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The interior of a multi-storey building with stone walls and wooden balconys looking out on the courtyard.

A Decolonial Mediterranean – Disparities, Imaginations, Power Relations / MECAM

Framing religious tolerance for public diplomacy – the monarchy’s instrumentalisation of Morocco’s Jewish community

By Andreas Wüst. The exodus of thousands of Jewish families from Morocco and the lamentable situation of Jewish heritage in the country, the result of years of omission and disinterest, are now followed by a strategy to preserve and renovate Jewish memory. André Azoulay, the king’s advisor and himself a Moroccan Jew, promotes the kingdom’s narrative about a diverse, tolerant and moderate society. While the public promotion of Jewish heritage before 2016 was part of a general strategy to improve Morocco’s image on the international level, it has now become pivotal to Moroccan foreign policy concerning the territory of Western Sahara.

5in10 / Imagining Futures – Dealing with Disparity / MECAM

Freedom of Conscience and LGBT Rights in Tunisia and Morocco: The Spring is Yet to Come – 5in10 with Tommaso Virgili

Tommaso Virgili is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Migration, Integration, Transnationalization Department of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and a Research Associate at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels. At the WZB, he works on Islamism and liberal Islam in connection with individual rights, with a focus on Europe and the MENA region. Tommaso holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Public Law and a Master’s degree in Law from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and a Master of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies with Arabic from the American University of Paris and Cairo.

MECAM / Reviews

Branding the Middle East: Communication Strategies and Image Building from Qom to Casablanca

In this article, Steffen Wippel presents his newest book (De Gruyter, 2023) on communication strategies and image building employed by governments and corporations across the MENA region. Through them, the credibility of state narratives, the position of the rulers in power, as well as the respective nation brands, have been strenghtened. This development has been paralleled by growing academic interest and conceptual elaboration.

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Everyone has a Stake in Morocco’s Football Team

By Brahim El Guabli and Aomar Boum. For the millions watching the semi-final World Cup match between France and Morocco, it felt like the ultimate showdown, yet players on both teams fought valiantly and treated each other to hugs and moral support, suggesting a sea change in international relationships between former colonies and their European nemeses (ED).