Culture And Customs Of Morocco

Author : Raphael Chijioke Njoku
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313038433

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Culture and Customs of Morocco by Raphael Chijioke Njoku Pdf

Moroccan culture today is a blend of Berber, African, Arab, Jewish, and European influences in an Islamic state. Morocco's strategic position at the tip of North Africa just below Spain has brought these cultures together through the centuries. The parallels with African and Middle Eastern countries and other Muslim cultures are drawn as the major topics are discussed, yet the uniqueness of Moroccan traditions, particularly those of the indigenous Berbers, stand out. The narrative emphasizes the evolving nature of the storied subcultures. With more exposure to Western-style education and pop culture, the younger generations are gradually turning away from the strict religious observances of their elders. General readers finally have a substantive resource for information on a country most known in the United States for the Humphrey Bogart classic Casablanca, images of the souks (markets), hashish, and Berber rugs. The strong introduction surveys the people, land, government, economy, educational system, and history. Most weight is given to modern history, with French colonial rule ending in 1956 and a succession of monarchs since then. The discussion of religion and worldview illuminates the Islamic base and Jewish communities but is also notable for the discussion of Berber beliefs in spirits. In the Literature and Media chapter, the oral culture of the Berbers and the new preference for Western-style education and use of French and even English are highlights. The Moroccans are renowned as skilled artisans, and their products are enumerated in the Art and Architecture/Housing chapter, along with the intriguing descriptions of casbahs and old quarters in the major cities. Moroccans are hospitable and family oriented, which is reflected in descriptions of their cuisine and social customs. Moroccan women seem to be somewhat freer than others in Muslim countries but the chapter on Gender Roles, Marriage, and Family shows that much progress is still needed. Ceremonies and celebrations are important cultural markers that bring communities together, and a wealth of religious, national, and family rites of passage, with accompanying music and dance, round out the cultural coverage.

Author : Jillian C. York
Publisher : Kuperard
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781787023055

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Morocco - Culture Smart! by Jillian C. York Pdf

Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Morocco is a joy to the senses. Graced with spectacular scenery, the country's rich history is carved into its architecture and baked into its cuisine. Its marketplaces are filled with tantalizing scents and colorful sights, and the call of the muezzin seems to draw people from every corner of the globe. In 1956 Morocco gained independence from French colonial rule and was jolted into the 20th century. Today it is a country in transition—a unique blend of Arab, African, and European ways of life. The teeming cities have an air of sophistication and joie de vivre, but life in rural areas has stayed much the same. And while the cities are highly Westernized, tradition and religion still play a vital role in the everyday life of most people. Culture Smart! Morocco describes the life of Moroccans today, as well as the key customs and traditions that punctuate daily life. It examines the impact of religious beliefs and history on their lives, and provides insight into the values that people hold dear, as well as recent social and political developments. Tips on communicating, socializing, and on navigating the unfamiliar situations that visitors are likely to encounter ensure that they get the very best out of their time in this welcoming yet complex land. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

Author : Orin Hargraves
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Culture shock
ISBN : 9789814435895

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A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette in Morocco.

Author : Jillian York
Publisher : Kuperard
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781857335712

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Morocco - Culture Smart! by Jillian York Pdf

About this Book... Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships. Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include * customs, values, and traditions * historical, religious, and political background * life at home * leisure, social, and cultural life * eating and drinking * do's, don'ts, and taboos * business practices * communication, spoken and unspoken "Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel "... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel "...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer "...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine "...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times

Author : Vincent Boele,Mohamed Saadouni
Publisher : Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : IND:30000096530567

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Morocco by Vincent Boele,Mohamed Saadouni Pdf

"Morocco is a land rich in diversity. Bounded by two seas and a desert, cleft by mountain ranges, caravan trails, steppe-like plateaus and costal plains its dramatically contrasting landscape is mirrored by the people who populate it. Here, the culture of the Berbers, Arabs and Africans meets with Muslim, Jewish and Christian influences to create a colourful ethnic mix. The vibrancy of the region is reflected in the objects created by its people - including stunning ceramics and wonderful mosaics to fine wood carving and impressive jewellery. Surveying 5000 years of Morocco's cultural history, this book explores the material culture of the region as determined by its history, geography, traditions and people. Highlights from key Moroccan collections, especially photographed for this publication, are illustrated alongside fascinating essays that narrate the region's cultural development from ancient times to the present day. Including over 150 colour images, Morocco: 5000 Years of Culture offers a visually stunning account of a land and its people." -- Back cover.

Author : James N. Sater
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135189167

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Morocco by James N. Sater Pdf

For many contemporary observers and analysts, Morocco remains a mystery. So close to Europe, Morocco simultaneously represents a similarly open political culture and its complete antithesis: Human rights associations openly challenge authoritarian rule, while an emphasis on Moroccan singularity and authenticity prevents the establishment of a real democracy. Widespread poverty and illiteracy co-exist with a flourishing entrepreneurial class and the display of conspicuous wealth in its cities; electoral institutions and political parties pay allegiance to a traditional monarch; disgruntled youth and inhabitants of shantytowns are receptive to the rhetoric of Islamic inspired violence and terror. This book provides an introductory overview of contemporary politics and international relations in Morocco, and gives an up to date assessment of the economy and recent history. Drawing on key academic texts, the author provides a detailed analysis of Morocco, focusing on issues such as: Morocco’s role within the region trade policies with Europe Morocco’s Western Sahara policy ways of dealing with Political Islam the extent to which European influence has affected Moroccan society. Easily accessible to non-specialists, practitioners, and upper level undergraduate students, the book will be essential reading for those working in the fields of Comparative Politics, International Relations and Middle East Studies.

