A Newsletter 1989

better reach FOM'swidely-scattered member-ship, and to fight thestereotype that manyFriends-of RPCV groupshan. out exclusively inour nation's capitol, theBoard decided to move theannual reunion around thecountry each year, be.in-ning with 1989 in the Mid-west.

Did you know that Chicagoand Casablanca are officialSister Cities? With that inmind, the Board of Direc-tors of Friends of Moroccocordially invite all FOMmembers and jnterestedothers to attend oursecond annual reunion, Ij-timaa '89. The a-atheringwill be held this year inChicago all day Saturday,11 November, at theChicago Public LibraryCultural Center, rightdowntown.

Chicago to the screeningof a custom-madevideomontage, Made in theMaghreb, with clips fromHollywood feature filmsproduced in Morocco.

Short workshops, plannedto be concrete workingsessions in which you canactively participate, willbe part of the day. Fourworkshops tentativelyscheduled, based on inputfrom members, are: TheInternational Sister CityRelationships; CrOBS-Cultural Marria.l'es. (Bringing the

World BackHome?); Women in

yo Development

in Morocco;and, The

\MoroccoFile:

Conference coordinatorValerie Staats says thatthe agenda this year willbe a .ood mix of work andfun, all relevant to ourshared experiences livingin Morocco. Plans for theday range from a keynote

address by Dr.Ghuylam Aasi of

. the American ls-I lamic College in ~-

Last year's premierrjtimaa inWashington, DC, wasa great success andy attracted more

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)Ijtimaa 'S9...Collectin6 Resources forSharing What You Know.

allow you plenty of time toexplore and enjoy thecity. Let's have a strona'Midwest showina'--MoroccoRPCV contina'ents fromWiscon8in, Indiana, Ohio,Mic~an, and Illinois, youcan carpool!--and a a'oodturn-out topping la8tyear's 100. Details aboutregistering is being sentto you by a separate mail-ing and can al80 be foundthroua'hout this edition ofthe Friends of MoroccoNewsletter. See you soon.

board have included achartered, private ride onthe Ravenswood "el" A lathe film Risky Business(too expensive) and agroup dining experience ina revolving, sky-high res-taurant (Chica&,o doesn'thave one). Likely finalist8include ethnic food andmusic, heavy on the danc-ing. Keep Saturday nia'htopen!

Friends of Morocco willalso present its annualSpecial Friend 0/ MoroccoAward (your nominationsare solicited), and h()l_~ abrief general businessmeetin&, for members tobring questions, idea_,and concerns to the fore.The 1989-90 Board ofDirectors of FOM will alsobe elected at this meetin&'.We want membership to beinvolved in programs and&,oal-setting as much aspossible, so come and beheard.

PaM Board of Directors

FOM Board President PeterLaugharn reports thatseveral members (probablyDC residents) havea-rumbled about the dateof the reunion, given itsChicaa-o location andpresumed chilly weather inNovember. First, Novem-ber is balmy in the WindyCity (compared toJanuary-March), andsecond, we know you haveexperienced and enjoyed80uk bus rides oversnowy Tifeltout in theHigh Atlas on the roadfrom Marrakech to Ouar-zazate, or chilly nights inIfrane, Morocco's answerto Switzerland. Finally,both the National Dairyand Food Industry andthe Radiological Society ofNorth America will havetheir annual reunions inChicaa-o that weekend. Soif they can do it, you cando it!

Keynote speaker Dr.GhuyJam Haider Aaai, a na-tive of Pakistan, is Chairof IsJamics and History ofReligions at the AmericanIsJamic College in Chicaa'Q.He earned a PhD in thesame field at TempleUniver8ity. Dr. Aasi alsoserves as Director of theIslamic Foundation in Il-linois, and as co-chair ofthe Conference for Im-prQved Muslim-ChristianRelations. He will speakon how FOM membersmight help raise awarenes-sand mutual understandin&,between Muslim and non-Muslim communities, andDr. Aasi will have plentyof time for questions anddiscussion.

You have already receivedor soon will receive aregistration packet for Ii-tt.aa '89, if you want toregister right this minute(and we welcome allcomers), send a check ormoney order in the amountof $20.00 (non-refundable),payable to Friends ofHorocco/Ijtimaa '89, to:

Valerie2161 West

ChicagoSeriously, we hope youwill attend Ijtl.aa '89.The November weekend in-cludes a federal holiday(Friday the 10th)and--based on last year'sIjtimaa evaluations--we'veplanned the weekend to

Ijtil88a '89 will include therequisite hella kbira onSaturday ni&,ht (detailsstill bein&, worked out).

Su&,&,estionsno longer onthe drawin&,

If you have any questions,please call Valerie inChica.o at 312/878-0235;there is an answerin.machine, and all calls will~ returned.

StaatsGiddin&,s

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3August 1989

A complete registrationpacket with importantdetails has been mailed, toall Friends of Moroccomembers, separately fromthis newsletter. When youregister, you will receivea confirmation kit withmaps, etc...; in the mean-time, here is a summary ofyour options:

ARRlVlNiG: You can travelto Chicago in your car, orby air, train, or bus. Twoairports, Midway andO'Hare, serve the city; youcan get downtown frOIL

jO'Hare for a $1.00 CTAtrain ride which leavesfrom right inside the air-port. From Midway, youmust get downtown by taxior via one of the severalvans or busses todowntown hotels such asthe Palmer House. Amtraktrain service will deposityou at Union Station, justwest- of downtown, andGreyhound bus servicetakes you to the main ter-minal right downtown, justthree blocks from the Cul-tural Center, site of Ij-timaa 's.q

