Moroccans love their king, don’t they?

Posted on 12th March, 2006 by

The BBC’s From Our Own Correspondent has a feature on the country’s king, and the “respect” supposedly lavished on him in his country:

When Moulay turned up with the tea I asked him about the portrait on the telly.

“We love him,” he said.

Over the following days and on ensuing trips to Morocco, the young, shy face of Mohammed VI would become very familiar indeed.

In fact most Moroccans probably spend more time with this face than anyone they actually know.

He looks down from billboards in the street and hangs in little frames from taxi rear-view mirrors.

I wonder if these same Moroccans are as respectful of their king when away from his portraits, to say nothing of his security forces? As one who has met a fair few in the UK, I doubt it.

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  • aicha

    Assalamu Alaikum,

    In Tunisia,both in the capital and in the rural areas I visited, even the smallest coffee shop, hairdresser or tobacconist would find space for at least one youthful mugshot of a smiling or waving president. I was under the impression that they were doing so voluntarily but was told in hushed tones that failure to display his photo would result in the establishment being closed and the owners being closely surveilled.

  • http://riadzany.blogspot.com/ Samir

    Actually most Moroccans have a genuine affection for the king. In public and in private. His reforms have turned the country around and they know it. I have posted on this in the past, but in response to the same BBC story posted this: http://riadzany.blogspot.com/2006/03/charismatic-king-of-morocco.html