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Masks and Masquerades in Amazigh Morocco
This chapter presents ethnographic research on cultural, social, and historical aspects of creating masks and other theatrical material used for...
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Comics Against Taboos in Morocco
If King Mohammed VI of Morocco was able to prevent the type of revolutionary upheaval that occurred in neighboring countries such as Tunisia, Egypt...
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Farida’s Great Halqa Throughout Morocco and Beyond
Context: The age-old tradition of the popular halqa and its revival in postcolonial Morocco. Benlyazid uses the traditional story-telling technique...
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Australia and Morocco Revisited: The Materialized Travel Memories of Dutch Visual Artist Theo Kuijpers
This chapter considers the work of Dutch artist Theo Kuijpers (b. 1939). Traveling, gaining impressions, and processing and visualizing impressions...
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Making Visible the Unseen Queer: Gay Dating Apps and Ideologies of Truthmaking in an Outing Campaign in Morocco
This chapter offers an analysis of an online campaign targeting gay, bisexual, and queer men in Morocco in which young women create fake profiles on...
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Moroccan Hip Hop Queens: A (Her)Story of Rap Music in Morocco
This chapter provides a much-needed account of female voices in Moroccan hip hop. Since the genesis of this urban culture from the 1990s until 2020,...
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Exploring the Impact of Colonial Legacies in Urban-Related Identity and the Will to Participate in Urban Decision-Making: A Case Study of Morocco
There is a clear absence of public participation in urban decision-making in Moroccan cities. While the systematic marginalization of public opinion...
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Arabian Violence: Censorship in Morocco’s Techno Underground
This chapter describes how the Moroccan state uses cultural diplomacy to promote their rich cultural heritage and censor the discontent. In a...
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The Sahara, the Atlas, and Tangier
Context: a larger access to the web facilitates the sharing of digital information and plays a crucial role in the Arab uprisings and revolutions. In...
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Tangier & (Re)turn to Fes: A Door to the Sky (1988)
Context: Morocco in the 1980s. Farida Benlyazid experiences several “returns”: a physical one to the postcolonial, political and economic space and...
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Farida Benlyazid and Moroccan Cinema
This book project unfolds and analyzes the work of Moroccan director, producer, and scriptwriter Farida Benlyazid, whose career extends from the...
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Conclusion
This chapter focuses on the challenges facing Algerian filmmakers in contemporary Algeria. It addresses more broadly the new generation of North...
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Disgraced Monuments: Burying and Unearthing Lenin and Lyautey
Monuments that were removed from public space in the course of political regime changes usually do not disappear completely but live on in urban...
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Tangier and the World: Juanita Narboni (2005)
Two elements are crucial to contextualize Farida Benlyazid’s creative output during this period: the digital disruption and the repercussions of...
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Conclusion
In an attempt to present some closing remarks on a chronicle that is still unfolding, the artistic modes of expression assembled in this book...
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Abdellah M. Hassak
Abdellah M. Hassak (Casablanca, Morocco) is a sound and new media artist, music producer and project manager. His sound work focuses on the use of...
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A Conditional Offer: The Strategies Employed in the Field of Power in Morocco to Control the Press Space
In this chapter Abdelfettah Benchenna and Dominique Marchetti consider the socio-historic transformations that have taken place in the methods...
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Fog Water for a New Ground
The lack of equitable distribution of resources, including water, is one of the most influential causes of conflicts and divisions; in fact, the...
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Reflective Portfolio: Photographing with the Ears
When I began my photographic practice 25 years ago, I worked as a photojournalist for a few months. The last photographs I made for a newspaper were...
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Tabloid Journalism and Corruption in Morocco
Brian discusses anti-corruption tabloid journalismAnti-corruption tabloid journalism in Morocco[lak] arguing that it plays a very important role in...