Fragment of an article whose first part is missing. Al Maghrib, No 53 - August 16,1937.

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With associations we grasp the importance of the cooperative spirit and Moroccan society will appreciate the benefits it gains by the establishment of these interest groups who protect the rights of their members, provide direction and assist in ironing out the difficulties they face.

No other society has a more urgent need for associations than Morocco whose government for far too long has turned its back on their activities and which perceived modern life as but disparate ideas whose value they could hardly appreciate.

Associations are a side of modern civilization that reflects man's evolution from a stage of (individual) selfishness to one of (communal) cooperative spirit. Moroccans have tried on many occasions to create cultural and social associations but the government not only provided no encouragement along this path but it opposed their undertaking. We have several difficulties to understand this opposition, unless it is dictated by a deliberate policy to prevent Moroccans from following the tides which gives access to modern life and to bring them back to the fatal trap of inaction every time they attempt to move forward. We are persuaded that from now on the Administration must recognize its errors, distance itself from these past practices which have led us to stagnation, individually and collectively. It must open the barriers to the job market and to cease its opposition which can only be understood to imply a sole purpose: to keep us weak so as to allow (their) profiteers to better exploit us.

However to wait for the government to bend to our demands and to implement our wishes is a statement of the impossible. It is even ridiculous to have any such illusions. Any wait for a unilateral decision by the administration authorities would be a sign of weakness on our part and would be a blameworthy justification that we merit nothing of import. It is therefor indispensable for us to renew our attempts to create associations and to support them with firm resolve. This will make the government understand that we are determined more than ever to have this right, that there is nothing that can justify why we are deprived of this right and that Moroccan way of thinking can not grasp nor accept the motives behind this refusal.

The right to assemble and have associations that we are demanding will open up broad opportunities allowing each collective entity to act on a given focus area. It will facilitate the creation of as many interest groups as felt needed to improve the conditions of our lives, to contribute to the emancipation of our society and to infuse us with a spirit of entrepreneurship and hard work.

Literary associations are the first for which we need to give our attention. In Morocco, within the older generation as well as within the ranks of the youth, there are intellectuals who are likely to make effective contributions in this area. We must also not neglect reformation associations be they for social, religious or educational purposes. There again we have a category of cultivated men where the tides of this era led to their interest in modernization and could propagate new ideas within Moroccan society. If we succeed in taking these two steps, that is to send teams of students abroad to study and to create associations, Morocco with doubt be take a great leap forward and will have cause to envision an optimistic future and to hope to get out of the hopeless state of decline it is struggling with today.