Its Cinderella run through the World Cup has been hailed across Africa, the Middle East and Europe, speaking to Morocco’s unique position in the Venn diagram of those regional identities.
across Africa, the Middle East and Europe, speaking to Morocco’s unique position in the Venn diagram of those regional identities.
Spanish soccer has dominated the Moroccan market for the past 20 years. There’s a joke that when two Moroccan kids meet, the first question they ask each other is “Barça o Real?” — assuming a replica jersey has not given it away. Moroccan cafes often identify as either Barcelona or Real Madrid; Moroccans can play a weekly lottery guessing the results of Spain’s La Liga.
In the years after, hundreds of thousands more followed to work in factories and farms to fill the labor gap left by the war and France’s declining population. They brought their own culture and helped weave it into the mainstream of French society. Couscous, the iconic Moroccan dish, is now a staple in French cuisine. There is no contemporary France as we know it without Moroccans and other North Africans.The 40 years created lasting cultural, political and economic linkages in Morocco as well.
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