TelQuel (French: for as it is) (slogan:Morocco as it is), is a French-language Moroccan weekly magazine. It is privately owned, and is known for its resolute opposition to Islamist ideology in Morocco. The current director of publication is Karim Boukhari, who was editor-in-chief in 2006.
TelQuel has been repeatedly subjected to harassment and pressures from the Moroccan government, according to press freedom watchdogs such as Reporters without Borders (RSF).[1] It was convicted in 2005 on charges of defamation, in what the RSF described as a political trial.[2]
TelQuel now has a Moroccan Arabic edition, Nichane.
On 1 August 2009, the Moroccan government seized an edition of TelQuel, following its inclusion of an opinion poll conducted jointly with French newspaper Le Monde and looking at the performance of King Mohammed VI over the first ten years of his reign. Although 91% viewed his performance favourably, the authorities considered this to be an unsuitable topic for coverage and promptly banned publication of the survey, provoking a furious reaction from the press and Web users.[3]