The Converted: Has Power Tamed Islamists in the Arab Spring States?

Photograph by Yuri Kozyrev for TIME

Sights and sounds Moroccan families enjoy Casablanca's Mohammed V Square

The headquarters of the Islamist party that heads Morocco's newly elected government is in a quiet Rabat neighborhood. The building, a repurposed residence, would be indistinguishable from the other houses on the narrow, leafy street if it weren't for the noisy demonstrations in front of its gates. When I visit the Justice and Development Party on a recent weekday, two groups of unemployed Moroccans have taken up positions on opposite sides of the street. They hold up banners demanding government jobs and chant singsong slogans about their right to work.

The loudest voice belongs to Khadija...

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