Oussama Benayad

• Ph.D. Candidate at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

In peacebuilding discussions, the reconciliatory potential of film is often brushed aside as merely cultural. This paper challenges this view using two examples from Moroccan cinema: Tarik El Idrissi’s Rif 1958-59: Breaking The Silence (2015) and Hicham Lasri’s They are the Dogs (2013). In the 20th century, Morocco was the site of severe political...

Morocco is a country whose political domain has for long been characterized by instability, corruption, and a lack of transparency. Thus, it comes as no surprise that a number of movements, dissatisfied with the status quo, have attempted to change the Moroccan sociopolitical scene through protests and through a reinforcement of the people's voice....