#History is not #written by hesitation—it is shaped by #courage and clarity. The #Moroccan #Sahara is not a frozen #conflict but a #question of #vision. #Autonomy offers #dignity, #stability, and a #future built on #reality, not #illusion. It is #time to choose #progress over paralysis, #unity over #division, and a #Maghreb that rises together.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/the-mirage-of-separation-why-autonomy

The #Moroccan #Sahara dispute isn’t about land—it’s about power. The #Algerian #military #junta keeps this #conflict alive to distract #citizens from #economic stagnation, youth frustration, and #political paralysis. The loudest #wars are often the ones invented to stay in #power
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/the-mirage-of-war-how-algerias-generals

This #essay explores how #globalization and new #information #technologies have reshaped the causes, forms, and consequences of #conflict, revealing a #world where #power is exercised not only through #weapons but also through #data narratives and #digital #systems.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/war-in-the-age-of-globalization

#Colonialism is often treated as a #historical event.
I write about it as a structure—one that continues through #economics, #culture, #language, and #ideas long after #empires disappear.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/the-long-afterlife-of-colonialism

#Civilizations rarely #collapse overnight. More often, they unravel slowly—tree by #tree field by field, decision by decision. In this essay, inspired by #Jared #Diamond’s #Collapse, I explore how #nations throughout history have undermined their own survival by exhausting the #natural #resources they depended on most. https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/the-ecology-of-self-destruction.

In this piece, I explore the controversial power of #platforms like #Facebook, #X, #Instagram, and #TikTok—not just as tools for connection, but as systems that influence attention, #identity, #truth, and behavior. From #algorithmic control to the performance of the self, this post asks a simple but uncomfortable question:
Are we using #social #media—or is it using us?
Read, reflect, and let’s rethink how we connect.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/connected-consumed-controlled-how

In this piece, I reflect on how #Moroccan #culture weaves itself into our #Identity from the #languages we speak to the values we carry, and from ancestral roots to #modern realities. It’s a personal and collective exploration of belonging, plurality, and continuity in a fast-changing world.
If you’ve ever felt that being #Moroccan is something you #live more than you define, this essay is for you.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/threads-of-tradition-how-culture

#Morocco is not only seen—it is felt. This #essay explores the silences, symbols, and invisible values that shape everyday life beyond colors and monuments. Read The Unseen #Morocco and discover what guidebooks often miss.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/the-unseen-morocco-where-silence

In this #essay I explore what #punishment is really for, when #prisons might be justified, and why restoration and #public safety don’t have to be enemies. From rethinking retribution to imagining alternatives that actually reduce harm, this piece asks a simple but uncomfortable question: what would justice look like if it were designed to #work
If you’re interested in #criminal justice, moral #philosophy, or the future of punishment, this one’s for you.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/beyond-bars-rethinking-prisons-punishment

In this #essay I explore the #political #community I would create. I tackle the boundaries of #membership, the #structure of #government, how #representatives are chosen, and how #laws are enforced. I examine #constitutions, #lotteries, elections, and even #punishment
If you are curious about political #philosophy #love imagining #alternative futures, or just enjoy a bold intellectual experiment, this post is for you.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/from-chaos-to-order-reimagining-law

This #essay reflects on #language as both #bridge and #border. How it shapes our #vision of the #world structures our #relationships and mediates intercultural encounters—locally and globally. Drawing on insights from #sociology and #anthropology and grounded in everyday #experiences, it explores what happens when #words connect us… and what is lost when they divide us.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/between-tongues-and-horizons-when

This #essay was written quietly, without urgency—somewhere between reaching for #connection and #learning how to sit with #absence. It isn’t meant to explain #loneliness or cure it, only to name it gently and let it exist without shame.
If you #feel #like leaving a #thought or a #sentence that stayed with you, you’re #welcome to do so here. Not to be heard by many, just to be #real for a moment.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/alone-together-the-quiet-loneliness

If you believe #education should emancipate rather than reproduce #inequality, this text will unsettle you. If you #think merit alone determines #success it will challenge you. If you care about #social #justice, it will anger you—in the right way.
Read, reflect, and question what we call “fairness” in education.
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/school-as-a-sorting-machine

#Stop Chasing “More”—Start Finding #Real #Happiness In a #world obsessed with consumption, we’re told that the next #gadget, outfit, or luxury will make us #happy. But endless “more” rarely delivers lasting #joy. This #essay reveals why chasing #material #wealth leaves us stressed and unfulfilled—and how #experiences, #relationships and purpose hold the key to true, lasting #happiness
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/chasing-shadows-why-more-doesnt-mean

#Wildfires, rising #floods, burnout, and obscene concentrations of #wealth are often treated as separate crises. #Sociology tells a different #story. These phenomena are deeply connected, produced by a single #social system that organizes life around profit rather than #human and #ecological well-being. #Capitalism is not merely failing—it is structurally generating #crisis
https://rachidzidine.substack.com/p/capitalism-as-a-social-and-ecological