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1981 Casablanca & Contemporary Morocco, Dr. Mahmood Ibrahim

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1981 Casablanca & Contemporary Morocco, Dr. Mahmood Ibrahim
Language
eng
Main title
1981 Casablanca & Contemporary Morocco
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Online presentation by Deschutes Public Library on April 14, 2021
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Dr. Mahmood Ibrahim
Series statement
DPL YouTube, A Novel Idea 2021
Summary
Past events in Casablanca put into context for today in this presentation with Dr. Mahmood Ibrahim, Professor Emeritus of History at Cal Poly Pomona. In "The Other Americans," Driss Guerraoui and his family moved to the U.S. in the wake of Casablanca's 1981 protests and unrest. In this presentation, Dr. Ibrahim uses the events in Casablanca to highlight aspects of Moroccan history as a way of explaining the riots and putting them in a contemporary Moroccan context
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1981 Casablanca and Contemporary Morocco