Events Calendar
for Friends of Morocco
Continuing events
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Washington Athletic Club soccer team schedule
Muslim Link Paper of Washington, DC Events

    We are gathering for Happy Hour on Friday, August 8, at 6 p.m. at Heritage India on Dupont Circle to wish “bon voyage” and an excellent tour in Morocco to Dave Lillie, incoming Peace Corps Morocco Country Director.  Dave, his wife Tiffany, and their son Mitchell, will arrive in Morocco on August 31.   Heritage India in south of Dupont Circle at 1337 Connecticut Ave., NW 202-331-1414.  Email Alexandra Mattson your RSVP so that she can reserve a table. You are welcome to bring other Morocco RPCVs and friends.

    Friends of Morocco meeting Tuesday, August 12 from 6:00 pm with three Moroccan NGO leaders working on issues such as women’s rights, children’s health, human trafficking, dialogue between religions and cultures, and peace studies. They would like to meet with people in the U.S. that are working on similar issues. Meet at the International Lounge of the Washington Plaza Hotel at Thomas Circle (14th and Mass) 10 Thomas Cir NW Washington, DC 20005 (202) 842-1300. They will be in the week of Aug. 11 and then go on to Portland, OR (8/16 – 20); Tucson, AZ (8/20 – 23); Charleston, SC (8/23 – 27); and NYC 8/27 – 30).

    2008 Ramadan will start in North America on Tuesday, September 2 and will continue for 30 days until Wednesday, Ocotber 1.

    Sept 12 - Gibraltar (North African Songs)
Part of Live! Free concerts are held daily throughout the summer on the Woodrow Wilson Plaza at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC. June 4 – September 26 Monday through Friday 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm weather permitting.

    Berbers in Morocco:  Forgotten Indigenous People Or Living Cultural Force?
Oct 2008  Georgetown University, Washington DC organized by Washington Moroccan Club

Current international and foreign policy discourse often summarily groups Morocco and the other Maghreb countries with the rest of the “Arab world.”  This shorthand masks the unique multicultural characteristics of Moroccan society, which is shaped by indigenous Berber (or “Amazigh”) culture, in addition to Arab culture and language.  Please join us to celebrate Moroccan Amazigh heritage and learn about recent developments in the management of diversity that have been playing out in Moroccan society.  Scholars from the fields of anthropology, ethnomusicology, human rights, and other key disciplines will discuss Amazigh culture and explore Amazigh ethnicity -- why and how it was officially marginalized for many years, the impact of French colonization, and  the recent movement for revitalization. 

A reception will follow the discussion, with musical entertainment by Moroccan Berber musical group and an Amazigh art exhibit
    

    Peace Corps 50th Anniversary Celebration
Sept. 22-25, 2011 The National Mall, Washington, DC
This four-day series of events will include many activities honoring the service and impact of 200,000 Peace Corps Volunteers and include a wreath-laying ceremony at President Kennedy’s grave and a walk across Memorial Bridge carrying flags representing Peace Corps’ 139 countries of service.

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