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A proud peacock!

While visiting a primary school, we saw a small herd of sheep with lambs passing by. Their fleeces were white as snow!

Fulbright Exchange Alumni: Building Networks & Understanding through Teacher-Student Collaboration (BELOW) Debrief of the International Field Experience (BELOW) Eight of us decided to experience a Moroccan Hammam, a bathhouse with multiple rooms (dry and steamed) for cleaning the body and soul according to traditional ritual performed by another person.

Today was one of my absolute favorites! (ABOVE) A yoga lesson with Moroccan primary students! We visited THE uncle, and boy, did he put out a spread (5 course meal)!! Each of the 8-top tables had its own individual course of Sweet Appetizers, Bread, BBQ Lamb with fixings, Couscous served with Buttermilk, Ice Cream, FreshContinue reading “Morocco IREX Fulbright International Field Experience Day 9:”

I ate my first Lamb Pizza! (ABOVE) Beautiful architectural designs, walls, structures, and workmanship!!!

We visited Complex School Khalil Abdelhafid (CSKA), a private non religious school serving primary, middle, and high school students.

Cultural visit to Chellah, a medieval fortified Muslim necropolis and UNESCO World Heritage Site…where the eagles fly. We had an option to catch the train to Tangier, visit the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, or do an outing on our own. Four of us chose to have brunch and debrief on theContinue reading “Morocco IREX Fulbright International Field Experience Day 6:”

We visited Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage Archaeological Site with many remains from the Roman Empire. Roman Empire Ruins (below) We toured Fes el Bali (the historic old medina) with a Fulbright Teacher Exchange alum from Fes. This medina reminded me of the scene from Demolition Man where there was an underground world of “havenots“Continue reading “Morocco IREX Fulbright International Field Experience Day 5:”

We visited Almotanabi High School in Sale’. International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) alum Houria Kherdi teaches at this school. This was actually the BEST DAY EVER (in my Sponge Bob voice). The students kicked off our campus tour with a presentation on Morocco’s history’s, education system, and issues they face as students. Similarly toContinue reading “Morocco IREX Fulbright International Field Experience Day 4:”

Today’s cultural excursion was Kasbah des Oudayas, a UNESCO World Heritage site founded in the 12th Century, which includes a castle, Andalusian Garden, and Moorish Cafe A second cultural excursion was to Parliament of Morocco, where we toured the seat of Morocco’s legislature with an introduction to its two parliamentary houses.

Today we received an overview of Moroccan life from Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms In-Country Consultant, Meriem Lahrizi. Our first exercise was to complete a K-W-L Chart on Moroccan history and culture. Some of the topics we explored were: Colonial Education System vs Current Education System, Education Statistics, Higher Education, Technical/Vocational/Trade School, Moroccan teachers andContinue reading “Morocco IREX Fulbright International Field Experience Day 2:”

I was originally supposed to leave Phoenix at 8:43 AM on 3/14/2022 and arrive at JFK Airport in New York by 4:29 PM to meet 16 other Fulbright TGC Scholars. Then, depart JFK Airport after a layover, arriving in Casablanca, Morocco by 8:40 AM on 3/15/2022. However, shortly after taxing down the runway passengers suddenlyContinue reading “Morocco IREX Fulbright International Field Experience Day -1:”

Wheels down…finally arrived in Morocco to complete my Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms International Field Experience after two long awaited years!!