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From Outlaw to Rebel: Oppositional Documentaries in Contemporary Algeria The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-12 David Fieni
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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What to expect from Sisi third term? The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Maged Mandour
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 3, 2024)
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Ecologies of imperialism in Algeria The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Matthew Brauer
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The rebel’s clinic: the revolutionary lives of Frantz Fanon The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 John P. Entelis
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Alexander E. Elinson
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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From Kabylia to Marrakech: art, orientalism, and the transcolonial career of Azouaou Mammeri The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Liz Matsushita
Over his lifetime (c. 1890–1954), the Algerian painter and administrator Azouaou Mammeri traced an impressive transcolonial geography that simultaneously revealed the limits and possibilities for c...
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Morocco’s religio-political project in Africa: historical narrative, knowledge production, and spiritual influence* The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Salim Hmimnat
This article explores the intricate relationship of influence and interaction between Moroccan Islam and African Islam by surveying the major historical narratives, knowledge production, and spirit...
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The band phenomenon: authenticity and identity in Moroccan political cartoons of the 1970s The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Benjamin Jones
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 3, 2024)
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The Outside: Migration as Life in Morocco The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Violence and social transformation in Libya The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Sabina Henneberg
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Moroccan Jews: nostalgia and echoes of national memory ‘Tinghir – Jerusalem: Les Echoes du Mellah’ as a case study The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Bouchra Zahhaf, Omar Moumni
The Jewish past has always represented a distinct chapter in Morocco’s history; an embodiment of a historic component of Moroccan society. ‘Tinghir – Jerusalem: Les Echoes du Mellah’ (2013): a docu...
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Call for submissions The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-29
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2024)
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Between rubble and rage: reflections on the earthquake in Morocco and its aftermath The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Samia Errazzouki
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2024)
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The making of trade unionism in Libya (1943–1957): internal and transnational struggles The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Anna Baldinetti
Little is known about Libyan trade unionism and its role in the Arab workers’ movement. Drawing on a variety of archival sources, this article contributes a general overview of trade unionism in Tr...
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Men ‘doing domesticity:’ reproductive labour and gendered subjectivities in urban Morocco The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-22 M. Ruth Dike
Though extensive literature exists on Moroccan women in the public sphere, simultaneously less research explores the ways in which men ‘do domesticity’. This paper will examine the ways urban Moroc...
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The shifting landscape of Sudan’s political parties: determinants and implications The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Mohammed Sharfi
The paper explores the changing Sudanese political landscape in the wake of the uprising, which toppled the Islamist regime in Sudan after 30 years in power. It provides an overview of various dete...
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Leaving the master and into the desert. Slave escapes in the Spanish Sahara: slave initiatives and colonial attitudes The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Ali Al Tuma
This article presents case studies of slaves’ escapes in the Spanish Sahara, between the 1930s and the early 1950s. It shows that while Spanish authorities were often ready to help slaves attain th...
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Incoherent and strategic: the NIF/NCP minority policies in Sudan The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Dalal Daoud
When the National Islamic Front (NIF) regime came to power in Sudan in1989, the international community was alarmed. Among other things, the treatment of Sudan’s minorities was a chief concern. For...
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Un homme sans titre The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Meryem Belkaïd
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The politics of immigration beyond liberal states: Morocco and Tunisia in comparative perspective The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Kelsey Norman
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Killing contention: demobilisation in Morocco during the Arab spring The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Matt Buehler
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Le Silence des dieux The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Mildred Mortimer
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The Sudanese imbroglio The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Khalil Fadl Osman
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 1, 2024)
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Exploring social dynamics and cross-cultural encounters in Paul Bowles’s translations of Moroccan (oral) literature: insights from Choukri, Layachi, and Mrabet’s narratives The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Imad Youssefi
Paul Bowles’s literary productions, both factual and fictional, were significantly influenced by Moroccan culture, where he resided for over half a century. Despite facing harsh criticism, particul...
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Algeria’s economic and political trends after the Hirak movement The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-30 Madelyn Haden, Gabriel Harr-Siebenlist
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 28, No. 6, 2023)
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Wartime North Africa: a documentary history 1934–1950 The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Patrick Crowley
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Commanding the faithful: the Kingdom of Morocco’s relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Annie Tracy Samuel
This study analyses the Kingdom of Morocco’s relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, focusing on Morocco’s decision to sever ties with Iran in 2009. It sheds light on the dynamics that drive M...
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Undesirables: a Holocaust journey to North Africa The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Christopher Silver
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 3, 2024)
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Moroccan other-archives: history and citizenship after state violence The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Lia Brozgal
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Le Mal algérien The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-04 John P. Entelis
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Correction The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-05
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 28, No. 6, 2023)
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Lamalif: a critical anthropology of societal debates in morocco during the ‘Years of Lead’ (1966-1988) The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Aomar Boum
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2024)
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Au vent mauvais The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Fazia Aitel
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The seventh member state: Algeria, France, and the European community The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Robert Mortimer
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Salah Ben Youssef et les youssefistes: Au tournant de l’indépendance tunisienne, 1955–1956 The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Clement M. Henry
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Forthcoming youth bulge in Egypt: possible sociopolitical implications The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Andrey Korotayev, Julia Zinkina
ABSTRACT The increased proportion of youth aged 15–24 or 15–29 in total or adult population has long been shown to influence the intensity of sociopolitical destabilisation in general and political violence in particular. Youth bulges played an important role in the destabilising processes of the Arab Spring. We show that the influence of youth bulges in Egypt (and North Africa in general) is far from
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The new white race: settler colonialism and the press in French Algeria, 1860-1914 The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Megan Brown
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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African Christian migrants in Morocco: a growing group challenging the state’s presumption of cultural diversity The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Rachid Benlabbah
The Moroccan migratory context witnessed the growth of an African Christian group. Over the long run, the establishment of Christianity in Morocco would relate to African immigrants. With a residen...
