Entries from February 2008

February 24, 2008

Learning Fassi Women’s Rooftop Arabic

Just over a week ago, I visited Fez with the abroad program. The twelve of us traveled by bus through the Middle Atlas, stopping briefly in Meknes, Ifrane, Volubilis, and Moulay Idriss. The stress of being in close quarters with a packed schedule seemed to get to everyone and, by the time we returned to [...]

February 13, 2008

On Eating Well

I take classes in Agdal, Rabat’s chic, modern neighborhood, which sits far outside the city’s old walls. It’s a nightlife hotspot, which you wouldn’t know from walking around on a Saturday night, but the bars and restaurants are always packed. And god knows the McDonald’s is the place to see and be seen (Could it [...]