Beyond binary? New uses of rajel and rojola in Morocco

This paper revisits the recent developments in usage of the noun rajel ‘man’ and the corresponding verbal noun, rojola, ‘masculinity, manlihood’ in Moroccan Arabic. In the field of cultural anthropology and Men’s Studies, it analyzes a new vision of masculinity, playing with gender boundaries, and on the sociolinguistic side, it examines the shifts in meaning in young people’s language practices, with an insight into non-binary language in the emerging LGBTQI+ movement.