Author : Budgett Meakin
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:4057664584823

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Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond by Budgett Meakin Pdf

Whether you're planning a trip to Morocco or just want a unique insight into its culture, this book is a must-read. Written by a European resident in the late 19th century, 'Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond' captures the lives of Moroccans and foreign residents through a collection of anecdotes, articles, and stories. From customs and traditions to tales of journeys and desert sheikhs, the book is a fascinating snapshot of the time.

Author : Jillian C. York
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787023060

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Morocco - Culture Smart! by Jillian C. York Pdf

Author : Moha Ennaji
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780387239804

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Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco by Moha Ennaji Pdf

In this book, I attempt to show how colonial and postcolonial political forces have endeavoured to reconstruct the national identity of Morocco, on the basis of cultural representations and ideological constructions closely related to nationalist and ethnolinguistic trends. I discuss how the issue of language is at the centre of the current cultural and political debates in Morocco. The present book is an investigation of the ramifications of multilingualism for language choice patterns and attitudes among Moroccans. More importantly, the book assesses the roles played by linguistic and cultural factors in the development and evolution of Moroccan society. It also focuses on the impact of multilingualism on cultural authenticity and national identity. Having been involved in research on language and culture for many years, I am particularly interested in linguistic and cultural assimilation or alienation, and under what conditions it takes place, especially today that more and more Moroccans speak French and are influenced by Western social behaviour more than ever before. In the process, I provide the reader with an updated description of the different facets of language use, language maintenance and shift, and language attitudes, focusing on the linguistic situation whose analysis is often blurred by emotional reactions, ideological discourses, political biases, simplistic assessments, and ethnolinguistic identities.

Author : Jillian York
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1857338715

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Morocco by Jillian York Pdf

"Contents include: local customs and traditions; the impact of history, religion, and politics; the Moroccans at home, work, and play; eating and drinking; dos, don'ts, and taboos; business practices; and communication, spoken and unspoken" --back cover.

Author : Nargisse Benkabbou
Publisher : Mitchell Beazley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1784724459

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Casablanca by Nargisse Benkabbou Pdf

Casablanca is the exciting debut from Moroccan chef Nargisse Benkabbou. This book features more than 80 recipes for simple and satisfying dishes such as Artichoke tagine with peas, baby potatoes & preserved lemons, Peach & ras el hanout short rib stew with garlic mash and Sweet potato & feta maakouda. Also featured are tasty western classics with a unique Moroccan twist: try your hand at Kefta & kale mac & cheese, Roasted almond & couscous stuffed poussin and Moroccan mint tea infused chocolate pots. Nargisse breathes new life into Moroccan cuisine, blending that authentic Moroccan spirit and the contemporary to create accessible recipes for the everyday.

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : EAN:4057664630711

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In Morocco by Edith Wharton Pdf

"In Morocco" by Edith Wharton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Edward Westermarck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Folklore
ISBN : UCSC:32106007511071

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Ritual and Belief in Morocco by Edward Westermarck Pdf

Author : Dale F. Eickelman
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292768765

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Moroccan Islam by Dale F. Eickelman Pdf

This book is one of the first comprehensive studies of Islam as locally understood in the Middle East. Specifically, it is concerned with the prevalent North African belief that certain men, called marabouts, have a special relation to God that enables them to serve as intermediaries and to influence the well-being of their clients and kin. Dale F. Eickelman examines the Moroccan pilgrimage center of Boujad and unpublished Moroccan and French archival materials related to it to show how popular Islam has been modified by its adherents to accommodate new social and economic realities. In the course of his analysis he demonstrates the necessary interrelationship between social history and the anthropological study of symbolism. Eickelman begins with an outline of the early development of Islam in Morocco, emphasizing the "maraboutic crisis" of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. He also examines the history and social characteristics of the Sherqawi religious lodge, on which the study focuses, in preprotectorate Morocco. In the central portion of the book, he analyzes the economic activities and social institutions of Boujad and its rural hinterland, as well as some basic assumptions the townspeople and tribesmen make about the social order. Finally, there is an intensive discussion of maraboutism as a phenomenon and the changing local character of Islam in Morocco. In focusing on the "folk" level of Islam, rather than on "high culture" tradition, the author has made possible a more general interpretation of Moroccan society that is in contrast with earlier accounts that postulated a marked discontinuity between tribe and town, past and present.

Author : Arthur Leared
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021626341

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Morocco and the Moors by Arthur Leared Pdf

Explore the culture, history, and people of Morocco with this fascinating travelogue. Arthur Leared details his experiences traveling throughout the country, from its bustling cities to its remote mountain villages. Along the way, he provides insight into the customs, beliefs, and traditions of the Moroccan people, as well as the influences of Islam and European colonialism. A must-read for anyone interested in North African culture and history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.