About Hisham
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
email: almiraatblog@gmail.com
Blog: the Mirror المرآة on http://almiraatblog.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Hisham_G
GVO author: http://globalvoicesonline.org/author/hisham/
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November 6th, 2009
Middle East & North Africa
Aicha Ech Chenna, founder of an organization in Casablanca, “Solidarité féminine,” which takes care of unmarried mothers, has been announced as the winner of the $1 million 2009 Opus Prize, as reported by online Moroccan news website, Hespress [Ar].
November 5th, 2009
Morocco: Here Comes the Sun
Morocco has announced this week the launch of a solar energy project, with an estimated cost of $9 billion, aiming at raising the share of renewable sources in the country's energy production. Mostly supportive bloggers have been sharing their thoughts.
October 23rd, 2009
Morocco: Education Under Bloggers' Scrutiny
Torn between insistent calls for modernization and a powerful conservative drive; caught in an excruciating debate over which languages to include in its programs; overburdened by an opaque and centralized administration, the Moroccan education system has long been the target of passionate critiques, not least among bloggers.
October 21st, 2009
Middle East & North Africa
Solidarité Maroc [Fr], an online forum regrouping some Moroccan human rights activist, publishes an appeal (video) by French national Jean François Debargue who's on hunger strike in solidarity with Sahrawis whom he says are living in “dire conditions” in Western Sahara - a territory administered by Morocco and contested by the separatist Polisario Front, which is supported by neighbouring Algeria.
September 27th, 2009
Middle East & North Africa
Moroccan blogger Mounir writes on Des maux à dire [Fr] about artificial hymens, made in China, apparently much appreciated by a growing base of Arab customers. “In the Arab region, Syrians have seen this revolutionary ‘product' invade the black market. In Egypt, investors are seriously considering its introduction,” alleges the blogger.
September 19th, 2009
Morocco: Rage Against the Sandwich Continues
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