Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges
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| Management number | 231833481 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$7.93 | Model Number | 231833481 | ||
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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 of glaring economic 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? Read more
| ISBN10 | 0195169638 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0195169638 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Dimensions | 9.46 x 6.4 x 1.36 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.66 pounds |
| Print length | 448 pages |
| Publication date | June 30, 2005 |
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