Almost exactly 11 months ago, Mohamed Bouazizi, the street vendor in Tunisia whose name spread like wildfire across the Middle East set himself on fire in protest of the corruption and humiliation that he had suffered his entire life. Since then, …
Posted in Bahrain, Current Events, Demonstrations, Morocco, Syria, Yemen | Tagged Arab Spring, Bahrain, Morocco, Syria, Yemen | 1 CommentA self-congratulatory PR campaign meant to bolster the Moroccan government’s image has backfired after critics of the government used Twitter to reveal the hypocrisies of the campaign. The hashtag “Makassib” revealed that anger and resentment at the government hasn’t simmered …
Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Morocco | Tagged Morocco, protests | Leave a commentHosni Mubarak, the ousted president of Egypt who ruled for 30 years, is said to have accumulated $70 billion from corruption and Egypt has been under Emergency Law as long. Under the law, the police power was extended, constitutional rights …
Posted in Activism, Arabs, Awareness, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Demonstrations, Education, Egypt, Events, Freedom of Speech, Iraq, Jordan, Kurdistan, Kurds, Libya, Media, Middle East, Morocco, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen | Leave a comment“Here you go, akhti Sarah,” she said, while carefully pouring the lukewarm water from the bronze kettle. I watched as it slowly dribbled over my outstretched hands, and splashed into the small plastic tub she carried in her other hand …
Posted in Awareness, Ethics, Gender, Human Rights, Morocco, Ridiculous, Society, Women, Youth | 23 CommentsI had previously written about this innocent blogger here. Now instead of just signing the petition, there are other, more creative ways in which you can get involved: Send a photo of you demanding Erraji’s freedom. Take a look at …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Censorship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Morocco | 2 CommentsSouad Rodi, a journalist for ALMASSAE, Morocco, has sent us an urgent alert concerning an arrested blogger in Morocco. Unfortunately, the Morrocan government has proved its disrespect for free speech by arresting a young blogger on Friday, the 5th of …
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Media, Morocco | 13 CommentsAs a Palestinian and an Arab I was extremely proud to see such a large contingent of athletes from the Arab World participating in this year’s Olympics. Even though they are being held in Beijing, one of the most repressive …
Posted in Afghanistan, Algeria, Arabs, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen | Tagged Beijing, Olympics | 16 CommentsAccording to this CNN report Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has pardoned Fouad Mourtada, the 26-year-old engineer, who was scheduled to serve a three-year prison sentence handed down last month for “usurping” the identity of Prince Moulay Rachid, the King’s younger …
Posted in Announcements, Morocco, Politics | 3 CommentsI’m sure you’ve all heard of this story by now (see all international coverage here.) This is a video documenting Fouad’s case, and all the wonderful rallies that were held for him across the world. From the official Help Fouad …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Media, Morocco, Videos | 8 CommentsI usually don’t reprint other articles here, but this one is simply too funny/weird to go unnoticed: A Moroccan court sentenced a computer engineer to three years in prison late on Friday for setting up a Facebook account in the …
Posted in Morocco, Ridiculous | 9 Comments