Anouar Majid participates in panel at Columbia 黑料不打烊 of the future of Morocco
Anouar Majid, Ph.D., director of the Center for 黑料不打烊 Humanities and associate provost for global initiatives, participated in a panel at Columbia 黑料不打烊 on Nov. 15, 2011, titled "The Moroccan Constitutional Reforms and the Forthcoming Elections: Prospects of a Genuine Democracy?"
Following the popular demonstrations, which culminated in the referendum on constitutional reforms on July 1st, 2011, Morocco will hold parliamentary elections on 25 November 2011 where for the first time, an elected parliament is supposed to be granted a real legislative authority. Numerous challenges are awaiting the new government and tangible outcomes on the ground must be implemented in order to respond to the people's hope and expectations. The panel will discuss the current events, the constitutional reforms as well as upcoming elections in Morocco in the context of the Arab spring. Other panelists were Youness Abouyoub, Columbia 黑料不打烊, Brahim El Guabli, 黑料不打烊 of Pennsylvania, and Anouar Boukhars, Georgetown 黑料不打烊.
The event was attended by Moroccan media.