Morocco
Curriculum Units on Morocco
- Fulbright Hays 2022 Morocco (MACECE & BU African Studies): 16 curriculum units on Morocco, a photo bank, and travel blog.
- Fulbright Hays 2009 Morocco (UCLA) 13 curriculum units on Morocco
- Fulbright Hays 2015 Morocco (Metropolitan State University of Denver) 9 curriculum units on Morocco
- Fulbright Hays 2019 Morocco (U of Arizona) – 12 curriculum units on Morocco
- Fulbright Hays 2017 Morocco (UC Berkeley) – 7 lessons on Morocco
Research Guide at Boston University
Boston University African Studies Library Morocco Research Guide contains a wide variety of sources about the context, history, cultures, and current politics of Morocco.
Literature – Excellent Reads
- Le pays des autres by Leïla Slimani (trans. In the Country of Others)
- Chanson douce by Leïla Slimani (trans. The Perfect Nanny, winner of the Prix Goncourt 2016)
- Sexe et mensonges (trans. Sex and Lies) by Leïla Slimani
- Secret Son by Laila Lalami, with a discussion guide
- Hope and other dangerous pursuits by Laila Lalami
- L’Enfant De Sable by Tahar Ben Jelloun (translated, The Sand Child)
- La Nuit Sacrée by Tahar Ben Jelloun (translated, The Sacred Night)
- Le bonheur conjugal by Tahar Ben Jelloun (translated, The Happy Marriage)
- Un autre Maroc by Abdellah Taïa (trans. Another Morocco)
- Une Mélancolie arabe by Abdellah Taïa
- Celui qui est digne d’être aimé by Abdellah Taïa
- Le Pain Nu by Mohamed Choukri (Trans. For Bread Alone)
- Le Passé Simple by Driss Chraïbi (trans. The Simple Past)
- La prisonnière by Malika Oufkir et Michèle Fitoussi
- Dreams of Trespass Islam by Fatima Mernissi
- La vérité sort de la bouche du cheval by Meryem Alaoui
- The voices of Marrakech – Elias Canetti
- Naked lunch – William Burroughs
- The sheltering sky – Paul Bowles
- A street in Marrakech – Elizabeth Warnock Fernea
- The spider’s house – Paul Bowles
- Gravity according to birds – Leo Skala
- Le racisme expliqué à ma fille – T. Ben Jelloun
- The caliph’s house – Tahir Shah
Documentaries
- History of North Africa with Zeinab Badawi, BBC Documentary (45 min)
- Traditional Tastes (segment of Bourdain’s Parts Unknown in Morocco – 21 min)
- Desert Feast (segment of Bourdain’s Parts Unknown in Morocco – 21 min)
Art, Heritage, and Museums
- List and information about UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in Morocco (includes the tentative list of sites as well)
- 10 Moroccan Contemporary Artists You Need to Know
- Morocco Archives – Hyperallergic -a series of excellent articles with photos from Moroccan artists
- Inside Morocco’s Historical Communal Granaries
- Taliouine Saffron
- The Prismatic, Kitsch, and Glam Worlds of Hajjaj – photography that pushes boundaries (Hyperallergic)
- Mohamed Melehi’s Waves (Hyperallergic)
- Becker, C. (2006) Amazigh Arts in Morocco: Women Shaping Berber Identity.
- Becker, C. (2020) Blackness in Morocco: Gnawa Identity through Music and Visual Culture
- Musée Tiskiwin, Marrakech
Noteworthy works in history and anthropology
- El Hamel (2012) Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam
- Irbouh, H. Art (2013) in the Service of Colonialism: French Art Education in Morocco
- Jereb, James F. 1995. The Arts and Crafts of Morocco. London: Thames & Hudson.
- Rabinow, P. (& Bourdieu, P.) (2007): Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco.
Resources on Morocco’s medieval history
- Ibn Khaldun The Muqaddimah (1377)
- The Gold Road Map Project student resource An interactive map of the peoples, places, buildings, and landscapes of medieval empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai in West Africa.
- Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Accessed 5/25/2020. Teachers’ Guide
- Podcast: Medieval Africa at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto: a 22 minute podcast on the Caravans of Gold exhibit of the Block Museum, currently in Toronto.
- Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed 5/25/2020.
Education in Morocco
- Boutieri, C. (2016). Learning in Morocco: Language Politics and the Abandoned Educational Dream
- Education | Morocco | US Agency for International Development
- Morocco: A case for building a stronger education system in the post Covid-19 era
- Education Statistics | Country – Country at a Glance – Morocco
- Secondary Education | Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco Agency
- Ennaji, Moha. (2005). Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco
- Dorhmi, S. (2010). Higher Education Reform in Morocco: Reality, Challenges and Choices
- Education and Development in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa – see chapter 7: Becoming Workers of Greater France: Vocational Education in Colonial Morocco, 1912–1939
- Belhiah, H. et al (2020). English Language Teaching in Higher Education in Morocco
Films
https://www.amideastedabroad.org/home/moroccan-cinema
Music
- Paul Bowles Moroccan Music Collection (Library of Congress) and short article (Hyperallergic). Also available to listen on youtube.
- Musical Soundscapes of Morocco: From Africa to America. Samuel Torjman Thomas explores the circulation of Moroccan music in America and the place of music in constructing modern Moroccan-American hybrid identities.
- Gnaoua & World Music Festival in Essaouira (& video from the 2019 festival)
- Transcendence, A Sufi Music Festival features Zainab Afailal’s songs, Sufi-inspired Andalusian songs from southern Spain and Morocco (Smithsonian)
- Music of Morocco, an informative blog that covers major music influences.
Picture books about Morocco
- The Children of Morocco by Hermes, J. (caution: an older resource)
- The last storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco by Hamilton, R.
- Deep in the Sahara Desert by Kunnane, K. & Hadadi, H.
- My Father’s Shop (read aloud) and Lesson Plan
- The Butter Man by Alalou E. (read aloud)
- The Street Cats of Marrakesh by Toth-Jones, D.
- Naseem’s Journey by Farmey, A.
- Faces Magazine of World Cultures: Morocco (2017)
Youth books about Morocco
- Blood Passage by Demetrios, H.
- Faces Magazine of World Cultures: Morocco (2017)
- Teens in Morocco by Donovan, S. (caution: an older resource)
Languages in Morocco
- Introduction to Moroccan Arabic (Peace Corps resource)
- 20 Moroccan Arabic Introduction Phrases
- Tamazight language, a Brittanica overview by Dr. Ekkehard Wolff
- Arabe, Français, quelle(s) langue(s) pour étudier au Maroc?
- L’école au Marco: Reintroduire le français ne suffira pas à sortir de la spirale de l’échec (Le Monde, 2016)
- Le Maroc enterre 30 ans d’arabisation pour retourner au français (Le Monde, 2016)
- Morocco Embraces Multilingualism | Pulitzer Center
Moroccan newspapers
- Al Bayane (Français)
- Moroccan World News (English)
- Le Matin Maroc (Français)
Interculturalism in Morocco
- Racism in Morocco (Jaddaliya, 2013)
- A study abroad syllabus focused on examining French imperialism in Morocco and Algeria, with an excellent bibliography
- Mouvement et luttes pour les immigrés et contre le racisme (Story Image)
Travel
- How Much Do You Know About Morocco? – The New York Times a basic quiz about Morocco.
- 36 Hours in Marrakesh – The New York Times