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Empowering women after the arab spring marwa shalaby. The moroccan protests from 20182020 were not isolated and stemmed from problems that have existed since the arab spring came to morocco. The arab spring became a struggle for other nations. To what extent has eus democracy promotion strategy in relation to tunisia and morocco changed after the arab spring. Pdf the internet and democracy in arab spring morocco. An analysis of tunisian, egyptian, and moroccan female.

This honors project is brought to you for free and open access by the. One of the main objectives of the arab spring in morocco was democratization, primarily through liberation and privatization of media outlets. Usaidmorocco country development cooperation strategy. Reverberations from the arab spring of 2011 continue to rock the middle east. In all of these arab countries, the protests have taken the form of sustained. Instead, a new arab political identity with an antidespotic, pluralis t and democracyseekin g approach is dawning. Yet morocco appears to have escaped the arab spring. The arab spring went beyond the political revolution, it paved the way for new cultural initiatives across the arab world, many of them completely detached from government. Analysis of the arab spring 3 blunders in state response, in particular using a heavyhanded approach and trying to crush opposition, had the reverse effect of galvanising more people to join the protests icg, 2011b and 2011d. With the political turmoil affecting the region since 2010, and the rising of the popular demand for political reform, new opportunities and prospects are emerging. They were centred around demands for political reform, which included reform against police brutality, electoral fraud, political censorship and high unemployment. Mar 09, 2015 of all the islamist parties to have been voted into power since the arab spring, the pjd is the only one still in office. This contribution focuses on the arab spring in morocco and on the interactions between the mainly urbanbased activists that made up the 20 february movement f20m, and the population in rural areas. Egypt, morocco and tunisia, based on the principle of interconnectedness, which.

From tunisia, the protests then spread to five other countries. The variable effects of repression on the arab spring protests are. Bouazizis actions resonated around the world precisely because bouazizi personi. In the wake of the 2011 arab spring, berber nationalist movements in morocco came to the fore. The gain is the plurality embodied in a broad movement driven. Since the arab spring, the media has been muzzled, but independent voices and a new us president offer hope. Moreover, this study aims to examine two particular pat terns of democracy top to bottom morocco and jordan and. In fact, this assertion is an oversimplification and this paper provides a more discerning analysis of the relationship between the regime and opposition actors such as youth groups, industrial workers, and intellectuals that have led contestations in the last decade. Therefore, the struggle for individual free doms in morocco is set between two ideologically opposed sides, the liberals versus the isla. General elections are scheduled to be held in morocco in 2021, the third since the 2011 constitutional reforms. Consequently, the arab uprisings met a particular political field that determined the outcome and future prospects of reforms in morocco. The elan of moral protest in the case of the arab spring is that it has persistently lacked a che, a khomeini or an aung san suu kyi. Implementing this reform agenda, while maintaining stability and security throughout the country, is of utmost importance. Usaidmorocco country development cooperation strategy 202020.

The gaddafi archives libya before the arab spring view gallery an exhibition of photographs, documents and artefacts from the human rights watch archive paints a portrait of libya in the four decades prior to the arab spring. Pdf as a key channel, especially in twentyfirst century middle east north africa mena, the internet has been positioned. Politics and power in the maghreb algeria tunisia and morocco. Arab spring used their powers vehemently to crush the demonstrators and consequently the peaceful protesters also became violent. The protests in morocco were inspired by the arab spring protests and revolutions in other north african countries. Digital politics on facebook during the arab spring in. For years, the arab spring states have thwarted the development of alternative leadership outside the governing regimes. These were services to the middle classes such as free university education, cheap, high quality social. Violent protests and civil conflict in egypt and syria appear in headlines daily. Feb 18, 2021 euphoria of morocco s arab spring has fizzled out ten years after morocco s shortlived protests erupted as part of the arab spring, campaigners say rights in the kingdom are being rolled back and dissent is being silenced through smear tactics and fear. Elsewhere, most notably in the monarchies of morocco and the persian gulf, existing regimes coopted the arab spring movement and managed to maintain order without significant social change. The soviet fall was not comparable to the arab spring, for it brought a fullyfledged social revolution and the regimes collapsed from.

