Morocco and the Netherlands: Society, Economy, Culture - Softcover

Featuring more than 25 contributors, this collection of essays sheds light on several aspects of Moroccan society, economy, and culture as well as on the relationship between Morocco and the Netherlands—two countries with 400 years of shared history that alternates between fear and distrust and hope and solidarity. With a focus on the tensions between tradition and modernity, these essays discuss topics such as Moroccan family law; Morocco and the European Union; the Berber struggle; migration and equal citizenship; young Moroccans in the Netherlands; gender education in Morocco; literature, architecture, and language; and identity.

Morocco and the Netherlands have a shared history that goes back as far as the seventeenth century. In the past four hundred years their relationship has had its ups and downs. Even today Dutch and Moroccan people alternate between fear and distrust on the one hand, hope and solidarity on the other. In this book over twenty-five authors shed light on several different aspects of society, economy, and culture as well as on relations between the two countries. The authors focus on the tensions between tradition and modernity, dealing with subjects such as: Moroccan family law, Morocco and the European Union, the Berber struggle, migration and equal citizenship, young Moroccans in the Netherlands, gender education in Morocco, literature, architecture, and language and identity. Contributions by: Omar Aloui |Mohamed Azzine |Edien Bartels |Saad Belghazi Hanane Bouchtalla |Mohammed Boudoudou |Lenie Brouwer Monique Eleb |Moha Ennaji |Hein de Haas |Marianne Hermans Martijn de Koning |Abdelhamid Lotfi |Ouafaâ El Mesmoudi Arne Musch |Mustapha El Qadéry |Fatima Sadiqi |Anas Talbi Rachid Touhtouh |Els Vanderwaeren |Frans van der Velden Hans van der Veen |Hans Visser |Hendrik Vroom |Zakaria Zakri Introductions by: Zakya Daoud | Herman Obdeijn