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Confluence Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies is pleased to present this special issue, Voices of Morocco: Perspectives on Contemporary Moroccan Literature. Guest edited by Inass Essrhir, Chakib Amghar, Hakima Choukri, and Meriem Ait Bbih, the collection brings together eleven contributions that reflect the vitality and complexity of Moroccan literary expression. The issue affirms the journal’s founding commitment that rigorous scholarship must travel across disciplinary, linguistic, and geographic borders. The essays, interviews, and reviews gathered here engage texts written in Arabic, French, and English, performed in Darija, and translated across multiple languages. They address speculative fiction and oral tradition, trauma and resistance, gender and nationalism, diaspora and belonging. From Laila Lalami’s algorithmic futures to Mohammed Mrabet’s storytelling, from Abdellatif Laâbi’s poetics to Kenza Sefrioui’s reflections on Souffles, the contributions map a literary landscape irreducible to a single language, canon, or critical framework. We thank the guest editors, the contributors, and the peer reviewers whose labor made this issue possible. We hope these Voices of Morocco find readers near and far, and that they inspire continued conversation about Moroccan literature.