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Morocco, the Great Unknown
From January 14, 2013 until January 24, 2013
To be presented on January 24 in Madrid is the latest book by María Rosa de Madariaga, titled Marruecos, ese gran desconocido. Breve historia del protectorado español (Morocco, the Great Unknown. A brief history of the Spanish protectorate).
The event, organized by Casa Árabe and Alianza Editorial, will be
attended by the author, along with well-known journalist Javier
Valenzuela and the Director General of Casa Árabe, Eduardo López
Busquets.
The presentation will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid (c/ Alcalá, 62). Free entry until the Auditorium capacity is full.
Despite everything the author has already written about Spain’s relations with Morocco, there were many spaces left for her to fill in, especially regarding the era of the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War, and above all the period of Franco’s regime from 1936 until Morocco’s independence in 1956. Over half of the forty-four years in which the Protectorate lasted took place during the Franco years. In this “brief history,” María Rosa de Madariaga, an expert on this part of North Africa, explains the historical background: Spain’s position on the “Moroccan question,” what pre-colonial Morocco was like, who the sultan was… and she analyzes how a false protectorate was created as a “sub-lease” from France.
María Rosa de Madariaga
Holder of a degree in Philosophy and Letters from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, she also has a diploma in Arabic language, literature and civilization from the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilization of Paris, and is a Doctor of History from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). After teaching Spanish language and civilization at the University of Paris IV, for years she was an international civil servant at UNESCO. With Alianza Editorial, she has published En el barranco del lobo. Las guerras de Marruecos (In the Wolf’s Ravine. The Wars of Morocco, 2005) and Abd-el-Krim el Jatabi. La lucha por la independencia (Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi. The Fight for Independence, 2009).
The presentation will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of Casa Árabe’s headquarters in Madrid (c/ Alcalá, 62). Free entry until the Auditorium capacity is full.
Despite everything the author has already written about Spain’s relations with Morocco, there were many spaces left for her to fill in, especially regarding the era of the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War, and above all the period of Franco’s regime from 1936 until Morocco’s independence in 1956. Over half of the forty-four years in which the Protectorate lasted took place during the Franco years. In this “brief history,” María Rosa de Madariaga, an expert on this part of North Africa, explains the historical background: Spain’s position on the “Moroccan question,” what pre-colonial Morocco was like, who the sultan was… and she analyzes how a false protectorate was created as a “sub-lease” from France.
María Rosa de Madariaga
Holder of a degree in Philosophy and Letters from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, she also has a diploma in Arabic language, literature and civilization from the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilization of Paris, and is a Doctor of History from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). After teaching Spanish language and civilization at the University of Paris IV, for years she was an international civil servant at UNESCO. With Alianza Editorial, she has published En el barranco del lobo. Las guerras de Marruecos (In the Wolf’s Ravine. The Wars of Morocco, 2005) and Abd-el-Krim el Jatabi. La lucha por la independencia (Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi. The Fight for Independence, 2009).
