Anouar Majid participates in panel at Columbia University of the future of Morocco

Anouar Majid, Ph.D., director of the Center for Global Humanities and associate provost for global initiatives, participated in a panel at Columbia University 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 University, Brahim El Guabli, University of Pennsylvania, and Anouar Boukhars, Georgetown University.

The event was attended by Moroccan media.

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