Dissatisfaction with government services in arab spring. It has been accepted for inclusion in dissertations and. I also examine how arab spring unrest turned back many of these efforts, empowering the. Causes of the arab spring causes of the arab spring may be described as following. By the end of the 1950s, most arab countries had gained their independence. Keywords arab spring, class power, democracy, morocco, trade unions, tunisia. Political stability in morocco cannot silence the murmurs. There is a long road ahead for arab journalists and free. Aggravated by the policies of arab governments, the problematic of social. Jan, 2012 the drivers of the arab spring events have first and foremost been the mobilized masses enabled by technology and youth, the role played by the military and regime security forces, and the intervention by outside forces. Politics and power in the maghreb algeria tunisia and. The endgame is a series of films exploring the fall of the gaddafi regime from the perspective of those who helped to bring it down al jazeera tv the long road to tripoli. Epub, pdf ebooks can be used on all reading devices immediate ebook download after purchase with studies on the united arab emirates, qatar, syria, lebanon, morocco and tunisia, this collection presents a theoretical framework.

Redefining the social contract in the wake of the arab spring. Morocco, algeria, oman, iraq, and minor protests in kuwait, saudi arabia, and sudan. Morocco s version of the arab spring morocco avoided much of the arab spring violence because the islamist justice and development party pjd had been a recognized opposition party in the years before its rise to power in the november 2011 elections. Pdf encouraged by the uprisings in tunisia and egypt, and the arab spring, young moroccans began to organise huge demonstrations. The incumbent prime minister going into the 2021 elections is saadeddine othmani, of the justice and development party pjd, which has ruled morocco since the 2011 elections background. Arab spring, february 20 acquired legitimacy both nationally and regionally. Delegation of the european parliament for relations with the maghreb countries and the arab maghreb union, the office of the euromediterranean parliamentary assembly, the government and the parliament of morocco, the polisario front, as well as to the parliaments and governments of algeria and mauritania. The collapse of the moroccan exception myth middle.

Jun 23, 2020 morocco is a designated major nonnato ally, and bilateral trade and investment expanded after a u. The legacy of the arab spring has now borne witness to more than 110,000. How mohammed vi of morocco survived the arab spring. Dec 22, 2011 arab spring affected countries suffered even more due to the 2008 economic crisis.

Morocco, the arab spring, and the 2011 constitution in 2011 the revolutionary spirit of the arab spring spread throughout the middle east and north africa, and it continues to this day. The riots and civil unrest were specifically resulting from the hirak rif movement in 2016 and 2017 followed by a lack of reform on behalf of mohammed vi of morocco. Drawing on data from the arab spring protests in morocco, this article argues first that. And when the arab spring protests spread across north africa and the middle east, only morocco s leadership seemed ready to respond with a peaceful, gradual liberalization of political autocracy. The armed forces played a decisive role in many of the arab uprisings, particularly the early ones. The arab spring and beyond, that lends significant attention to. The common slogan of the protesters throughout arab spring was the people want to bring down the regime aissa, 2012. The international press declared morocco an exception to the chaos of the arab spring, lauding the kings support for democracy even if the new constitution did little to ensure democratic. Most political satire in morocco had been clandestine, indirect or selfcensored before 2011.

During the arab spring, protesters used social media to coordinate street riots. In fact, hunger strikes since the beginning of the arab spring, are strictly forbidden haram in islamic there has been an increasing tendency doctrine, as are all actions liable to cause among moroccan salafis to participate in harm to ones own body, and therefore they the public sphere and the. Pdf media in constitutional documents in arab spring. Political stability in morocco cannot silence the murmurs of. Repression and activism among the arab springs first movers. Introduction during the winter of 2010 and the spring of 2011, the world watched as prodemocracy protesters across north africa and the middle east rose up against the dictatorial regimes that had ruled their home countries for years. Free reading politics and power in the maghreb algeria tunisia and morocco from independence to the arab spring uploaded by norman bridwell, politics and power in the maghreb algeria tunisia and morocco from independence to the arab spring the journal of north african studies 20 i fernandez molina pdf download free pdf. Media in constitutional documents in arab spring countries egypt tunisia morocco yemen arab forum for alternatives, 2014. The arab spring a brief view of moroccos february 20. Arab spring libya 360 libya after moammar gaddafi the washington post.

