"French people continue to address the descendants of North African immigrants as foreigners, like guests in our country, completely forgetting that it is also their country, because most of the immigrants’ children are born in France and have French nationality! It can be considered as a logical response to feel less attached to France and to turn to other cultural anchors (community, religion, etc.), when people refuse to consider you as part of the Nation, and if the “heirs” feel that there was no improvement between how France considered their parents or grand-parents and them."
"As Robert Kaplan once wrote: “Morocco is not an Arab country at all, but a Berber one with a deceptive Arab veneer.” The Amazigh heritage is what makes Morocco and other North African countries unique and different from the Arabs of the Near and Middle East. Furthermore, the Arab nationalism that the national media advocates is the real threat to our national unity, because of the anger and resistance that it creates among millions of Moroccans."
Driss Benmhend