A little rusty after 18 years of censorship. The interview with Ahmad Mansour on بلا حدود was ostensibly about the regulations recently drawn up by Arab Information Ministers to regulate, censor and otherwise muzzle unruly satellite channels which often wound …
Posted in Arabs, Censorship, Egypt, Entertainment, Freedom of Speech, Humor, Interviews, Media, Middle East, Morocco, Satire | 2 CommentsAlthough Arabs generally see the theatre as a recent import from Europe, different forms of performing arts, such as shadow plays, Sufi and Shia miracle plays, and the oral performances of poetry reciters and storytellers, have a long history in …
Posted in Arabs, Art, Censorship, Creativity, Culture, General, Kuwait, Literature, Middle East, Morocco, Satire, Terrorism, USA, War | 2 CommentsIt’s the 1st of June, so Maghreb Union blogging day! The Maghreb Union for me doesn’t really exist. In name it does and there is an institution called Maghreb Union, but for me it is useless and a hassle. All …
Posted in Algeria, Morocco, Regional Issues, Tunisia | 8 CommentsThe power of mobilization and the realization of Maroc Telecom that it did something incredibly stupid have led to the unblocking of Youtube. As of today, all customers of Maroc Telecom gained back access to Youtube. Why? Because the Moroccan …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Morocco | 12 CommentsHi everybody, The reaction from the Moroccan blogosphere is growing slowly. More and more bloggers are posting about the ban In the meantime I started a petition here And you can also Digg the story here The Moroccan government is …
Posted in Activism, Freedom of Speech, Morocco | 12 CommentsSad news from Morocco. Since yesterday Maroc Telecom has blocked all access to Youtube. The Moroccan blogosphere (blogoma) is totally surprised by the move and angered. There were no reasons given why Youtube was blocked. But the speculations are that …
Posted in Censorship, Morocco | 46 CommentsIn 1989, a trade agreement for economic and political unity has been signed by Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania, creating which is known as the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA: Union du Maghreb Arabe). However, nothing really interesting came out …
Posted in Algeria, Morocco, Regional Issues, Tunisia | 6 CommentsThe following post was written as a response to a post on Eatbees blog concerning democratic change in Morocco and the rise of the islamist PJD party. It explains my fear for the upcoming victory of the PJD (Morocco’s national …
Posted in Civil Rights, Democracy, General, Morocco | Leave a commentFor today’s podcast, I interviewed a few students from the Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco, where I was for the past week attending a conference, about how they feel regarding the recent set of suicide attacks in Casablanca. (If …
Posted in Awareness, Interviews, Islam, Media, Morocco, Podcasts, Regional Issues, Youth | 7 CommentsNow can you tell me if this was only a coincidence or if the announced alliance is confirmed? In the last few months, events in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria told us that “Al Qaida for an Islamic Maghreb” is not …
Posted in Algeria, Bad news, Current Events, Morocco, Regional Issues, Tunisia | 6 Comments