Jul 04, 2017 arab spring not ov er in morocco published on jul 4, 2017 security forces stand guard as hundreds of rif movement supporters attend an antigovernment protest demanding release of nasser alzefzafi, who was arrested for organizing demonstration, morocco. Evidence from morocco s february 20th movement british journal of political science 2016 699718. Arab spring, wave of prodemocracy protests and uprisings that took place in the middle east and north africa beginning in 2010, challenging some of the regions entrenched authoritarian regimes. In these challenging postarab spring times, the conference offered a timely. The profile of arab spring protestors 117 arab spring protests and riots 120 7 the aftermath of the arab spring 127 introduction 127 state responses to the arab spring 128 foreign interventions, identitybased polarization, and highintensity civil wars 1 overlapping horizontal divisions 5 what explains the arab paradox of political. The desire to improve publicsector performance, and the aspiration to strengthen democratic governance, have been major drivers of decentralisa. The arab spring has so far resulted in the removal of the heads of the regimes in. We al jazeera tv follow a group of libyan exiles as they sacrifice everything to return home for the final assault on tripoli.

Morocco strategic dialogue, which had last been held in 2015. Roots and causes of the arab uprisings there is a consensu s among politica l analysts regardin g the cocktai l of major factors that, when combined, created the socia l explosio n known as the 2011 arab uprisings. On the eve of the 2011 uprisings, morocco was nevertheless regarded as. This pioneering explanation of the arab spring will define a new era of thinking about the middle east. Oman is often portrayed as an oasis of peace that is immune to dissent. Will morocco be the arab springs great successor great. Unrest and uncertainty the big picture, the boston globes photoblog. In response to popular demands for greater recognition of their culture, the moroccan legislature drafted a new constitution enshrining berber as an official language alongside arabic. Jun 08, 2016 known as the arab spring has put a renewed focus on morocco and the need for further, democratic steps there. Arab spring, while the demands of protestors and revolutionaries were more mundane.

However, the economic models chosen by the successive regimes were ineffective in. Background the optimism that characterized the arab spring in 2011 has begun to sour as reality sets in. The reform of judiciaries in the wake of the arab spring. Care morocco, arab spring country study, 2012 groups have. Womens political participation in the uprisings and beyond. Monitoring the orbit and reading the trajectory contemporary arab affairs 2017 vol. Yet the conclusions that can be drawn from syria and morocco are precisely the opposite. To identify a possible policy change concerning eudp in the southern mediterranean neighbourhood, this paper is aimed to answer the following research question. The arab spring a brief view of morocco s february 20 movement and effects international journal of arts humanities and social sciences studies v 6 i 01 10 the february 20, movement slogans and calls was. The infrastructural powers of authoritarian states in the. Rulers have tried to appease citizens by sharing the emirates. Despite the new constitution of july 1, 2011, reform in morocco seems limited. Oct, 2020 from a gay man secretly mourning his lovers suicide in morocco to a young woman denied schooling because of religious discrimination in iran, arab spring dreams spotlights some of the middle easts most outspoken young dissidents.

Mar 15, 2021 there is a long road ahead for arab journalists and free speech. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by their countries security forces. Arab spring in morocco, and the way activists in the 20 february movement, named after the first big demonstration held on that date in 2011, have used social media to mo bilise the. The social question at the margins of the arab uprisings. Egypt and then libya, jordan, morocco, bahrain, syria, and beyond, shook the political, social, and. Political freedoms such as the right to free speech were not guaranteed. July 2020 marked the 21st year of king mohammed vis reign in morocco. Pdf continuity and change before and after the uprisings. Isbn 97817557476 digitally watermarked, drm free included format. In this landmark book, hamid dabashi argues that the revolutionary uprisings that have engulfed multiple countries and political climes from morocco to iran and from syria to yemen, were driven by a delayed defiance a point of rebellion against domestic tyranny and globalized. Morocco has not been one of the four countries where leaders fell during the arab spring, although displaying good characteristics of a country to.

Dec 02, 2020 the arab spring of 2011the revolutionary process that started in tunisia and egypt and expanded across north africa and the middle eastis the product of the interaction of the current world. The arab spring in morocco is mainly represented by the f20m, which led a wave of protests against the widely perceived. Egypt, libya, morocco and tunisia at least doubled, and in many cases. Financial pressures top every list of catalysts and causes of the arab spring, espeeially when cormption at the hands of the mling and social elite is added. Morocco also experienced political and ec onomic turbulence and change over this period, leading eventually to a new constitution and the introduction of social reforms. This thesis is brought to you for free and open access.