Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Maroko ta sami 'yancin kai a 1956, kuma Jam'iyyar Istiqlal ta gabatar da hangen nesan ta game da iyakokin sabuwar jihar. Wadannan 'yan kishin kasa sun yi kira ga ra'ayin Babban Maroko, bisa ga yankin daular Sharifian wanda ya gabaci mulkin mallaka na Faransa da na Burtaniya. Wannan yankin ya haɗa da yankin da a lokacin ake kira Spanish Sahara, da French West Africa, da kuma French Algeria. Kasar Maroko da kanta ta amince da hangen nesa na 'Babban Maroko' a karkashin Mohammed V a shekarar 1958. Bayan Mauritaniya da Aljeriya
bayan samun 'yancin kai a farkon shekarun 1960, Morocco ta ba da da'awar ga mafi yawan Greater Morocco. Duk da haka, ya ci gaba da da'awar da'awarsa a kan Yammacin Sahara.