Despite Morocco’s Atlas Lions’ impressive win in their debut at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Wednesday, 17 January, celebrations within Morocco remained tempered and reserved. The public struggled to find joy amid the ongoing tragedy of Israel’s war on Gaza. “It’s hard to go chanting and dancing into the streets while we know our brothers in Gaza are being bombed daily,” Ahmed, a Moroccan student who joined a crowd of spectators in a café in Rabat, told the New Arab. Since the start of the Gaza war, Wednesday was the first time cafés in Morocco switched from Al-Jazeera’s live broadcast…