Morocco: Peaceful Marches Across the Kingdom · Global Voices
Hisham Almiraat

This post is part of our special coverage Morocco Protests 2011.
Inspired by the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings, Moroccans have been taking to the streets since last February 2011, demonstrating week in, week out, calling for a reform of the constitution and for the establishment of a democratic parliamentary system. Peaceful marches were held on Sunday, March 20th, across the kingdom. Minutes of the marches were followed on the Internet via Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. Here's some of what bloggers have been sharing from start to finish:
Veteran Moroccan blogger Larbi, live-blogged the marches [Fr]. He writes:
09h50 A Rabat, il fait beau et les manifestants commencent à se rassembler à Bab El Had. Premières photos via Riad:
Rabat, March 20th – Via Larbi.org
Rabat, March 20 — Via Larbi.org
In Casablanca tens of thousands marched orderly on the city's main streets. Nadia Lamlili shares her thoughts as she arrives at the demonstration:
J ai jamais vu une marche aussi bien organisée. J ai la chaire de poule
Politiconaute is also impressed. He tweets:
On s'applaudit nous meme… Lakada kousira hajiz lkhaouf… #20mars #20fev
Houda (@Houdac) shares her pictures of the march in Casablanca:
Mamfakinch! (Wewon't give up!) — Picture by @Houdac posted on Twitpic
Silmiya! Silmiya! (Peaceful! Peaceful!) – Photo by @Houdac posted on Twitpic
Some of the slogans chanted during the Casablanca march:
For a king who reigns without ruling — Photo by @Houdac posted on Twitpic
As the day advances, something is remarkably absent: police intervention. Nadia Lamlili tweets:
@nadialamlili : La police dans les rues perpendiculaires observe de loin. Une marche dans la dignite
On the media, people started speculating about the number of marchers. @m20fev shared this picture on Twitter adding the following comment:
الدار البيضاء الان hado galik 3000, wa baz??
Picture posted by m20fev on Twitpic
Videos of the marches started pouring in on social networks from different parts of the country. Overall, demonstrations continued peacefully.
In this video from Marrakech, posted by marouane82, people chat “We want to bring the government down! We want the parliament dissolved!”:
And here, marchers in the city of Kenitra chant “The people want to bring corruption down!” (video posted by mesbahih):
From the city of Meknes this video posted by special20fevrier:
From the city of Fez, this video shows people chanting “My rights are running in my veins, no matter what they do to me” (posted online by mostouz):
Finally this rather shaky footage from the city of Casablanca showing tens of thousands marching orderly in the streets (posted by kafkatim):
This post is part of our special coverage Morocco Protests 2011.