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Articles of the author Mohammad al Ashab
Between Egypt and Morocco
There is no direct relation between what is happening in Egypt and the government crisis in Morocco. But the policy that does not peek beyond the border and measure the pulse of faraway places, cannot act preemptively to deal with what is coming. It (...)

15 - 07 - 2013
Morocco: Settlement away from the Street
Each time the Moroccan Al-Istiqlal party leaves the government, any government at all, its leaders think that they will be back under different circumstances. When the party opted for opposing the cabinet of Abdelilah Benkirane and siding by its (...)

14 - 07 - 2013
New Obstacles for the Maghreb Structure
The Maghreb capitals postponed the discussion of security matters until the meeting of the interior ministers of the 5+5 structure in Algeria in light of the growing threats coming from the Sahel and the Sahara. The only new thing in this decision – (...)

09 - 04 - 2013
Morocco: A Political Crisis Pointing in the Horizon
The withdrawal of some Moroccan opposition factions from the dialogue committees in the judiciary and civil society sectors, as well as the accentuation of the concept of equality between men and women indicate that a potential political crisis (...)

24 - 03 - 2013
Morocco and the Gulf System
The Moroccan diplomacy chart has not changed all that much as it reverted to arranging the internal affairs for a longer time. As it happened, the Moroccan Monarch, King Mohammad VI, wished to give the internal reforms an absolute priority. However, (...)

21 - 10 - 2012
Africa And The European Stability
At least two events distinguished the Malta 5+ 5 summit from the previous meetings that took place between the partners at the northern and southern banks of the Mediterranean, despite the fact that this structure was the outcome of a contradictory (...)

07 - 10 - 2012
The State of the Press in Morocco
When the Moroccan Minister of Justice Mustafa al-Ramid vowed to try and help in securing the release of Journalist Rashid Nini, he was showing a courage that no other minister had shown in the former cabinet, which had no reaction vis-à-vis the (...)

05 - 02 - 2012
Between Serfaty and Aminato Haidar
There is an overlapping of feelings, doubts, and considerations between the cases of former dissident Abraham Serfaty and activist Aminato Haidar. For instance, in 1999, Serfaty - who has Jewish origins - returned to Morocco, in light of a decision (...)

11 - 12 - 2009
Direct Negotiations are the Solution
When Ban-Ki Moon expressed his apprehension vis-à-vis the current tension between Morocco and the Polisario Front saying that the reason has to do with the position toward the moves of the activists, this alluded directly to the dangers threatening (...)

27 - 11 - 2009
The Sahara Issue: A Conflict of Existence
By choosing the anniversary of the "green march" to address a more stringent speech on the Sahara issue, Moroccan King Mohammad VI has thus started his 10th year of reign in a different manner than the previous status quo. He could have crystallized (...)

13 - 11 - 2009
Somalia and a New Front for the "Jihadists"
Dismantling a new cell in Morocco to attract potential volunteers to Iraq is not surprising. The shortest way to join the opponents of the US presence there is through the Al-Qaeda organization in Iraq. The most hostile organization to the US (...)

25 - 09 - 2009
A Libyan message to Morocco
When Libyan Leader Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi announced that he supports the independence of southern Sudan if its people want to, it was clear that his message goes beyond the Sudanese crisis to the West of North Africa, particularly the issue of Western (...)

04 - 09 - 2009
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