Episode topic: In this episode, we had with us Professor Aboubakr El Jamai, who talked to us about his view of the political transformation that occurred since 1999, when King Mohammed VI ascended the throne, and the governments that passed during this period, including the events that played a major role in this transformation. Guest introduction: Aboubakr El Jamai is the son of Khalid El Jamai, who was a well-known journalist who often opposed King Hassan II and was imprisoned and reportedly tortured in 1973. His mother, Badiaa Braoui, is a French linguist who worked at ISESCO, the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and was chief of staff to Abdelhadi Boutaleb, advisor to King Hassan II. He is also the grandson of Abou El Shataa El Jamai, a Moroccan activist and founder of the Istiqlal Party and signatory of the Moroccan Declaration of Independence. After graduating from ISCAE (Higher Institute of Commerce and Business Administration), he co-founded Upline Securities in 1993, the first independent Moroccan investment bank to conduct the first public privatization in Morocco. He also joined the Executive Secretariat of the Middle East and North Africa Economic Summit as a financial advisor in 1996. At the age of 29, he moved into financial journalism, co-founding Le Journal Hebdomadaire in Casablanca, a French-language weekly, in 1997. Jamaï used the Spanish newspaper El Pais as a model for his magazine, due to the way it started as a weekly under Francisco Franco before growing into a media conglomerate. The magazine’s circulation was initially small, selling just 3,000 copies of its first issue, and was targeted specifically at an entrepreneurial audience. However, the magazine quickly grew through word of mouth, attracting a non-business audience and attracting more advertisers. In 1998, Jamaï co-founded its Arabic-language sister publication, Al-Sahafa Al-Weeqa, which was designed to appeal to a wider audience. In 1999, Aboubakr Jamaï obtained an MBA from Oxford Business School. In 2007, Jamaï was forced to leave Morocco and resign as publisher of both Le Journal Hebdomadaire and Assahifa Al-Usbouiyya. In May 2008, he received a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School. He taught contemporary Middle Eastern politics at the University of San Diego for a year and then moved to Spain where he worked as an independent consultant. References: - Wikipedia about Aboubakr Jamaï: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%... - UN report: http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/arabic/mor-c... https://ma.usembassy.gov/wp-content/u... - the economist about Taoufik Bouachrine: https://www.economist.com/newsbook/20... To contact us: [email protected] ----- This channel is a product of the Moroccan Dream TV company. ------------------------------------------------------ VIDEO PARTS : 00:00 - 51:20 The smooth transition to the throne and the Youssoufi government 51:20 - 01:29:25 The Driss Jettou government 01:29:25 - 01:48:51 The Abbas El Fassi government 01:48:51 - 02:21:55 The Abdelilah Benkirane and Said Eddine El Othmani governments 02:21:55 - 02:53:37 The democratic transition, economic problems and freedom of expression