Claiming spaces for acts of citizenship: recent experiences of activists in Morocco

• Main Author: Sylvia I. Bergh (auth)
• Other Authors: Salima Ahmadou (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edward Elgar Publishing 2018
• Subjects: protests; hogra; Morocco; citizenship; public spaces; activism
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Since October 2016 and starting in the northern Rif region, Morocco has witnessed popular protests fuelled by a widespread sense of hogra, i.e. deprivation of dignity due to nepotism, corruption and marginalisation. These protests can be considered a revival of the spirit of the February 20 Movement...