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In The Media

Morocco’s Arab Spring

Reforms and development in the wake of the Arab Spring protests in Morocco have addressed some surface issues but have failed to resolve underlying structural problems.

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By Marc Lynch and Merouan Mekouar
Published on Mar 21, 2016

Source: Project on Middle East Political Science

Carnegie’s Marc Lynch discusses reform in the wake of the Arab Spring protests in Morocco and the political future of the country with Merouan Mekouar.

This interview originally appeared at the Project on Middle East Political Science.

About the Authors

Marc Lynch

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Marc Lynch was a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program where his work focuses on the politics of the Arab world.

Merouan Mekouar

Authors

Marc Lynch
Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Marc Lynch
Merouan Mekouar
Political ReformDemocracyCivil SocietyNorth AfricaMoroccoMaghreb

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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