# Invention of the Maghreb: Beyond the Native Colonial Gaze | Majid Hannoum

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Podcast: [The afikra Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-afikra-podcast-1800518)
Published: 2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00
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Beyond the Orientalist myth of being seductive, mysterious, and dangerous, what is the reality of Tangier? Professor of anthropology Majid Hannoum deconstructs the invention of the Maghreb and delves into the complex socioeconomic and racial fabric of contemporary Moroccan cities. He explores how colonial legacies continue to shape identity, from the very term "Maghreb" – which he argues did not exist in pre-colonial Arabic historiography in its current sense – to the phenomenology of color that influences modern social hierarchies in Tangier.

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