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Hisham

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About Hisham

40 posts · joined 2009-04-21

I'm Moroccan, a medical doctor and blogger currently based in northern France.

I’ve been brought up in Morocco, a country I cherish and love to the point of addiction. In a society torn between tradition and an obvious desire for change and progress; with a deep identity crisis; proud of its past, yet eager to reach modernity; overwhelmingly tolerant, but not immune from fanaticism and violence; full of youth, energy and potential, but so inhibited and constrained by so much red lines and rules most of which irrational.

I'll do my best to cover my part of the world on this fabulous platform; a place where I found the breathing space I was craving for; a community of people with whom one might agree or disagree but most definitely, a commonwealth of free speakers.

-Hisham

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February 2nd, 2010

Morocco: Where Independent Media is No More

Le Journal Hebdomadaire, an irreverent Moroccan independent weekly news magazine has ceased to exist, crippled by debt and heavy libel fines. Magazine founders say they have been victims of an orchestrated government attack aimed at financially asphyxiating the publication. Bloggers and media freedom watchdogs have been commenting the development.

January 28th, 2010

Morocco: A Charter for the Environment

The Moroccan government launched an ambitious project on environment involving a series of regional meetings, workshops and conferences that sparked a national debate that aims at establishing a Charter for the environment. Bloggers have been commenting on the development.

January 24th, 2010

Morocco

Casey Scieszka and Steven Weinberg are two American cartoonists, creators of “a book/art/zine/stuff” operation called Telephone and Soup. They have settled recently in Morocco and are announcing the organization of a meet up in a café downtown Rabat on January 26, around the Shitty Kitty comics concept, inviting people to join them, draw little kitties on paper with captions and hang out with new folks.

Middle East & North Africa

Nebrash Eshabab [Ar] is a Moroccan collective blogging platform. It published a call for Moroccan bloggers to “mourn freedom of expression in Morocco during a week, from 25 to 31 January,” in order to raise awareness about the deteriorating situation of free speech in the country.

January 17th, 2010

Algeria: Indigenous March for AutonomyPhotos postVideo post

Indigenous Algerian Kabyles took to the streets demanding more autonomy from the central state. Amidst a media blackout imposed by the authorities, supporters of the marchers reported the event on the Net.

January 10th, 2010

Morocco: Ladies Honored

Moroccan bloggers joined the Kolena Laila (We Are All Laila) campaign, an independent online initiative inviting bloggers across the Arab region to express themselves freely and raise awareness on the concerns of women in their respective societies for the first time. Hisham brings us the story in this post.