Moroccan Nationalist Movement

Moroccan Nationalist Movement
الحركة الوطنية المغربية
Founded1925
HeadquartersRabat, Morocco
IdeologyArab nationalism
Pan-Arabism
Anti-imperialism
Moroccan independence
Political positionLeft-wing

The Moroccan Nationalist Movement (Arabic: الحركة الوطنية المغربية, romanized: Al-Harakah al-Wataniyah al-Maghribiyah) was an Arab nationalist[1] and Pan-Arabist[2] political movement in Morocco that opposed the French protectorate. It was nominally led by the Moroccan sultan Mohammed bin Youssef.[3] Most of its leaders were from the Istiqlal Party.[4]

  1. ^ Marglin, Jessica M. (2016-01-01). Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco. Yale University Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-300-21846-6.
  2. ^ Miller, Susan Gilson. (2013). A history of modern Morocco. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-62469-5. OCLC 855022840.
  3. ^ Ohaegbulam, Festus Ugboaja (2004). U.S. Policy in Postcolonial Africa: Four Case Studies in Conflict Resolution. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-7091-7.
  4. ^ Services, United States Department of State Office of Media. Background Notes. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Media Services. p. 3.