Grenzeloos modernisme

In het Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst in Amstelveen opent op 15 april 2022 de tentoonstelling “Het andere verhaal: Kunst uit het Marokkaans modernisme”. Gastcurator Abdelkader Benali vertelt over de tentoonstelling.

Abdelkader Benali • April 14, 2022

The Mantle of Roger II and the Fatimid Festival of Sacrifice

During the Festival of Sacrifice, Fatimid rulers publicly sacrificed a camel. Maribel Fierro discusses the political and religious significance of this ritual, and traces later versions under other dynasties. She argues a visual re-imagination even appears on the mantle of the Norman king of Sicily.

Maribel Fierro • December 09, 2021

Coronavirus Update: The Middle East and North Africa

In this blogpost, LUCIS brings together short updates on the impact of COVID-19 in countries in the MENA region, written by experts on and researchers in the countries listed. New entries will be added as they arrive.

Khadija Kadrouch-Outmany, Marina de Regt, Onur Ada, Samira Jadir, Sai Englert, Asghar Seyed Gohrab, Ibrahim Saweros and Suliman Ibrahim • May 14, 2020

Thinking with Clifford Geertz in Rabat

In October 2018, fifty years after the publication of Clifford Geertz’s “Islam Observed”, a group of scholars gathered in Rabat to explore the relevance of the Geertzian approach for contemporary research on Moroccan and Indonesian society.

Silvia Wolf • January 31, 2019

Does the haircut make the thug? Why class matters in post-2011 Morocco

In recent years Arab youth have received increasing attention, symbolizing a contradictory image for the West as either heroic anti-authoritarian protesters or radical Islamists. Neither of these images does justice to their local and complex realities.

Cristiana Strava • June 14, 2017

Crossing boundaries between psychiatry, religion and society

Driss Moussaoui, a Moroccan psychiatrist, is a man with a mission: improving the mental health of his patients and of society at large. Being sensitive to people’s religious beliefs is imperative, he says in an interview with Annemarie van Sandwijk.

Annemarie van Sandwijk • May 03, 2016

Berber by the book

Recent policy shifts aim at including the Berbers of Morocco into Moroccan society. But what it means to be Berber in Morocco today is complicated by Morocco’s colonial past. Museums are an illustration of this dilemma.

Norah Karrouche • September 30, 2015 • 1 comment

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