Part 7: Morocco after Lyautey and attempts of christianization and separation (1926-1934)

Collection title

Twentieth century Morocco

ID

SNR00325

Source

SNRT (MA)

First broadcast date

07/28/2004

Production year

2003

Abstract

In 1930, the first General Governor in Morocco, Marshal Hubert Lyautey, was replaced by Theodore Steeg. After the period of Lyautey, Morocco has known many events : Areas of public freedoms opened up for the European community, such as the emergence of French political press in big cities. A policy aiming at uprooting Muslims and Jews was implemented and the Zionist movement among Moroccan Jews was promoted, mainly in the city of Essaaouira. Christianization campaigns were carried by the church and encouraged by the Archdiocese of Rabat. The General Governor's attempt to separate between Moroccans from Berber origins and those from Arab origins, in May 1930, by subduing the Berber tribes to the local conventions rather than the Islamic law.

Type

video

Production companies

• SNRT - Own production

Broadcaster

SNRT - AlAoula

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Lyautey Hubert

Primary theme

Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages / Judaism
• Historical heritages / Arab and muslim worlds
• Society and way of life / Religious Practices

Credits / Cast

• Alhayane Idriss - Director
• El Harradi Mohamed - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1925 to 1950

Map locations

• Morocco - Atlantic coast - Rabat

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

11m48

Additional information

Photos from archives from the French National Institute of Audiovisuel (INA)