Kiosk. Morocco celebrates these 20 and 21 August the feast of the revolution of the King and the people, and that of the youth which marks the birthday of the Sovereign. The link between these two festivals, which symbolize the past, present and future of the Kingdom, was highlighted in an editorial in Al Ahdath from which this press review is taken.
In its edition dated August 19 to 21, the Arabic-language daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia dedicated its editorial to the celebration of the feasts of the Revolution of the king and the people (August 20) and that of the youth (August 21), which celebrates the young generations of the country, its development and its continuous modernization. Under the title “A revolution and a party”, the editorialist ofAl Ahdath writes that “in this country, the king and the people have a revolution, while the youth of the country have a party”.
This is what the 20th and 21st of August of each year remind us of, two historic stages which, beyond the festive, are the occasion for a moment of pause, not only to reflect on their symbolism, but also to make a reasonable reading of the past, concretely evaluate the present and outline the prospects for the future.
As for the first feast, that of the revolution of the King and the people, it is, writes Al Ahdath, of an event “unparalleled, not to say unique in its kind throughout the world”. Because it reflects the firmness of a king, Mohammed Ben Youssef (Mohammed V), who refused bargaining with the colonizers by demanding the pure and simple independence of his country.
Despite the deportation of the royal family in 1953 to distant Madagascar and the designation of shoddy “sultans” under the orders of the French colonist, the Moroccan people refused to have the age-old bond of loyalty that binds them to their dynasty, also legitimized, cut. as much by history as by religion and hagiography.
It is this unbreakable bond which surprised the French colonizer, having understood that there is no other solution than to put an end to the protectorate and to comply with the unified demand for independence expressed by the king and the Moroccan people. in general. From there, France and the whole world, writes again Al Ahdath, have grasped at its true value what makes the strength of the Moroccan nation, where the king and the people speak with one voice and breathe only through the shared love of their country. This has always been Morocco’s DNA, and it will always remain so.
As for the second party, that of the youth which marks the birthday of King Mohammed VI, it is also not devoid of strong symbolism, because youth means the succession which ensures the continuity of the nation. Moroccan.
With this celebration, Morocco sends a clear message to the rest of the world, to show it that through this celebration, it is one of the few countries that believes in youth and therefore in the future. There, conclude Al Ahdathlies the deeply rooted and always renewed civilizational character of the kingdom of Morocco, which is matched only by the depth of the roots of the genealogical tree of its kings.