A French mayor shut down a Moroccan fan zone at the Olympics following a performance that praised a “pro-Moroccan” position regarding the Western Sahara, just as the political class in Paris is engrossed in a political tug-of-war over President Emmanuel Macron’s recent shift that support Rabat’s control over the disputed territory. On 1 August, Moroccan Sahrawi singer Saida Charaf performed her signature song “Mani,” a traditional Sahrawi-inspired chant, to Moroccan fans at the Olympics fan zone in L’Ile-Saint-Denis, France. During the performance, she included a tribute to “Moroccan Sahara” a…