Morocco

Imperialism of France and Algeria Imperialism was a powerful force around the world throughout the 1800s. One place that was greatly affected by Imperialism was Africa. Imperialism is when a country exploits a weaker country for resources, new markets, or Nationalist gain. Powers such as Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal were scrambling for land in Africa. These European powers wanted the resources and land in Africa. The European’s were able to defeat African tribes due…

Destiny Ponzo / History 1023 / April 5th 2017 Primary Source Essay #2 / Chapter 18: The Scramble for Africa The three sources I viewed in chapter eighteen have a similar perspective when looking towards the Scramble for Africa: Europeans simply wanted absolute control and power over African men. Source 18.1 focuses more on the need for control in order to move freely around the continent. In this perspective, the Europeans wanted access to the Indian Ocean trade on the opposite side of Africa…

sugar, and fresh mint. In Morocco, Moroccan mint tea is served 24/7. It is usually served when a guest comes over to your home, this shows a sign of friendship. When I went to Morocco I went to my cousins house my parents and I got Moroccan mint tea. One food I would like to eat more is Couscous. Couscous is kind of like rice but in the shape of circles. Couscous can have many different toppings such as vegetables, fruit, and sometimes meat.…

18th century, Morocco was the only Arabic-speaking nation not a part of the vast Ottoman Empire. The independent country was ruled by the once powerful Alaouite dynasty of sultans, who ruled since capturing Fés in 1666. Although Morocco remained independent through the forefront of African colonization, European powers had their eyes set on the “Arab or the West”. Colonization became possible when a 13-year-old from the Alaouite dynasty succeeded as sultan in 1894, reducing Morocco to a state…

Origins and Causes of Wars • Long-term Causes The Spanish Civil War was a culmination of the internal civil unrest of Spain. Spain was divided by various groups with extreme beliefs from Fascism to “militant anarchism”. These groups provided the basis for societal unrest, as extremists clashed heads in opposing ideals. Poverty was also a striking aspect of the unrest, as poor masses were neglected by the Catholic Church that found identity with “wealthy landowners than with the Spanish People”…

“Statically Islam is the second religion in France, but socially it is practiced by a group of people that is dominated, unprivileged and reduced to political silence.” Ever since the attacks on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in January of 2015, France has deemed itself incompatible with immigrants, particularly those who identify as Muslim or come from North Africa or the Middle East. Since the start of 2015 there have been more than 11 large-scale attacks affiliated with ISIS, causing…

discussions will take place examining Morocco 's various trade agreements and membership through the World Trade Organization (WTO), the tariffs of the country, subsidies, complaints, Foreign Domestic Investment (FDI), World Bank rank, and transparency. The information provided in the following sections and graphs uses data from the World Bank site and other sites of the country typically range from the period 1990-2015. WTO and Trading Agreements or Practices Morocco, being a member of the WTO…

Even though they both speak English, their relationship is suffering from miscommunication. It is apparent that their relationship is unsteady because while in Morocco Susan says “Richard, why did we come here?” He replies with, “What do you mean why? I thought you would like it.” Susan says: “Really: Why are we here?” Richard replies: “To forget everything. To be alone.” Susan says: “Alone.” They also show signs…

Colonial Madness: Psychiatry in French North Africa explores French colonization in the Maghreb region of North Africa, specifically: Tunis, Morocco, and Algeria. The book, unlike many of the others that we have read so far in class, focuses almost exclusively on the viewpoint of the controlling colonial power, rather than on the indigenous persons being ruled. Stripped of cultural context, these chapters provided a striking contrast to the narrative presented in the book Medicine and the Saints…

an accord of peace in the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. It hosted the Organization of African Unity in 2000. The only neighboring country that Algeria has a strained relationship with is Morocco. Algeria and many other states reject Moroccan administration of Western Sahara. Algeria's border with Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations, each nation accusing the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling. The foreign politic of Algeria is mostly based in Africa. The only…