Omar Brouksy

Journalist and professor of political science in Morocco. He was editor-in-chief of the Journal hebdomadaire until it was shut down in January 2010, and is a correspondent for the Agence France-Presse. He is the author of Mohammed VI derrière les masques. Le fils de notre ami (éditions du Nouveau-Monde, Paris 2014) and La République de Sa Majesté. France-Maroc, liaisons dangereuses (preface by Alain Gresh), Nouveau-Monde, 2017. Both books are banned in Morocco.

Interview Maati Monjib: “Corruption is rife in Morocco” Omar Brouksy · 21 April Interview with the French-Moroccan historian Maati Monjib, who began a hunger strike on 3 April to protest his being prevented from leaving Morocco to attend a conference at the Sorbonne.
In a voice weakened by the hunger strike he began on 3 April - the day he learned at Rabat airport that (…)
Morocco: Silencing the Last Dissenting Voices Omar Brouksy · January 2020 For several months now, a wave of repression has rained down on those who, inside Morroco, on the social networks and under their own names, criticise King Mohamed VI whose popularity is waning.
They are not political figures, professional journalists or activists, but mostly just ordinary (…)
Morocco, the Declining Popularity of the Governing Islamists Omar Brouksy · March 2019 The clear winner of the post-Arab Spring elections of September 2011 and those of 2016, the Justice and Development Party is entering its eighth year at the head of the Moroccan government. But this longevity is starting to wither, especially on account of the behaviours of some of its leaders. (…)
Books Bziz, the Humorist Who Does Not Make the King of Morocco Laugh Omar Brouksy · January 2019 Stage name Bziz (the rascal), Ahmed Soussi, stand-up comedian and political satirist, is a living legend in Morocco, where he has been banned from public appearance for a quarter of a century. Just recently he was summoned to appear before the judicial police of Casablanca. On what grounds? For (…)
Morocco: “His Majesty’s Bosses” Boycotted Omar Brouksy · June 2018 Launched by anonymous cybernauts over a month ago, a large-scale movement to boycott brands owned by the King’s entourage is as unprecedented as it is successful and has become a genuine societal phenomenon.
In the Mabella district of Rabat, a middle-class neighborhood inhabited by civil (…)