Last year Yemen celebrated 50 years since the republic was established via military coup. Political systems and the distribution of power they involve do not just disappear, they tend to replicate themselves in disguised forms and it would hardly be a surprise […]
With the fall of Hosni Mubarak, victory in legislative elections and the presidential vote, and now the approval via referendum of a new constitution, Islamists have begun the work of putting their renaissance project into practice. Unlike Salafism, which dreams of a […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:50am EST (Reuters) – When director John Slattery first visited Morocco, the familiarity was jarring – and as removed from the images of an exotic Orient conjured up by Hollywood as possible. That […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:50am EST (Reuters) – When Universal Studios took a disliking to the script for Ziad Doueiri’s Israeli-Palestinian suicide bombing drama, the Lebanese director thought his career was over. Six years later “The Attack” […]
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT | Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:38pm EST (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Moroccans took part in the funeral of the leader of the North African state’s biggest opposition group on Friday, in a sign of the […]
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT | Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:28am EST (Reuters) – The leader of Morocco’s main opposition group al-Adl Wal Ihsane died on Thursday, raising questions over the future of an Islamist group that played a central role in […]
RABAT | Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:04pm EST (Reuters) – A Moroccan anti-government protestor who dressed up as King Mohammed has been arrested and accused of possessing drugs, the man’s lawyer and human rights activists said on Thursday. Tweet
By Andrew Hammond RABAT | Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:19pm EST (Reuters) – Reforms that took the wind out of Arab Spring protests in Morocco last year have proven hollow and real power still lies with King Mohammed and his advisors, the […]
By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Andrew Hammond RABAT | Wed Dec 5, 2012 7:30pm IST Dec 5 (Reuters) – Almost every day without fail, hundreds of unemployed graduates storm through downtown Rabat calling for the government to fall. La st month, they […]
By Tarek Amara SILIANA, Tunisia | Sun Dec 2, 2012 10:21am EST (Reuters) – In a remote town in Tunisia’s interior, protesters angry over joblessness and harsh police tactics call for the downfall of new Islamist rulers, echoing the revolt that ignited […]