Tuesday
21Jul2009
Cartoon on king's wealth banned in Morocco
Issandr El Amrani
Forgive the poor quality, but this is a cartoon depicting King Muhammad VI of Morocco jetskying on money. It was chosen as an illustration for an article in Courrier International, a French magazine that culls and translates articles from around the world. The issue of Courrier International that carried the cartoon was banned in Morocco. The article it accompanied originally appeared in the Moroccan French-language weekly Le Journal Hedbomadaire.
Update: And this cartoon that appeared in Le Monde alongside an article on the king by Jean-Pierre Tuquoi also got the issue banned:
Reader Comments (3)
[...] In the wake of a report by Forbes Magazine that King Mohammed IV of Morocco’s worth increased $1 billion over the last year, placing him in the top twelve wealthiest monarchs, criticism of the king has been suppressed in Morocco. The country’s Le Journal newspaper writes that despite a global economic crisis, the king is doing well, ranked as the 7th wealthiest sovereign, although he began his tenure as “the king of the poor.” The newspaper was banned after publishing two critical cartoons of the king, including one in which the monarch jetskis on a wave of gold coins (images). [...]
It is amazing how "the king of poor" is one of the wealthies people on earth. Most moroccans live under poverty line with no access to health care, education and employment. How did he manage to build such a fortune?
It is the stolen money of the Moroccan people.
what is such thing can happen, all well he is the king at the end of the day, he can have and take what ever he wants,he is the law, and there is no law against the law,i am not suprised by the wealth he got, but definitely suprised how people are so naive to not believe he is just like any other dictator who owns the land and the place,and owns the people of his country as well, cause there is no NO to the KING.GOT THE PICTURE. at least we all going to die one day, and nothing of our wealth is coming with us, Remember KING HASSAN 2...and so and so and so on ...dream on who believes such KING OF THE POORS exist.