Dossier: Mohammed VI of Morocco

Prince Moulay Hicham el Alaoui (photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Prince Moulay Hicham el Alaoui of Morocco

The diary of the red prince

The Moroccan Prince Moulay Hicham el Alaoui has penned a diary about his life in the palace and his exile, thereby creating a scandal in the royal household. Astrid Kaminski read the bookMore

Democratic change in Morocco: The right king in the wrong monarchy?The Moroccan Pro-Democracy Movement: Down, But Not Out Interview with the Moroccan Blogger Zineb El Rhazoui: The Sweet Illusion of Democratic Change
Morocco's King Mohammed VI (centre) with his son and heir, Prince Moulay Hassan (left), and his brother Prince Moulay Rachid (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Democratic change in Morocco

The right king in the wrong monarchy?

The paradox of the political situation in Morocco is that King Mohammed VI seems to want to bring about domestic political change, whereas his entourage, which has grown rich and influential since the country gained independence, is resisting such efforts. By Mohammed HashasMore

Morocco Islamist Justice and Development Party: A Delicate Balancing ActThe Moroccan Pro-Democracy Movement: Down, But Not OutConstitutional Reform in Morocco: I Am the Reform!
Congress of the PJD: Abdelilah Benkirane, general secretary of the PJD with members of the General Secretariat (photo: DW/Smail Bellaouali)

Morocco Islamist Justice and Development Party

A Delicate Balancing Act

Moroccos's Islamist Party of Justice and Development shot to power for the first time after triumphing in parliamentary polls held in 2011. But despite rising popular support and stalled programs of reform, Morocco's Justice and Development Party still has to toe the palace line. By Mohammed MasbahMore

Interview with Abdelilah Benkirane: ''Islam Is Not a Static Religion''The Rise of Populists in Moroccan Politics: Jokes, Clamour, Jesters and Trouble-makingParliamentary Elections in Morocco: Divide and Rule
Abdelilah Benkirane (photo: dpa)

The Rise of Populists in Moroccan Politics

Jokes, Clamour, Jesters and Trouble-making

The election of Hamid Chabat as secretary-general of Istiqlal, Morocco's oldest political party, at the end of September has brought attention to the resurgence in populism that is becoming a distinctive feature of Moroccan politics, writes Mohamed JalidMore

Interview with the Moroccan Blogger Zineb El Rhazoui: The Sweet Illusion of Democratic ChangeMorocco Prepares for Parliamentary Elections: Superficial Respect for the Will of the PeopleParliamentary Elections in Morocco: Divide and Rule
The old quarter of Fez (photo: Wikipedia/cc-by-sa-2.0-de)

Abdellah Taïa's Novel ''The Day of the King''

The Bitter Taste of Injustice

In his most recent novel, Le jour du Roi (The Day of the King), which has just been published in German translation, the Moroccan author Abdellah Taïa once again takes the reader back to the "leaden years", Morocco's dark days under the former ruler Hassan II. Claudia Kramatschek sends us this reviewMore

Moroccan Writer Abdellah Taïa: Melancholy and ProtestThe "Leaden Years" in Morocco: Public Hearings – Educative but No Blame AppliedInterview with Tahar Ben Jelloun: Culture Shock in the Homeland

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