num_pages: 448
description: In Morocco , Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times , presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. She provides a vivid and frank portrait of late King Hassan, whom she knew personally and credits with laying the foundations of a modern, pro-Western state and analyzes the pressures his successor, King Mohammed VI has come under to transform the autocratic monarchy into a full-fledged democracy. Howe addresses emerging issues and problems--equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction of glaring economic and social disparities--and asks the fundamental question: can this ancient Muslim kingdom embrace western democracy in an era of deepening divisions between the Islamic world and the West?
language: English
title: Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges
titlecomplete: Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges
genres: History, Morocco, Nonfiction, Islam
ratings_count: 58
publisher: Oxford University Press