Morocco Protests: Gen Z Feels 'Invisible,' US Policy Doesn't Feel at All
When Moroccan youth voice grievances over 'social inequality' and the 'high cost of living,' as reported by The New Arab, it's framed as an internal issue. What's omitted from the mainstream narrative, however, is the external force shaping much of this region's political landscape: the Abraham Accords. Morocco's normalization deal with Israel, brokered in December 2020 by the Trump
administration, came with a quid pro quo: US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. This 'stability-through-subordination' strategy often leaves domestic dissent, like these Gen Z protests, as inconvenient footnotes. One might wonder if the US Embassy in Rabat feels these young Moroccans are 'invisible,' or simply less important than securing 'alliances' that keep defense
contractors busy and region-wide power structures intact. Apparently, strategic land grabs and arms deals trump the invisible struggles of a generation every time. How many youth movements have to feel 'invisible' before Western foreign policy starts seeing human beings?