Author: stephensjess
Homage to Clifford Geertz, a Leading Anthropologist in Sefrou
“A very brief conclusion would be to sort of address the question that is a subject of mine: Why Sefrou? Why anthropology? Why me? I’ll do this slightly autobiographical…. I […]
Stages from the History of the Moroccan Jewish Community: Part II
Morocco, the westernmost country in North Africa, has a rich and treasured Jewish history dating back to antiquity, including legends that say Jews settled in the country before the destruction of […]
Charles de Foucauld à Sefrou. Août 1883
Si Mbarek Bekkaï, pacha de Sefrou, lors d’une conférence aux « Amis de Fès » en 1950 évoque ainsi le passage à Sefrou du futur missionnaire : Au cours de son périple au Maroc Charles […]
The Role of Diversity in Strengthening National Unity in Morocco : Khalid Lahlou
Being located in a strategic position between North Africa and Southern Europe, or better still, a bridge between two continents, Morocco enjoys a blend, and also a variety, of influences […]
Stages from the History of the Moroccan Jewish Community : Part I
Morocco, the westernmost country in North Africa, has a rich and treasured Jewish history dating back to antiquity, including legends that say Jews settled in the country before the destruction of […]
Multicultural Solidarity: Performances of Malḥūn Poetry in Morocco – Melanie Autumn Magidow
Malḥūn is a way of weaving words. – Laila Lamrini, singer and educator Malḥūn is a North African genre of sung poetry composed in a vernacular. It is so bound […]
Les cultes naturistes à Sefrou – Texte de Louis Brunot- 1918 dans Archives Berbères
Le voyageur le moins averti peut constater sur tout le territoire du Maroc des traces non équivoques de cultes naturistes à peine déguisés. L’adoration des arbres, des sources, des eaux […]
The Romans in Morocco
Rome’s influence in the Maghreb was geographically limited, but for 300 years it was of strategic importance and a source of vast wealth for the empire. The breathtaking archaeological remains, […]
The Participatory Museum: Nina Simon
Over the last twenty years, audiences for museums, galleries, and performing arts institutions have decreased, and the audiences that remain are older and whiter than the overall population. Cultural institutions […]
The Sub-Saharan African Turn in Moroccan Literature
Morocco’s newly acquired status as a destination for tens of thousands of sub-Saharan migrants has spurred a sub-Saharan African turn in Moroccan literature. Morocco’s current reality is seeping into the […]