Testimonials

Maria follows the minor Culture and Society in Morocco. She arrives in Rabat after a long travel and soon discovers a whole new world. The small streets of the medina, a warm welcome with tea in her h...

Voordat ik mij inschreef voor de minor vroeg ik mij af of het volgen ervan wel toegevoegde waarde zou hebben voor mijn spraak- en taalontwikkeling. Ik ben tweetalig opgevoed, spreek goed Darija dus ik...

If you want to know how Eveline learned Darija and used it in everyday life. Then take a look at the Dutch page.  

Without speaking a word of Moroccan Arabic, also known as Darija, I arrived in Rabat. Perceiving the language as rather difficult, I thought communicating with Moroccans would be impossible. Nonethele...

After five intensive college weeks and a lot of Arabic, a completely different element of Morocco came up: the Berbers. For a week we were lectured by Professor Maarten Kossmann, a specialist in the f...

The "Moroccan model".Last October, under the direction of Professor Leon Buskens, Professor of Law and Culture in Islamic Societies at the University of Leiden, I went on an eight-day study trip to Mo...

Activities in Rabat besides studying   Rabat Rabat is the capital city of Morocco and its second largest city with a population of approximately 5800,000. The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at ...

First impressions: a ceremonious dayThe day before I left to Rabat, I realised I would arrive on the eve of what is considered the holiest festival in the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha. Its other name...