LAND OF MANKIND || History of Morocco 🇲🇦

Oct 04 2024 20 ep. 24 mins 29
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Welcome to 'Land of Mankind,' the podcast that allows you to journey alongside those who have left their mark on Morocco's 🇲🇦 past and present. My name is Ayah: I’m a 20-year-old Moroccan storyteller with a compulsive urge to dig stories and time-travel. Through my storytelling, driven by the humble desire to honor Morocco's diverse voice, with each episode you’ll breathe life into history and words, immersing yourself in memorial spaces. 📜Follow me on Instagram & TikTok: @ayahchoukri, for weekly video content & updates on the podcast. Glad you’re here.

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IDRIS I (788-791): Founder of the Moroccan Muslim State

Oct 04 2024 19 mins  
In this episode, Idris I, the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco, takes center stage. After fleeing the Abbasid Caliphate, he established a new reign that shaped the future of Islamic North Africa. His influence marked a turning point in the region’s history, leaving a legacy that endures to this day.SOURCES:« Histoire des Berbères », by Ibn Khaldoun « Les Idrissides:

BOU HMARA [3/3]: The Fake Sultan who Deceived Morocco | Moulay Abdelhafid, France, Spain & the End

Sep 27 2024 28 mins  
The series is finally coming full circle: part 3 of Bou Hmara, the man who wanted to be sultan instead of the Sultan. CONTACT:Email: [email protected]: @ayahchoukriTikTok: @ayahchoukriYouTube: Ayah CHOUKRI | History of Morocco SOURCES:« Lords of the Atlas : the rise and fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956 » by Maxwell Gavin (page 82 onward) « Bou Hmara’s Euro

BOU HMARA [2/3] : The Fake Sultan who Deceived Morocco | From a masquerade to a civil war

Sep 04 2024 22 mins  
CONTACT:Email: [email protected]: @ayahchoukriTikTok: @ayahchoukriYouTube: Ayah CHOUKRI | History of Morocco SOURCES:« Lords of the Atlas : the rise and fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956 » by Maxwell Gavin (page 82 onward) « Bou Hmara’s European Connexion: The Commercial Relations of a Moroccan Warlord » by Ross E. Dunn« Le Maroc d’ aujourd’hui » by

BOU HMARA [1/3] : the Fake Sultan who deceived Morocco | The early days

Aug 30 2024 22 mins  
In this new 3-parts series, I take you through the story of Bou Hmara, a con artist who shook Morocco’s Alaoui dynasty in the early 20th century at the dawn of the European protectorates. Pretending to be a long lost prince, the brother of Sultan Moulay Abdelaziz, Bou Hmara used strategy, clever schemes and a good dose of lies to gain power wealth & influence over thousands of pe

(1981) CASABLANCA BREAD RIOTS: the Protests, full Rundown of Moroccan Economy in 1960s-80s, Legacy

Aug 23 2024 20 mins  
📖 SOURCES :La synthèse complète du Rapport final établi par l’Instance (royale) de Reconciliation et d’Equité (IER), 2004“Émeutes et mouvements sociaux au Maghreb” by Institut Maghreb-Europe (page 257)“Le Maroc et la crise economique” by Marcel Amphoux for the “Revue d’économie politique”“Profil de la croissance économique au Maroc : 1960 –à 2004”,

HASSAN 2 & the Skhirat Military Coup (1971) || a Deep Dive in the Events & the Aftermath

Aug 22 2024 27 mins  
SOURCES [for the entire series] :« La Mémoire d’un Roi », by Eric Laurent (transcripted conversations with the King) - paper « La dimension D’un Roi », by Fouad Babana El Alaoui — paper« Hassan 2 entre tradition & absolutisme » by Ignace Dall (full pdf available online)CONTACT:Instagram: @ayahchoukriTikTok: @ayahchoukriEmail: [email protected]: Ayah Choukr

TAOUGRAT OULT AISSA: a Moroccan Female Voice of Amazigh Resistance against Colonialism

Aug 21 2024 15 mins  
In this episode, join me as I dive into the life and the historical significance of Taougrat Oult Aissa, an Amazigh poetess and ahidous singer from the Middle Atlas region of Morocco. Born in the 19th century, she is remembered for her contributions to Amazigh culture during a critical period marked by French colonialism in Morocco. Taougrat Oult Aissa’s poetry and songs despite

HASSAN 2: a Child on the Steps of the Throne || Part 1 [ENG. TRANS.]

Aug 20 2024 18 mins  
SOURCES [for the entire series] :« La Mémoire d’un Roi », by Eric Laurent (transcripted conversations with the King) - paper « La dimension D’un Roi », by Fouad Babana El Alaoui — paper« Hassan 2 entre tradition & absolutisme » by Ignace Dall (full pdf available online)CONTACT:Instagram: @ayahchoukriTikTok: @ayahchoukriEmail: [email protected]: Ayah Choukr

The Origins of the Imazighen (Berbers), natives of North Africa

Jun 15 2024 29 mins  
(RESOURCES BELOW) In this episode, I take you along with me as we explore the origin story of the Imazighen, the indigenous inhabitants of North Africa, also known as the Berbers. We examine a variety of historical perspectives and takes, spanning the evolution of what different historians believed to be the origin story of the Imazighen, until today. We trace their history from an

TOURIA CHAOUI : Morocco’s First Female Pilot || Wings of courage through the storm

Mar 26 2024 58 mins  
Touria Chaoui, the pioneer female aviator of the African and Arab worlds, met a tragic fate on March 1st, 1956, on the eve of Morocco’s independence. Her death remains a full mystery, as her assassination by an unknown assailant has never been officially solved… This tragedy made for an attempt to squash what the symbol she was embodying, but Touria's achievements have to pass