Yasmine Zarhloule is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. Her research focuses on nation-state building, borders, and the politics of space in the Maghreb. She is a DPhil Candidate at the University of Oxford. Previously, Zarhloule held positions as a research consultant at the European Council of Foreign Relations (London), as a research trainee at the Carnegie Middle East Center (Beirut), as well as research assistantships at both the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick, where she worked on topics related to migration, EU-MENA relations, and development policies. She holds an MSc in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford and an MA in International Relations from the University of Warwick.
Morocco has successfully begun to connect its once-neglected eastern region to domestic and global economic resources. But it is vital to ensure that the benefits these initiatives bring are fairly reinvested in local communities.
