The Maghreb

Political, economic, and security trends in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya

While the Maghreb has long been at the margins of U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa, trends in this region increasingly reverberate throughout the Middle East. In this new environment, developments in the Maghreb will continue to have an impact both on the broader Middle East and on U.S. interests. The Middle East Program examines changing political, economic, and security trends in the Maghreb—defined here as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya—through original research and analysis and by convening events that highlight issues of importance in the Maghreb to business and policymaking audiences.

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Algeria's Poorly Oiled Machine

As Algeria struggles with shortages of cooking oil, politicians have insisted on maintaining strict price controls. Instead, the government is cracking down.

Newsletter by William McChesney — February 22, 2022

Morocco's Sand Mafias

Unregulated sand mining in Morocco is fueling construction of new tourism developments, but it's also threatening the very coastline on which those developments rely.

Newsletter by Fiona Leary — January 12, 2022

Morocco's Sand Mafias

Morocco’s Mixed Harvest

In the southern Moroccan countryside, near Agadir, patchworks of large, canvas greenhouses cover hundreds of hectares of land. Inside the greenhouses, men stroll on ten-foot stilts, carefully picking ripe tomatoes to be packed and shipped to the European Union.

Newsletter by McKinley Knoop — January 25, 2021

The DNA of Moroccan Society

Street children are an unfortunately common presence on Morocco’s city streets. In many cases, the children are reportedly illegitimate and abandoned by unwed mothers with no father in sight.

Newsletter by Michael Reeves — February 24, 2020

Photo: FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images

Morocco: Islam as the Foundation of Power

Morocco has built an impressive and strategic network to regulate religious affairs and paid close attention to how Islam is taught, preached, and organized.

Report by Haim Malka — October 28, 2019

Faith in the Balance

Faith in the Balance analyzes the distinct ways that the governments of Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Burkina Faso attempt to manage religious affairs.

Book — October 28, 2019

Photo: STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP/Getty Images

Regulating Religion in Africa

​Across deeply diverse religious landscapes, states in Africa are seeking the right tools to manage religious affairs.

Event by Haim Malka , Barthelemy Bazemo , Jennifer Cooke , Mvemba Dizolele , and Intissar Fakir — October 23, 2019