Targuist Sniper
Targuist Sniper Mounir Aghzennay | |
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| Born | |
| Years active | 2007-2011 |
| Known for | Anti-corruption activism |
Targuist Sniper, whose real name is Mounir Aghzennay,[a] is a Moroccan anti-corruption activist who gained widespread national and international prominence in 2007. Working anonymously from the town of Targuist in the Al Hoceïma Province of northern Morocco, he secretly recorded the first in a series of videos on Youtube that showed footage of Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie and police officers taking bribes from motorists at highway checkpoints.[2][3][4]
His videos gained millions of views, and had deeply shocked the majority of Moroccans, while also catching the attention of many people across the world.[3] Aghzennay was also engaged in regional activities, as he is also part of the Association of Amazighs of Senhaja of the Rif,[5] and has expressed a strong desire of defending his country from corruption.[4]
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References
- ↑ "Mounir Aghzennay". YouTube. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ Edwards, Brian T. (2016). After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East. Internet Archive. New York : Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54055-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - 1 2 mwn (2013-04-29). "Morocco: Targuist is not only the video sniper and drug dealer's town". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- 1 2 "THE VIEW FROM FEZ: The Moroccan Zorro - Unmasked". THE VIEW FROM FEZ. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ Gutova, Evgeniya. Senhaja Berber Varieties : phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis). Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur.