Is Morocco immune to upheaval?

Middle East Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-93

  Maddy Weitzman, Bruce ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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References (28)

1. National Public Radio, July 1, 2011.
2. Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo), July 7-13, 2011.
3. Aboubakr Jamai, "Morocco: After the 'Benalization,' the 'Tunisation?'" bitterlemons-international, Jan. 27, 2011.
4. Intifada (shaking off) is the term widely used in the Arab world for "uprising."
5. Joseph Kostiner, "Introduction," in idem, ed., Middle Eastern Monarchies (Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 2000), pp. 1-12.
6. Lisa Anderson, "Absolutism and the Resilience of Monarchy in the Middle East," Political Science Quarterly, no. 1, 1991, pp. 1-25.
7. Michael Herb, All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in the Middle Eastern Monarchies (Albany: SUNY Press, 1999), pp. 1-18.
8. Owen H. Kirby, "Want Democracy? Get a King," Middle East Quarterly, Dec. 2000, pp. 3-12.
9. The Guardian (London), Oct. 12, 2003.
10. For an account and critique of the process, see Susan Slymovics, The Performance of Human Rights in Morocco (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005).
11. See, for example, "Morocco/Western Sahara," Amnesty International, London, accessed Oct. 6, 2011.
12. See Paul Rivlin, "Morocco's Economy under Mohammed VI," in Bruce Maddy-Weitzman and Daniel Zisenwine, eds., Contemporary Morocco: State, Politics and Society under Mohammed VI (London: Routledge, forthcoming 2011).
13. Rachel Newcomb, "One Moroccan Woman's Fiery Protest," The Huffington Post, Feb. 28, 2011.
14. BBC News, Feb. 20, 2011.
15. The Economist (London), Feb. 24, 2011.
16. Al-Arabiya News (Dubai) May 16, 2011.
17. "A Brave Feb. 20 Young Woman Featuring Selma Maarouf," Moroccans for Change, May 16, 2011.
18. The New York Times, July 20, 2011.
19. The text has not been published; the author obtained a copy from a commission member.
20. For the French-language text of the new constitution, see Sidi Slimane City.com, Morocco, June 19, 2011.
21. Ali Mrabat, "La nouvelle constitution octroie de nouveaux pouvoirs au roi," Demain online, Oct. 7, 2011.
22. Jewish Telegraphic Agency (New York), July 6, 2011.
23. Arab Reform Bulletin, Carnegie Endowment, Washington, D.C., July 6, 2011.
24. Interviews with various Moroccan Amazigh activists, Rabat, al-Hoceima, Nador, Sept. 2011.
25. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, "Morocco's Berbers and Israel," Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2011, pp. 79-85.
26. Non-Arab Somalia and ethnically-divided Sudan (which has just seen a part of its territory secede), Djibouti, and the Comoros Islands are excluded from the notion of "core" Arab states but are, nevertheless, Arab League members.
27. Al-Arabiya News, July 2, 2011.
28. The Guardian, Apr. 28, 2011.