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Biographies of insecurity: labour migration from the Moroccan margins The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Hamdi Echkaou, Johannes Frische
ABSTRACT This paper is an ethnographic investigation of Moroccan rural-urban migration, specifically focusing on labour migrants from the village of Matat in the region of Asni in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. The economic, spatial, and structural constraints that bring about migrants’ uncertain trajectories, insecurities, and risks are investigated in how they affect the migrants’ aspirations
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War, resistance, and memory in Libya’s oral history project The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Eileen Ryan
This article examines the Libyan Oral History Project, an archive created in the 1970s to record the memories of mujahidin involved in anti-Italian resistance in Libya. Though it was not the origin...
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Tunisian harga: facts, theories, and conclusions The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Chamseddine Mnasri
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 28, No. 5, 2023)
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Les jeunes et la guerre d'Algérie: Une nouvelle génération face à son histoire The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Emmanuelle Comtat
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2024)
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Première guerre mondiale, panislamisme et nationalisme tunisien: Parcours de figures tunisiennes en Allemagne au début du XXe siècle The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Stuart Schaar
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 3, 2024)
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Kais Saied and the demise of democracy The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Zoe Petkanas
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 28, No. 4, 2023)
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Christopher Silver, Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music across Twentieth-century North Africa The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Jonathan Shannon
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Mieczysław P. Boduszyński
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 29, No. 2, 2024)
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Degeneration and the demos in North Africa: towards a ‘critical’ study of democratisation? The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Larbi Sadiki, Layla Saleh
ABSTRACT This article frames the problematic explored in the Special Issue, namely, the Maghreb and North Africa's ‘crisis of democratization.' Across cases, the crisis is multi-layered, involving first, counter-revolution since the 2011 (and 2019) uprisings and revolutions; second, the breakup of states, particularly those mired in violence (e.g. Libya); and third, setbacks even among states that
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Morocco’s domestic crisis of (derailed) democratisation The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Silvia Colombo
In the North African context, Morocco is a clear example of democratic backsliding. Since popular protests broke out in 2011, institutional reforms were implemented under the leadership of the mona...
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What drives public trust in the military in non-democracies: Evidence from Libya (2014-2019) The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Yasmina Abouzzohour, Tarik M. Yousef
ABSTRACT This article investigates the conditions that lead to heightened trust in the military in non-democracies through an empirical study of post-2011 Libya. Drawing on the political science and sociology literatures on institutional trust in non-democratic contexts, we develop hypotheses linking public trust in the military to personal safety, political interest, Islamist orientation, trust in
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Algeria’s Hirak: fading prospects for democratisation? The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Ilhem Rachidi, Abdallah Aballagh
This article examines democratic backsliding in Algeria through a focus on the Hirak movement, born in 2019. Specifically, it explores government repression and the resulting impact on political ac...
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L'appel du houdhoud: Une femme au pays des fouqaha The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Stuart Schaar
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Whatever happened to the Egyptian road to Democracy? The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Shimaa Elsharkawy
In 2011, Egypt saw one of the largest protest movements in its modern history: the 25th of January revolution. One of its major demands was the call for democracy and end of dictatorship after 30 y...
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Crisis of Democratisation in the Maghreb and North Africa The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Larbi Sadiki, Layla Saleh
Published in The Journal of North African Studies (Vol. 28, No. 6, 2023)
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A tale of two exceptions: everyday politics of democratic backsliding in Tunisia The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Haifa Souilmi
ABSTRACT Why do citizens support democratic backsliding through authoritarian populist power grabs? Tunisia has been upheld as the exception in the Arab World for its successful democratization. However, since the declaration of the state of exception by President Kais Said, Tunisia has witnessed deliberate acts of democratic subversion. Polls have been showing overwhelming support for the president
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Egypt after the 2011 uprising: the implications of transitional justice in a non-liberal transition The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Bosmat Yefet
Analysing transitional justice mechanisms in the non-liberal transition of post-revolutionary Egypt, from the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak to the election of ‘Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi, this article seek...
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Resistance is life: how Sudan’s resistance committees perform democratic power The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Linda S. Bishai
While they were critical to the 2019 protests that brought down former president Omar el-Bashir, Sudan’s young people were not fully present in the negotiations for the transitional constitutional ...
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A resurgence of authoritarianism in Morocco, or preservation of the status quo The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-23 Aisha Kadaoui
This essay investigates the rise of authoritarianism in Morocco and its resurgence despite several reforms implemented by the Moroccan regime. The author provides a new perspective on democracy and...
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Tunisian democratisation: dashed hopes between 2010 and 2022 The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-23 M. Moncef Khaddar
Beyond the euphoria of the early revolutionary moments, in 2010-2011, muted counter-revolutionary setbacks followed elite-led ‘democratisation'. For those who construed the political developments i...
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In the shadow of the Islamic State: political violence in post-revolutionary Egypt, 2013–2020 The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Baudouin Long
ABSTRACT This article examines the trajectory and identity of the militant groups that resorted to political violence in post-revolutionary Egypt without adhering to Salafi-jihadist ideology. Non-jihadist violence has often remained in the shadow of the Islamic State, and is relatively unknown and underestimated, however data analysis shows that it accounted for a large share of the Egyptian market
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US democracy promotion in the Maghreb: much ventured, little gained The Journal of North African Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Sarah Yerkes
The United States has invested billions of dollars in promoting democracy in the Maghreb. In the decade following the Arab Spring, some of that investment appeared to be bearing fruit, particularly...