Topic: Mohammed VI of Morocco

Children in Souss-Massa-Daraa, Djebel Sarhro, Antiatlas (photo: picture-alliance/blickwinkel/H.J. Igelmund)

Morocco's social gulf

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The many faces of poverty

Travel guidebooks and tourist agencies are fond of using flowery language to sell Morocco as a holiday destination, describing it as a "nation of contrasts". In view of the omnipresent social disparities that define Moroccan society, this is actually a very accurate description. By Susanne Kaiser in CasablancaMore

Street children in Marrakech: The oasis of Sésame GardenDemocratic change in Morocco: The right king in the wrong monarchy?Migration in Morocco: From emigration to immigrationWomen's rights in Morocco: Gender equality on paper only
A boy holding the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in the Laayoune refugee camp near Tindouf, Algeria (photo: picture-alliance/dpa)

Western Sahara conflict

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The curse of resources

In times of economic crisis and rising unemployment in North Africa, Western Sahara's natural resources have become fiercely contested treasures. The new balance of power resulting from recent political developments in the region could lead to a renegotiation of the conflict. By Susanne KaiserMore

Photo gallery: The conflict in Western SaharaThe status of Western Sahara: A forgotten conflictThe crisis in Western Sahara: The forgotten refugees of Tindouf
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's Islamist Justice and Development Party

A Delicate Balancing Act

Morocco'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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It all began in Dresden on 20 October 2014. Organised by a hitherto unknown movement calling itself "Pegida" (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West), a small group of people took to the streets to demonstrate against what they saw as the Islamisation of the West. The banner reads "non violent and united against religious wars on German soil! PEGIDA". Although small, the march attracted a lot of attention in Germany and around the world.

Germans take to the streets: marching for and against Pegida

In the autumn of 1989, Dresden was one of the East German cities that became known worldwide for the peaceful "Monday demonstrations" against the government of the GDR that precipitated the fall of the Berlin Wall a few months later. One of the slogans chanted by the protesters at the time was "Wir sind das Volk" (We are the people). Twenty-five years on, a very different movement began organising weekly Monday demonstrations and chanting "Wir sind das Volk". In this photo gallery, we chart some of the reactions to Pegida and the developments relating to this anti-immigration and anti-Islam movement.