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Algerian cartoonist Slim: 'We have to protect human hands, not human rights'

('Ja\xc5\xa1a Pipan',) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:16:40 -0000

Few Algerians don’t know who Slim is. Not a lot of Europeans know him. Yet the 67-year-old cartoonist provides the sharpest view on the society of his time, of the 'Arab spring' in Tunisia and Egypt, but also on the society where no revolution took place: Algeria

Arab spring in Morocco: royalists recognise indigenous language

('Lorna Slane',) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:49:52 -0000

Large-scale protests, like those seen on 20 February 2011, continue to be a familiar sight in Morocco. We talk to young Moroccans whose demands follow in the footsteps of the Arab spring – democracy, freedom, social justice – albeit with a royalist twist

Arab spring 2011 and Europe’s fall of communism in 1989

('Daniel Novotny',) — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:00:08 -0000

As the Maghreb goes through its transitions, a look at the lessons learned from central and eastern Europe. Opinion from Daniel Novotny, deputy director of the research centre at the association for international affairs in Prague

Ramadan: from Bologna with love

("naomi o'leary",) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:48:36 -0000

We’re hungry, and in a hurry. The evening sun is still strong enough to melt the tar between the cobbles. I’m in Bologna, Italy, and Badr is bringing me as a guest to iftar, the daily feast that breaks the ramadan fast.

Visit Marrakech

('theroxbox',) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0000

One of the most cosmopolitan cities in North Africa has almost a million inhabitants, large numbers of whom are condemned to poverty, but the former imperial city is a convincing modern city at the foot of the Atlas mountains

Drug trade: Chefchaouen, Morocco is Spain's Amsterdam

('Darren Thompson',) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:45:00 -0000

'Le Rif – paradis du Kif” (The Rif – paradise for Kif). The rhyme has become the tourist slogan for Chefchaouen, a mountainous village in North Morocco well renowned for its blue medina quarter and it’s cannabis plantations. These plantations are the point of origin for tonnes of the drug that are headed for Europe

Why boo the French national anthem at a football stadium?

('Sarah Truesdale',) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:27:03 -0000

Will revolution soon hit the grandstands of France? After the Marseillaise was booed during a match against Tunisia in October, several politicians expressed their rage. It's a problem which says a lot about society in general

Nawal El Moutawakel: ‘girls think that sport is a macho world’

('Helen Swain',) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:01:41 -0000

The former Moroccan women's track hurdler and current youth and sports minister says nobody wants to change. Interview

Africa: at the end of the Earth

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0000

On February 27 the Saharauis celebrate independence day. International aid makes survival possible

Western Sahara: forgotten European colony

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0000

The Sahrawis celebrate their 30th Independence Day on February 27

Tahar Ben Jelloun, bridging the gap

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:41:00 -0000

Tahar Ben Jelloun, the celebrated Moroccan writer, explains how the children of Europe are spoilt and why his native country should be able join the EU.