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Morocco: Rage against the Sandwich

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Morocco, Protest, Religion

Larbi, in Comme une bouteille jetée à la mer, reports [1][Fr] on a manifestation that took place on Sunday 13 September in the outskirts of Casablanca, by young Moroccans who decided to organize a picnic braving the ban on eating in public during Ramadan, only to find hundreds of policemen confronting them. “Our objective is to say we are Moroccans whether we observe the fast or not,” writes the blogger, citing one of the participants.