Concubinage in 20th‑Century Islamic Monarchies

The interview claims concubinage—an enslaved status—ran continuously from early Islam through to modern monarchies, including King Hassan II’s court in Morocco. This suggests regulated sexual slavery persisted long after Atlantic abolition, challenging assumptions that slavery broadly ended in the 19th century. — It reframes slavery as a global, persistent institution beyond the Atlantic lens, informing comparative history, reparations debates, and how contemporary societies reckon with recent forms of bondage.