migrant destination Europe

    EU gatekeeper Morocco leverages its own interests

    Morocco is intensifying its gatekeeper role in EU migration, stopping 87,000 migrants in 2023. Key to the deal is European acceptance of Morocco's claim to disputed Western Sahara

  • Migrants from Senegal are a common sight in Moroccan cities – in this case Casablanca
    Destination Morocco

    A magnet for migrant women?

    Morocco has slowly transformed from a transit country to a destination country for sub-Saharan African migrants – almost half of whom are women

  • A woman in a blue headscarf puts the finishing touches to a bride's make-up; the bride looks unhappy
    Cinema showcase in Morocco

    Arab women filmmakers challenge Western preconceptions

    Female filmmakers from across the Middle East are increasingly being recognised and celebrated. But the challenges they face are not always what you might expect

  • A man sits astride a motorbike while a woman sits in the trailer behind, against a background of hilly dry terrain
    Sofia Alaoui's film "Animalia"

    Aliens land in Morocco

    Moroccan terrain has long proved a popular backdrop for American film productions. In "Animalia", director Sofia Alaoui highlights Morocco's scenery from a local and personal perspective, focusing in particular on the Atlas Mountains

  • Lessons from the earthquake in Morocco

    Earthquake a turning point for Morocco?

    A wave of solidarity swept across Moroccan society in the wake of the recent earthquake. However, the disaster also revealed serious shortcomings in the state's institutions. Political analyst Ali Anouzla explains what lessons can be learned

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