Morocco has had a long history of poor human rights and treatment towards women. Morocco has arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned several activists and journalists advocating for their rights. Trials have been politically motivated or failed to guarantee due process. There have been prosecutions for nonviolent, critical commentary on authorities as well. Authorities continue to impede […]

Humanitarian law outlines the rules that regulate the conduct of war. This law’s goal is to limit the effects of armed conflict and sets the responsibilities for the groups that are involved.  In January of 2020, The National Commission on International Humanitarian Law and its Kuwaiti counterpart signed a document of understanding aimed at strengthening […]

Eurocentrism and ethnocentrism are “evaluations of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture.” Farish Noor supports eurocentrism, but he questions the idea that only western cultures understand the meaning and value of human rights. He believes that many other cultures and regions have also contributed to the definition […]

Morocco has been facing the consequences of the Ukrainian Russian war for about 8 years, but it has recently gotten worse due to the increasing conflict between the two countries. Morocco has strong, positive diplomatic relations with both Ukraine and Russia, so their foreign affairs ministry haven’t voiced negative opinions about Russia. Instead, they have […]

By Makenna Smith Endangered cultures are the threatened extinction of various cultures and languages in indigenous societies. Colonization and globalization contributed to this extinction of learning traditional customs in younger generations. In 2001, Morocco was struggling with the endangerment of the Berber culture. The Berber language was at risk of being lost as the Arabic language […]

Nationalism in Morocco first became apparent in the 1920s. A committee by the name of the Morocco Action Committee was made in the early 1930s and was turned into a nationalist political party. However, their committee was suppressed by the French in 1937. The Moroccan nationalist party had a lot of tension and division until […]

Hi, my name is Makenna and over the course of this term I will be updating this blog with information and news about the country of Morocco. Morocco is the only monarchy in Northern Africa and it was established in 789 AD. Morocco’s capital is Rabat and their official language is Arabic. Morocco is best […]

Hello and welcome to our blog! We are going to be discussing various cultural and relevant news about 4 different countries from Northern Africa. I will be talking about Morocco, Olivia will be talking about Egypt, Rowan will be talking about Tunisia, and Lisa will talking about Southern Sudan. We hope you enjoy learning about […]