CIEE Rabat

Our Language and Culture students wrapped up this week with a visit to Casablanca’s Hassan II Mosque. As the third largest mosque in the world, and largest in Africa, Hassan... keep reading

Time is weird and deeper than I can understand sometimes. I think about how people dont always stay in your life and maybe they are not supposed to or maybe... keep reading

This week, our Language and Culture students started their community conversations! Every weekday, our students learn new vocabulary and questions in their Moroccan Darija classes and then go out into... keep reading

Though not a conventional blog post, I nevertheless wanted to share my final project for my intensive Darija course. Despite having written it in my first week in Morocco, the... keep reading

I know it feels odd to start a blog post with a number, but as someone who has traveled all these miles to live within the heart of Morocco, I... keep reading

This past week, I had the opportunity to visit the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art for the second time during my stay in Morocco. The museum, easily... keep reading

“Mashi Moushkil”, “Mashi Moushkil!”, “Mashi Moushkil?” Mashi Moushkil, (transliterated from Arabic), translates to no problem in Moroccan Arabic (Darija). If you ever visit the beautiful country of Morocco, you will... keep reading

Morocco’s traditional markets (or souqs) have been one of my favorite parts of the country so far. An essential part of visiting a souq is the bargaining process, in which... keep reading

While the origins of Moroccan tea are disputed, with some giving credit to Queen Victoria and other to Umayyad-period Arabs, the drink has nevertheless become a mainstay in daily Moroccan... keep reading

This past weekend, some students and I took a day trip to Fes, Morocco’s city of superlatives. The city’s old medina, Fes el Bali, is the largest in Morocco and... keep reading