Memes and Flames: The Aesthetics of the Gen Z Uprising

By Alessandro Sbordoni, October 29, 2025

“The youth of Morocco carries the message of a nation,” reads an open letter from the Gen Z 212 movement to King Mohammed VI of Morocco. “We call for the dissolution of the government for its failure to safeguard the constitutional rights of Moroccans.” The Gen Z 212 movement (after Morocco’s national dialing code, +212) [...]