Morocco’s Generation Z Uprising: The Makhzen Regime Faces Its Breaking Point
✍️ BY: Dr. Hana Saada
Algiers – October 2025 – Morocco is witnessing a social and political eruption that exposes the deep cracks of an exhausted authoritarian system. For over a week, thousands of young Moroccans—rallied under the banner of the collective “GenZ 212”—have flooded the streets of Casablanca, Rabat, Tétouan, and Agadir, demanding dignity, justice, and an end to corruption, repression, and systemic decay.
This movement, born spontaneously on social media in the wake of the tragic deaths of eight pregnant women in a public hospital in Agadir, has rapidly evolved into a nationwide revolt against the oppressive Makhzen regime. What began as a cry of anguish over a failing health system has become an indictment of an entire political order—one that thrives on inequality, clientelism, and the silencing of dissent.
The state’s response has been as brutal as it is familiar. Security forces, loyal to the palace, opened fire on demonstrators, killing three protesters, including 25-year-old cinema student Abdessamad Oubella, who was shot in the head. His death, captured and shared online, has become a symbol of Morocco’s young generation—creative, defiant, and unarmed—being crushed by a system incapable of reforming itself.
While official statements attempt to justify the killings under the pretext of “legitimate defense,” testimonies and verified videos tell a different story: unprovoked violence, arbitrary arrests, and a government resorting to repression instead of responsibility.
This is no longer a question of social discontent—it is a generational rupture. Morocco’s youth, better educated, more connected, and less fearful than ever, no longer buy into the empty rhetoric of reform issued from the royal palace. They see through the façade of modernization and the carefully orchestrated image of “stability” that the Makhzen has sold to Western allies for decades.
The mask of the “modern monarchy” has slipped. The supposed “constitutional reforms” of 2011, introduced in the wake of the Arab Spring to contain dissent, merely reshuffled power without loosening the palace’s grip. The Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD), once marketed as a democratic bridge, became little more than a political buffer protecting the monarchy from public wrath.
Today, history repeats itself. The billionaire Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, a close confidant of King Mohammed VI, stands as the lightning rod of public anger—but the people’s fury extends far beyond him. The youth no longer blame corrupt ministers or technocrats; they question the legitimacy of a regime that hoards wealth, monopolizes decision-making, and punishes those who dare to demand justice.
King Mohammed VI now faces an existential dilemma. Dismissing his government may offer a temporary illusion of change, but it will not stem the tide of disillusionment sweeping through the streets. The truth is stark: the monarchy can no longer claim to embody unity when it has become the very source of division and despair.
The Makhzen’s iron grip—once sustained by fear and loyalty—is now met with defiance. The new generation refuses submission. “We are not afraid anymore,” chant the protesters, as their voices echo across Morocco’s cities and screens.
This is not merely a protest against policy failure—it is a rejection of an entire system built on privilege, secrecy, and repression. The Moroccan youth have exposed the illusion of progress; they have shattered the silence imposed by the palace.
For decades, the Makhzen has survived by controlling narratives and co-opting elites. But the digital era has eroded its monopoly over truth. What the bullets in Agadir could not silence, the smartphones of GenZ 212 have immortalized.
Adapted from:
https://lapatrienews.dz/maroc-la-revolte-de-la-jeunesse-met-a-nu-limpasse-du-regime-makhzenien/
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