https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a By: Miri Jonas en-us 2018-05-07 00:25:04 UTC 2023-03-23 11:23:21 UTC hello@padlet.com miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258991712 Below is a picture of the front page of Mamfakinch. Mamfakinch is a website used as a platform for advocating reform and broadcasting news in Morocco. The website functioned  through a social movement organization and gave activists a voice beyond the physical protests. ]]> 2018-05-08 16:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258991712 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258994641 Oussama El Khlifi is the of a young activists group called “Democracy and Freedom." Picture taken from New York Times]]> 2018-05-08 16:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258994641 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258994882 March 13, 2011: More demonstrations in Casablanca, with thousands of activists which provoked a brutal police response]]> 2018-05-08 16:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258994882 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258997072 Aggressive police response instills fear into Moroccans, but meanwhile, the protests grow wilder]]> 2018-05-08 16:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258997072 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258998730 As a part of the constitutional reforms that King Mohammed VI decreed, a parliament was formed. Below is a picture of the powerless parliament which has done very little to further democratic reform in Morocco. ]]> 2018-05-08 16:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/258998730 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259000637 As protesters grow anxious and skeptical, the protests begin to die down. The protest in Rabat, pictured below, attracted merely a few dozen people, while earlier protests brought together thousands. ]]> 2018-05-08 16:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259000637 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259002889 March 20, 2011: As many as 35,000 citizens were involved in peaceful demonstrations in all the major cities in Morocco. This is notable because it showed that the protestors were still unsatisfied after the king’s announcement on March 9th ]]> 2018-05-08 17:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259002889 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259003702 King Mohammed VI stands tall to sing the Moroccan national anthem, amid his constitutional response. These reforms were supposed to include free parliamentary elections and a drastic reduction in the monarchy’s power. ]]> 2018-05-08 17:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259003702 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259759373 2018-05-10 19:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259759373 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259759765 2018-05-10 19:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259759765 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259827184 The movement began to unravel as different groups involved in the protest weren’t seeing eye to eye and accused each other of using the protests as a mechanism to advocate for their own ideals. ]]> 2018-05-11 01:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259827184 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259830599 2018-05-11 02:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259830599 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259831278 2018-05-11 02:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/259831278 miriam_jonas https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/261286290 Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor who offset the February 20th Movement by setting himself on fire as a martyr ]]> 2018-05-16 16:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/miriam_jonas/7zxx1vltuy2a/wish/261286290