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Moroccan Reforms Slow Down Due To Islamic Radicalism

nytimes.com | STEVEN ERLANGER and SOUAD MEKHENNET | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

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CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Morocco has long been viewed as a rare liberalizing, modernizing Islamic state, open to the West and a potential bridge to a ca...

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In Morocco, 91% Approval isn't Good Enough

Jillian York | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

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Jillian York

When popular glossies TelQuel and Nichane published approval ratings for the Moroccan king, they found 100,000 copies of the magazines seized by the Ministry of Communication.

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An American Retiree, Jailed In Morocco For 13 Months, Shares His Story

GlobalPost | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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RABAT, Morocco -- When Moroccan guards came to release Illinois retiree James Douglas Willson from prison, he believed that they'd come to shoot him. ...

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Morocco: Disappearing the Amazigh

Jillian York | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

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Jillian York

What is Moroccan identity? Is it Arab identity? The official language of Morocco certainly is Arabic, but it is estimated that 23 of Morocco's 30 million people speak one of three Amazigh dialects.

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The King of Morocco and a Little Girl in Bombay (xvii)

Karin Badt | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living

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The waiter was very concerned that I liked the food -- that it was not too spicy for me -- and he came and offered me, as a treat, a handful of three Chinese fortune cookies.

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Morocco's Gift

Pablo Ganguli | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

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Pablo Ganguli

Morocco has earned itself a reputation as a tolerant, nascent democracy in North Africa. In reality, it is a very different story.

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