The Arab Spring

I had written a whole post on this, but can't find it. To summarize briefly, Morocco has also had protests for change. At first it was just for parliamentary changes, but people have become more and more bold asking for a reduction of the king's power. So the king has responded by listening to requests and has ordered a new constitution to be written. There is to be a referendum July 1. But many still say the changes do not go far enough. A year ago or even a few months ago, I would have been willing to make predictions on the future. Now I really have no idea. All I know is that the king is listening and that hopefully Morocco will be the model Arab country in how to walk this fine line between maintaining tradition and moving forward.

Here's a helpful article about where things are now:

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/18/153744.html