For those who have never experienced a freewheeling political campaign, the raucousness of an American election season can be inspiring and overwhelming. Talking is incessant in rooms of phone bank volunteers searching for votes, energetic political party members go door to door in last minute appeals for support and candidates talk nonstop in the countdown to election day.
Young Moroccans in Fes. Photo by Andrew Farrand, program officer.
Earlier this year, Morocco saw an unprecedented rise in political engagement as young people, inspired by popular uprisings elsewhere in North Africa, rallied fellow citizens into the streets. Mass demonstrations against corruption, inequality and the monarchy’s hold on power pushed King Mohamed VI to call for revisions to Morocco’s constitution.
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
11/20/2011
Resource Type:
Focus Group
Language:
Arabic, English
Left to right: England, Binda and Wang listen to youth activists in Fes.
NDI announced on Oct. 20 the arrival of an international delegation to observe the pre-election environment in Morocco as voters register to vote in the country’s Nov. 25 parliamentary elections.
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
10/20/2011
Resource Type:
Press Release
Language:
Arabic, English, French
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