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TAKING TO THE ROAD IN HER CAMPAIGN BUS, NABILA MOUNIB IS REMINISCENT OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES IN THE WEST.
BUT MOUNIB IS A RARITY HERE - A FEMALE POLITICIAN IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION LOOKING FOR VOTES IN THE HEART OF THE ARAB WORLD - MOROCCO.
SOUNDBITE: (ARABIC) NABILA MOUNIB, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF UNIFIED SOCIALIST PARTY:
"MY DREAM, FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, IS TO OPEN SCHOOLS FOR BOTH GIRLS AND BOYS; MY DREAM IS FOR THE MOROCCAN WOMAN TO REACH FULL EQUALITY, AS IT SAYS IN THE MOROCCAN CONSTITUTION."
MOUNIB IS MOROCCO'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE FEMALE POLITICIAN. HER PARTY IS PART OF A FEDERATION RUNNING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRO-MONARCHY AND ISLAMIST PARTIES.
SHE IS FIGHTING TO GET ENOUGH SEATS TO QUALIFY FOR A PLACE IN PARLIAMENT AND NARROW MOROCCO'S POLITICAL GENDER GAP.
MOROCCO IS RANKED 97TH OUT OF 145 COUNTRIES, ACCORDING TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.
SOUNDBITE: (ARABIC) NABILA MOUNIB, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF UNIFIED SOCIALIST PARTY:
"WE LIVE IN A MALE-DOMINATED SOCIETY... WOMEN... MUST ONLY BE IN LIMITED FIELDS, AND MEN CAN BE ENGAGED IN GENERAL AND WIDER FIELDS."
MOUNIB CHALLENGES THOSE NORMS. AFTER ADDRESSING HER FOLLOWERS SHE OFTEN CALLS WOMEN TO THE FRONT OF THE CROWD.
SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdul-Wahab Kayyali, political analyst, doctoral candidate in political science at George Washington University:
"WOMEN IN MOROCCO HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF POLITICAL ACTIVISMS, AND I THINK NABILA'S LEADERSHIP IS CULMINATION OF THAT HISTORY."
DESPITE HER CAMPAIGNING MOUNIB FAILED YTO WIN A PARLIAMENTARY SEAT. THE FEDERATION ONLY WON 2 OUT OF 395 SEATS.
SHE SUSPECTS WIDESPREAD FRAUD. BUT SHE HOPES MOROCCO WILL ONE DAY BE A DIVERSE PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY.
SOUNDBITE: (ARABIC) NABILA MOUNIB, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF UNIFIED SOCIALIST PARTY: "I WANT TO TELL ALL THE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, THAT THE BATTLE MUST CONTINUE."


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