Morocco's women fighting for power - 07 Sep 07

On the campaign trail in Casablanca, Maguy Kakon is the new face of a small liberal party in Morocco's legislative elections. She is the first woman from the Jewish faith to head its national women's list for the parliamentary elections, in a first for this overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim North African country. Meanwhile, Bassima Hakkawi urges her supporters to vote for her party, the Muslim-rooted PJD. She says in Islam she found the best remedies to the problems her country faces. Together they represnet just two of the women hoping to win seats in the country's new parliament. Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Morocco's largest city, Casablanca

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[kizdrija]

how do you mean ''jewish'', she may be jewish but she's just moroccan like every other moroccans.

[IDaano]

There are more then 1 million Moroccan jews so please get your fact straight.

The jews where even in Morocco before Islam !

[multimaghrabi]

How come the jews lived in morocco for 2000 years but don't speak darija wow

they have there own schools they are not trying to integrate but they want positions in the government

do you see any moroccan muslims in israeli politics? no

is there any moroccan muslims live in israel? no

do we have israeli embassy? no

do we have any diplomatic relations with them? no

do moroccan immigrants in europe and USA have problems with jews? yes

Do the jews tell americans don't give moroccans jobs? yes

[linchou69]

truth is, women in morocco still have to put up with a lot of shit

[warrior4just]

@DYRL34

i tell u what ya fucking queer, i have low tolerance for shitwits and retards, until u know some shit, then u can contribute ur opinion, this place is not for retards.

[DYRL34]

@warrior4just i am not a women...respect respect respect...what is that....i love my women about how she is...not respect......why respect for a professor????because he can learn better???and when he hit his women,also respect for him?????fuck off you GAY

[warrior4just]

@DYRL34

woman shut the fuck up,lot of thing u have upside down in ur moraly bankrupt country,drug legalized, sodomy, prostitution.If u r talking about equal rights, sure i dont think any moroccan or muslim is against that but within their respective roles,and that goes for men too.Mariage's good,cheating is against islam. to enlighten u,u stupid female, respect is virtue, not scared. so if i speak respectfully to a professor i'm scared of him,if i respect my woman i'm scared of her. u retard

[DYRL34]

@warrior4just respect is scared....the husband can do everyting,and the women have to stay at home...can see go with girl-friends to a disco???i don`t think so....here in Holland the women are the same as men....in maroco...1-the husband...2-childeren...3-the dogs....4-the women...scandal

[warrior4just]

@DYRL34

next time before u speak of moroccan women out of swine eating shit hole, ask a moroccan women if she's afraid of her husband, u shit for brain there is a difference between respecting their husband which is a quality u dont have in ur upside down morally bankrupt society.

[DYRL34]

@warrior4just ...it is the truht :)