Saad Guerraoui

Saad Guerraoui is a regular contributor to The Arab Weekly on Maghreb issues.

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Long-awaited measure. Tifinagh seen on a public sign at a school in Casablanca.(Saad Guerraoui)
Moroccan parliament adopts draft law on Amazigh, controversy persists
June 15, 2019
Passengers sit on top of an overcrowded bus in Casablanca. (Saad Guerraoui)
Traffic jams, filthy streets, decaying buses turn life in Casablanca into daily nightmare
June 08, 2019
Hakim Benchamach, Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) secretary-general. (Twitter)
Divisions grip Morocco’s leading opposition party
June 01, 2019
A living heritage. Nouba Al Andaloussia orchestra performs on stage during the Andalusian International Music Festival in Casablanca. (Saad Guerraoui)
Andalusian music brings Maghrebis together
June 01, 2019
Old men work as street cleaners in the Moroccan city of Assilah. (Saad Guerraoui)
Despite drop in poverty, Morocco struggles with social inequalities
May 25, 2019
People tour the dry fruit market in Derb Omar. (Saad Guerraoui)
Food consumption soars but economic activity slows in Morocco during Ramadan
May 11, 2019
Doctors take part in a strike in Rabat. (Saad Guerraoui)
Morocco’s public health-care and education sectors facing worst crisis
May 04, 2019
A candidate from the Guelmim-Oued Noun region presents his project to the AfDB delegation. (Saad Guerraoui)
African Development Bank introduces ‘Souk Al-Tanmia’ in Morocco
April 27, 2019
A question of efficiency. A student reads French words during a class in the Oudaya primary school in Rabat. (Reuters)
Morocco weighs teaching science in French
April 20, 2019
A peculiar dimension. Visitors go through a booklet at the solo exhibition of Moroccan contemporary artist Mohamed El Baz in Casablanca. (Saad Guerraoui)
Moroccan artist tries to repair ‘imperfect’ world in ‘Black Light’ solo exhibition
April 06, 2019
UN Special Envoy Horst Kohler speaks in Geneva following a 2-day round of talks on ending the Western Sahara conflict, March 22. (AFP)
Parties to Western Sahara conflict agree to convene for third round of talks
March 23, 2019
Vigilant measures. Members of the Moroccan anti-terrorism security service stand guard outside a building at the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation in Sale near Rabat. (AFP)
Repatriated jihadists provide intelligence bonanza for Morocco
March 16, 2019
A surfer trains at the famous spot of Anchor Point in Taghazout Beach in southern Morocco. (Reuters)
Surf’s up off Morocco’s Atlantic coast
March 09, 2019
French-Moroccan film-maker Ismael Ferroukhi. (Saad Guerraoui)
The cinematic adventures of Moroccan film-maker Ismael Ferroukhi
March 09, 2019
A dragging issue. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita attends a news conference after a roundtable on Western Sahara at the United Nations in Geneva, December 6. (Reuters)
Morocco feels vindicated on Western Sahara with US bill
February 23, 2019
Still striving for quality. A visitor browses through a book at the 25th edition of Casablanca’s International Book Fair. (Saad Guerraoui)
Casablanca book fair showcases Spanish culture
February 16, 2019
MP Amina Maelainine of Morocco’s ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party during her stay in the French capital. (Facebook)
Female Islamist MP drops the veil in Paris, divides Morocco’s ruling PJD
February 02, 2019
An appetite for risk. Headquarters of Moroccan bank Attijariwafa in Casablanca. (AFP)
Moroccan banks doing well in Africa
January 26, 2019
A sense of frustration. A Moroccan man protests against social injustice in Rabat. (AFP)
Morocco’s local government employees stage nationwide strike
January 19, 2019
Moroccans chant slogans and hold up anti-government signs during a protest in Rabat, last November. (AFP)
Moroccan government bracing for public sector strikes
January 12, 2019