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Morocco, the Islamist awakening and other challenges, Marvine Howe

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Morocco, the Islamist awakening and other challenges, Marvine Howe

Language

eng

Abstract

In Morocco, Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. She provides a vivid and frank portrait of late King Hassan, whom she knew personally and credits with laying the foundations of a modern, pro-Western state and analyzes the pressures his successor, King Mohammed VI has come under to transform the autocratic monarchy into a full-fledged democracy. Howe addresses emerging issues and problems--equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction ofglaringeconomic and social disparities--and asks the fundamental question: can this ancient Muslim kingdom embrace western democracy in an era of deepening divisions between the Islamic world and the West?

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-403) and index

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illustrationsmaps

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Morocco

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56191942

Responsibility statement

Marvine Howe

Sub title

the Islamist awakening and other challenges

Table Of Contents

Return to Morocco -- Commander of the faithful -- Tour du Maroc -- The ever present past -- Protectors and wards -- The shadow of King Hassan II -- Society in motion -- Islamic revival -- The conflicting worlds of women -- Split identity -- Grappling with mirages -- Royal democracy -- Zigzags on the road to democracy -- The new society -- Saharan imbroglio -- Friends, neighbors and others -- Kingdom at the crossroads

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