In Gaza, Palestinian supporters support Morocco against Spain on Dec. 6, 2022. (Credit: Mohammad Abed/AFP)
“We all felt that Morocco’s victory was a victory of all Arabs,” said Jalal, a 28-year-old Palestinian resident of Jerusalem. Since Tuesday night, the fact that the Atlas Lions reached the World Cup quarterfinals in Qatar resonates well beyond the Moroccan border.On social media, scenes of jubilation across Morocco, Doha, Cairo, Gaza, Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as well as in the Syrian rebel strongholds, have been massively reported. This victory also triggered widespread reactions of Arab pride on the web. Beyond the achievement itself — Morocco is the first Arab country and the fourth in Africa to reach the quarterfinals of a World Cup — it is a sense of common belonging that has captured the peoples of the region.This unity did not escape Yassin, a 24-year-old Moroccan who watched the game while in Marrakech. “We have an...
“We all felt that Morocco’s victory was a victory of all Arabs,” said Jalal, a 28-year-old Palestinian resident of Jerusalem. Since Tuesday night, the fact that the Atlas Lions reached the World Cup quarterfinals in Qatar resonates well beyond the Moroccan border.On social media, scenes of jubilation across Morocco, Doha, Cairo, Gaza, Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as well as in the Syrian rebel strongholds, have been massively reported. This victory also triggered widespread reactions of Arab pride on the web. Beyond the achievement itself — Morocco is the first Arab country and the fourth in Africa to reach the quarterfinals of a World Cup — it is a sense of common belonging that has captured the peoples of the region.This unity did not escape Yassin, a 24-year-old Moroccan who watched the game while in Marrakech....