Morocco: A Modern-Day Model for Convivencia in the Arab World (Distinctions)
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Morocco: A Modern-Day Model for Convivencia in the Arab World
Reporter and researcher Rachel Benaim-Abudarham presents Morocco's long history of Jewish communal life, including Sultan Mohammed V's stance toward Vichy era anti-Jewish measures during World War II, as a model for pluralism in the Arab world, while noting the sensitivities that remain today.