“…As Bogaert (2018) argues, this authoritarianism is masked under new development projects, the creation of new markets, and gentrifying policies that furthers the grip of the state over the economy and society moving beyond the traditional Moroccan markers of authority, namely religion and the monarchical institution. In Tangier, the selling of traditional homes in the Kasbah is principally viewed as an economic investment by both foreign investors and the Moroccan government to address the urban malaise (Al Rabady and Abu-Khafajah, 2015). The aim was to utilize the resources of European and American investors to rejuvenate the city, hire local workers to renovate homes, and, in the process, create new touristic markets that are ultimately under the states' control (Minca and Borghi, 2009).…”