Many of the countries of the Arab Spring face daunting challenges. Syria is racked by war.
Libya's transition is challenged by armed militias vying for control. In Egypt, the early …

This PhD thesis concerns the ways in which the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the Hajj, is
embedded in Moroccan society. Approaching pilgrimage from the perspective of lived …

Abstract In February 2016 the Algerian Parliament adopted a broad-sweeping constitutional
reform, which came into force in March of the same year. The paper addresses the long …

In the decade between 2002 and 2012, Turkey was often proposed as a model for the
Middle East and the broader Muslim world. However, this assumption has come under …

Out of the North African countries involved in the Arab uprisings, Morocco has at least two
distinguishing features. First of all, together with Algeria, 1 it is the only country in which the …

Reforms of constitutional courts after the Arab Spring have been part of a larger project of
consolidating constitutional democracy in a region that have been plagued with …

Amazigh women's stories of adversities and struggles led to their portrayal as illiterate, in
need of help and passive beneficiaries of aid. Many texts and media focus on investigating …

l he paper concerns the process of constitution-making and relates to some constitutional
changes adopted in Morocco in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. The author focuses on the …

This chapter shows that the decision of the King Mohammed VI to adopt a new constitution
was clearly aimed at calming the growing dissent among the population and containing the …

With the onset of the Arab uprisings at the end of 2010 and the emergence of popular
demonstrations that raised the issue of crises of legitimacy across the Arab states, the …