Mamfakinch

Mamfakinch
Type of site
Citizen Media, News
Available inEnglish, Arabic
FoundedFebruary 2011
Headquarters
Morocco
Founder(s)Hisham Almiraat, Elmahdi El Mhamdi (co-founders)
others unknown
Key peopleOmar Radi, Soumia El Marbouh, Zineb Belmkaddem, Nizar Bennamate
URLmamfakinch.com
Current statusActive

Mamfakinch, which means "no concession" or "not giving in",[1] is a Moroccan citizen media website co-founded by Hisham Almiraat and Elmahdi El Mhamdi, among others.[2][3] Mamfakinch known members include journalists Omar Radi and Nizar Bennamate[4] as well as activists Zineb Belmkaddem[4] and Soumia El Marbouh[5] and several other anonymous members.[6]

Mamfakinch was founded during the Arab Spring movement in the Middle East in February 2011, shortly after the January 25th uprisings that ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. It launched shortly before the February 20th protests that took place in Morocco as a way to disseminate information about the protests,[7] to counter state-misinformation that started ahead of the events[8] and provide a platform for free expression to ideas that did not necessarily have access to mass media.[9] After that it became one of the major sources for citizens to gain awareness of topics not discussed in the state-run media.

  1. ^ "Mamfakinch". moroccansforchange.com. April 3, 2011. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "« Un moment inoubliable » : au Maroc, les militants s'interrogent sur les acquis du Mouvement du 20 février dix ans après". Middle East Eye édition française (in French). Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Hisham Almiraat". globalvoices.com. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Iddins, Annemarie (September 13, 2018). "Mamfakinch: From Protest Slogan to Mediated Activism". International Journal of Communication. 12: 20. ISSN 1932-8036.
  5. ^ "Comment le groupuscule de Mamfakinch et ses acolytes". Maroc Diplomatique (in French). June 1, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Mamfakinch". moroccansforchange.com. April 3, 2011. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  8. ^ "« Un moment inoubliable » : au Maroc, les militants s'interrogent sur les acquis du Mouvement du 20 février dix ans après". Middle East Eye édition française (in French). Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  9. ^ "« Un moment inoubliable » : au Maroc, les militants s'interrogent sur les acquis du Mouvement du 20 février dix ans après". Middle East Eye édition française (in French). Retrieved February 25, 2021.