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Banned and restricted books in Morocco
12 titles have been banned or restricted in Morocco, recorded across 12 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
12
Ban events
12
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
6
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| For Bread Alone | Mohamed Choukri | 1973 | 1 |
| Le roi prédateur | Catherine Graciet, Éric Laurent | — | 1 |
| Notre ami le roi | Gilles Perrault | — | 1 |
| Lesbian Diaries | Fatima Zahra Amzkar | 2022 | 1 |
| Le Passé simple | Driss Chraïbi | 1954 | 1 |
| Sahih Al-Bukhari: The End of a Legend | Rachid Aylal | 2017 | 1 |
| The Commander of the Faithful: The Moroccan Political Elite | John Waterbury | 1970 | 1 |
| Les Officiers de Sa Majesté | Mahdjoub Tobji | 2006 | 1 |
| Mohammed VI: le grand malentendu | Ali Amar | 2009 | 1 |
| Mohammed VI: Derrière les masques | Omar Brouksy | 2014 | 1 |
| Mémoires d'un soldat marocain | Abdelilah Issou | 2014 | 1 |
| Summary of the General History of Africa | UNESCO | 2017 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 7
- Religious / blasphemy
- 2
- Obscenity
- 1
- Sexual content
- 1
- Violence
- 1
- LGBTQ+ content
- 1
By decade
1950s1
1970s2
1990s1
2000s2
2010s5
2020s1
Documented bans
All 12 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
Sahih Al-Bukhari: The End of a Legend2018
Summary of the General History of Africa2018
Mohammed VI: Derrière les masques2014
Mémoires d'un soldat marocain2014
Le roi prédateur2012
Mohammed VI: le grand malentendu2009
Les Officiers de Sa Majesté2006
Notre ami le roi1993
For Bread Alone1973
The Commander of the Faithful: The Moroccan Political Elite1970
Le Passé simple1954
Lesbian Diaries2022
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