FOM NewsletterJan2001: Index

Tangier Summer Intermediate Arabic Studies Program announces Summer 2001 program June 21 thru August 3, 2001. The American Institute for Maghrib Studies is offering a special language and area studies program based in Tangier, Morocco. Taught by experienced bilingual American faculty and specially trained Moroccan professors, this intensive program comprises six weeks of language study, with one week off for student travel: 3 weeks instruction, 1 week off for travel, 3 final weeks of instruction.

Moroccan Berbers press for rights. is a short article By Nick Pelham, BBC correspondent in Morocco, on Berber rights on naming their children names of Berber origin.

The article was featured on BBC News Tuesday, 2 January, 2001.

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On Tuesday, 2 May, 2000, Nick Pelham wrote an short article on BBC News entitled Berbers demand 'native rights. It focuses on Berber activism in Morocco.

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Country profile: Morocco. Monday, 16 October, 2000 on BBC News.

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Media bans dash hopes for Morocco. published on The Guardian Ltd, Tuesday January 2, 2001 issue, by Peter Lennon is on a couple weeklies banned in Morocco lately.

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The Variety News topped its headlines, 'CASABLANCA' SCRIBE EPSTEIN DEAD AT 91 . Read more about Julius Epstein, one of the script-writer of the classic film 'Casablanca', who passed away this year at:

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Light recipe: Moroccan Carrot Soup." Seattle Times, Wednesday, January 03, 2001, featured a Moroccan recipe.

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Taste: The kasbah's romance and spice can travel to your very own kitchen.

A discussion and two Moroccan recipes from Kitty Morse can be found here in an article written by Kathleen Triesch Saul, Seattle Times food writer,

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Recipe: Sweet Couscous With Raisins Almonds and Argan Oil." On NY Times. January 3, 2001 or see http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/03/living/031AREX.html. Free NT Times registration required

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A New Oil (Keep the Goats Away). This article from NY Times (Jan. 03,01) is on Argane oil processed from the Aragne seeds, one of the endangered species available solely in Souss, the southern Berber areas of Morocco. It gives you places where it's sold in USA. It's written by Florence Fabricant and has been submitted to us by RPCV Matthew Schofield, who started The Argane Foundation to protect Argane tree. The foundation can be reached at this email: arganefoundation@hotmail.com.

The article is also available at this URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/03/living/03ARGA.html Free NT Times registration required

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More seniors becoming Peace Corps volunteers . The Lifestyles: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 article mentions a couple volunteers who served in Morocco.

By Constance Casey, Newhouse News Service.

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The January 3, 2001 film review section in NY Times got an article by Elvis Mitchell, 'Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles': A Documentary Attends the Composer.

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Julius Epstein Dies; Wrote Screenplay For 'Casablanca'

Los Angeles Times January 01, 2001

Julius Epstein, 91, a highly visible and respected figure in the Hollywood writing community over the past 60 years whose credits include the script for the movie "Casablanca," died Dec. 30 at a hospital in Los Angeles. The cause of death was not reported.

The "Casablanca" script he and his twin brother, Philip, wrote early in World War II was a typical assignment for the Warner Bros. contract writers. The romantic drama was based on an unproduced play, "Everybody Comes to Rick's."

The film was eventually hailed as among the best Hollywood ever produced. The movie brought the Epstein brothers and Howard Koch a shared Academy Award for its screenplay and was also named the best picture of 1942.

Hal Wallis, the producer of "Casablanca," said that clever dialogue is one reason film lovers cherish the movie. The Epsteins, who claimed they finished each other's thoughts, created such delicious epigrams as "Here's looking at you, kid," "We'll always have Paris" and "Round up! the usual suspects," which have endured over the intervening decades, finding their way into the vernacular. Full article here

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Morocco: 2001 outlook. The Economist Intelligence Unit.

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MOROCCO: Textile and Apparel Sector Round-Up. 20 Dec 2000. Source: just-style.com

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This article has been emailed to us by RPCV Michelle Ghiselli. Though it's not Morocco specific and its events took place in Denmark, it's an interesting article on culture and generation differences.

December 18, 2000

CROSSING BORDERS: For 'New Danes,' Differences Create a Divide By ROGER COHEN

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Moroccan retreat for British royals: The Ogilvies are selling their hideaway in the Atlas mountains, says Mary Wilson.

An article featured on The Times on December 24 2000 about a beautiful high Atlas residence for sale.

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Moroccan mysticism is a short comparative article by Vidya Deshpande on the old Rick's bar in Casablanca movie and a new bar with the same name in India!??

Indian Financial Express. Sunday, December 17, 2000

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