Howe, Marvine: Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges.(Book Review)
History: Review of New Books, September, 2005 by Perkins, Kenneth J.
Howe, Marvine Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges New York: Oxford University Press 428 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0195169638 Publication Date: June 2005
Journalists who have lived in a particular country for years and have had thousands of conversations with persons in all walks of life often write books that have a more human dimension and, thus, a broader appeal than academic scholarship. Marvine Howe's analysis of political, social, cultural, and economic conditions in contemporary Morocco is just such a volume. The author first traveled to the country in the 1950s, before its independence from France. In subsequent years, she worked there often, befriending, observing, and learning from a host of contacts, including the late King Hassan (who was...
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