War of words escalates as Moroccans go to vote (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

Islamist party facing strong challenge from new party.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/10/war-words-escalates-moroccans-vote-161006065202674.html

Spain: Searching for Garcia Lorca (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/09/spain-searching-garcia-lorca-160922070142252.html

Morocco: 'Neither slave, nor negro' (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

On March 21, in downtown Rabat, Morocco, activists with GADEM, a group in support of refugees, held a press conference to announce the launching of the "first trans-Maghrebian campaign against racism".

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/morocco-slave-negro-160330082904386.html

France debates the N-word (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

The last time France was this agitated by the term "negre" was in October 2010, when Jean-Paul Guerlain, the renowned perfumier, declared on television that he had "worked like a negre" to develop his perfume Samsara.

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Hisham Aidi is a Harlem-based writer. He teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Algeria's Berbers cautiously optimistic about reforms (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

The issue of what language best expresses the identity of modern Algeria is decades old.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/algeria-berbers-cautiously-optimistic-reforms-constitution-160211064614393.html

Beyonce's voice matters (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

Within moments the #BoycottBeyonce kicked off and exposed the divisions of race in the US

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/beyonce-voice-matters-racism-black-lives-matter-160210091017689.html

Latino Muslims are part of US religious landscape (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

On January 30, Latino Muslim leaders from around the United States gathered in Houston, Texas, for the opening of IslamInSpanish, a spacious, state-of-the-art community centre. As children bounced around in an inflatable castle, hundreds sat under an awning decorated with flags from across Latin America, listening to community elders describe just how historic this occasion was for Latino Muslim history.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/latino-muslims-part-religious-landscape-160202081705201.html

Tunisia's long road ahead. Tunisia's political transition may have been skillfully orchestrated - but economic policy has not been as prudent (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/01/magic-wand-solve-tunisia-problems-160126103803274.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Afro-Colombians face surge in racial violence (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/07/afro-colombians-face-surge-racial-violence-150707094927679.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Spain) Podemos and the Catalan cause (Hisham Aidi, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/06/podemos-catalan-spain-barcelona-150622131046432.html