The celebrations highlight the collective feeling that the ongoing political hostility does not reflect how the large majority of Moroccans and Algerians actually feel about each other. But yesterday’s celebrations at the Moroccan-Algerian border were different, wilder, and more rapturous. “Look at the people in Oujda celebrating as though the victory was Morocco’s Atlas Lions,” one Moroccan tweeted. That “open the borders” message was not simply a plea in the rapturous chants as Moroccans and Algerians celebrated at the border near Oujda. “Viva Algeria.” “We are all brothers.” “Let them open the borders.” The slogans changed throughout the celebrations.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 20, 2019 21:22 UTC