Contesting Political Boundaries in Contemporary Moroccan Satire
The remarkable political change that Morocco has witnessed since the death
of King Hassan II in 1999 and the succession of his son, Mohammed VI, has
contributed to the development of Moroccan satire, due to the margin of
freedom granted by the new regime. As a result of this political opening, satire
considerably gains visibility as a recent phenomenon in the socio-political scene
of Morocco, moving from the shadow of privacy and the clandestine to the
spotlight of quasi-permissiveness where satirists tackle issues that had been,
not long ago, censored or strictly prohibited. In this chapter, I will demonstrate
how the contemporary Moroccan satirical press contributes to shifting political
boundaries and initiating debate on highly sensitive political matters, and thus
serves to redefine the limits of the permissible in the Moroccan press.
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