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Middle East Review of International Affairs
A Difficult Inheritance: Moroccan Society under King Muhammad VI
by Michael M. Laskier
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Abstract
This article addresses King Hasan II's legacy and the central problems facing his son and successor, Muhammad VI. These problems include the need for reform in human rights and democracy, the Islamist challenge, the role of women, and the Berber awakening. While Morocco has begun making key reforms over the past decade to better deal with these issues, in practice, even many of these reforms have been entirely stalled or only been partially implemented.
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Note *: Professor Michael M. Laskier teaches in the Department of Middle East History, Bar-Ilan University. He has written 8 books, including North African Jewry in the 20th Century (New York University Press, 1994), for which he received the U.S. National Jewish Book Award; The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times (Columbia University Press, 2003), with Reeva S. Simon and Sara Reguer; Israel and the Maghrebi Aliyah (Ben-Gurion University, in press); and Israel and the Maghreb: From Statehood to Oslo (University Press of Florida, forthcoming). He is currently writing Political and Social Change in the Maghreb: 1972-2002, and Egypt and the Maghreb. Back