Morocco is, in fact, an Arab country. While this assertion may appear self-evident, it has become a subject of debate ...

In an increasingly interconnected world, proficiency in multiple languages can be of paramount importance in small and mid-sized countries. Emphasis on teaching foreign languages can have the adverse ...

In some countries, school systems strive to produce bilingual students. In Morocco, students are now expected to be quadrilingual, and it is causing friction among the country’s conservative and ...

When an animal species is on the edge of extinction, there are plenty of ways to do your part (adopt an African rhino, anyone?). But what do we do when a language in in critical danger of becoming ...

This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. Charlotte is an anthropologist who, for the past year and a half, has been conducting field work in Morocco. Her research is ...

This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. In a recent interview with African Writing Online, Laila Lalami, a Moroccan-American author, elaborates on her educational ...

KHEMISSET, Morocco - “All the governments since independence have shared the vision that Morocco is an Arabophone country, where there are only Arabs, and only one religion, Islam. This meant we had ...

(Abdel Majid BZIOUAT/AFP/AFP) In Morocco's High Atlas mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, ...

RABAT: More than 40 Moroccan students sat quietly in the classroom and listened carefully to the Chinese conversation recording. They were taking the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi), or Chinese language ...

A celebration of music in Morocco. It can be agreed that music is a powerful force that can bridge communities together. This is especially true when it comes to the cultural diversity in Morocco, in ...