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America's Misplaced Enchantment With Arab Monarchs

Demonstrators hold up signs showing the portraits of Hajar Raissouni, a Morrocan journalist of the daily newspaper Akhbar El-Youm, as they gather outside a courthouse holding her trial on charges of abortion in the capital Rabat on September 9, 2019. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by FADEL SENNA has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [the capital Rabat] instead of [Marrakesh]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. (Photo credit should read FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Morocco's Deep State and Its Secret Apparatus of Oppression

This picture taken on November 2, 2020 shows a view of the aircraft of the UN's acting envoy to Libya at the airport in Ghadames, a desert oasis some 465 kilometres (290 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli. - Rival Libyan military officers began talks on November 2 on home soil for the first time following a ceasefire agreement last month, discussing implementation of the deal. The three-day meeting of the joint military commission is taking place at a remote area near Libya's borders with both Algeria and Tunisia, far from the power bases of either side. The military commission had been dubbed "5+5", because it is made up of five officers from each camp. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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State Building and the Post-Gaddafi Libyan Crisis

November 12, 2020