STA YING: Friends ofMorocco has arranged forfifteen double rooms at A_rican I.laatc CoDe.e Ie the onl,. IslaaJc InstitutIon In the We8tern a.ai.phereeach of two downtown which brln.. to.ether the re"-ious .pirlt of Isla.. with 8Cholarl,. trainin. in theh .. hu_nitiee, 8Cience, and the ~taI 8CMnce.. Their .18Ion Ie "to build brid... of

olels, both on Michigan autual underatandln. between MuaU8a and non-Mu.lia. thrCMa.h educatkJft.W

Avenue and within II In the earl,. 19708, a nu.ber of Mualta profeealonale and or.anl_tIona ~ducted a

pleasant walking distance I .tud,. on the f..lbtlit,. of an I.lamic ~1Ie.., and eventu.lI,. their efforte ~Itedof the Cultural Center and In the foundln. of AIC in 1981; the flr.1. .I.udenl.. were ad.il.l.ed in 1983. Si.

fecull.,. currenU,. ~h 35 .tudente. two-thirds of vb.- are u.s. ciUaena and oneother Chicago amenities. third of whom are forell'ft .tudent., _Inl,. from Africa and I.he Middle BasI.. For( Sev ral ' f atars Infor_l.lon, call or wril.e I.he AMerican Islamic Colle.e at 640 We.1. Irvin. Park

e majOr con erences Road, Chica~ IL 60613; teMphona 312/Z81-4700.

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D"OnNG: Where can - afar\ in de-.riblq \hin.. tD do in Chtcap on a w_kend?For re\urned Paece CorP' volunteer., \he cl\,. will be a ,10,. becau.. 01 i\8 a_zing,.rowin. interneUonal CO8.uni\,.. m -,. tD pene\ra\8. Y- can ~k ,.our PeaceCorp. lan.ua.e here, even dareja d.al H...h,.b! You can .a\ el Salvadoranpupu.., e\roll \he a\~\8 01 Pt'-n and look a\ Mesbn aural8, or tr,. one 01 oyer45 That re8\8uran\8, tD - a lew;

Chicalo i. 8180 I_a lor i\8 .uatc, eapeclali,. jua and bluea, and cluba abound,lro. \he Gr_n Mill wl\h i\a all-ni.h\ jaB. in \he UptDwn nei.hborhood, tD \heCheckerboaf.d Loun.e in Muddy Watere' Chicago-blue. \url on \he cl\,.'. mu\h etde.B.. -8Ue .por\8 Ian. will be d'-ppoin\ed .Ince \be s-r. pia,. a\ Ptt\8bur.h \hew_k.nd 01 Ijtl- .ueeu. hounde will be crased with choice. tD _k.. Hereare 8Ome 01 \h. more detailed de8CripUon. 01 mme 01 \he \hin.. \ha\ wUl be 8Oin.Oft \he -kend 01 IJt'- ..

"Tr8'Velinl th. PacifIo"FIBLD MUBBUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

On ~ve.ber 11\b, Cbicalo'. Field Mueeu. at Na\ural Rietor,. will launch "Tnv.1in.\he P8Cific," .n ex\~dinar,. per--n\ exhibl\ on \be ezo\ic, vaa\ re8ion 01 \hePecllic ialanda. 1\ wt1l be the moat co8lpreheneive exhibi\ on Pacific hi.tDr,. andcul\urea ever devekoped b,. a .ueeu.. VieitDra tD "TraveUn. \he P8Cific" will Mrnabou\ the environ.en\8 and peoplee 01 tbe P8Clfic lelande thrCMJ.h _\8\8ndin. ar-\ilacte Irom Field Mu.eua'e world-cla.. oceanic collec\ion. and the dra_\ic re-crea\ed i.land locale. 01 RawaU, th. Marahall l.land., Papua" New Ouin-. andTabi\"

The P8Cific islande eahibi\ will In\roduce vi8itDr. tD \he powerlul ..-0k08ic and en-vironmental lorcee 01 \he Pacific re8k>na--Iorce. \ha\ led tD \he crea\lon 01 exoti-call,. beau\ilul ialand environ.en\.. The exhibit \race. \he journe,.. 01 plan\a,ani_ie, and hu_na a. \h.,. traveled 8Croe. \he ~ tD popula\e, \ben eurviv. inthe.e lar-nun. oc-n land..

"Travelln. the P8Clfic" locueea on eis 8Ubjec\8: orienta\lon tD \he Pacific. volcanism.nd i.land 10rma\lon, na\ural ..\\in.. nevl.atlon and .hipbuUdin., vn live, andecono.,. and \he -.rke\place. Viaitor. will '-rn abou\ th- tDpic8 .. \be,. "travel"tD re-cr..\8d laland. and encoun\er. lor en.ple, the extremel,. rare .pirit ca~ awallt-throu.h N.w Gul~ villa8e. and . ~ern-day Tahi\lan ~keL

The Field MunuID 01 Na\ural Hi.tDr,., one Chic..o'e linea\ cul\ural land_rka. i. an_a,. walk, bu. ride. or taxi trip lr08 downtown ChicaCo, --\ed on Lake ShoreDrive n_r Soldier Field and Shedd Aquarium. Admi..1on tD "Tnvelin. \he Pacific"ia Ir.e wi\h re.ular adml..lon tD \h. Mueeum: 83 lor adulte. 82 lor chUdren and..nlor.. The Field Muaeu. is open dan,. lr08 9:00 - tD 5:00 pa; call 312/122-9410lor ~re inlor_\lon.

Unique in abe W..Cern Be8Wpb.'"AKBRICAN ISLAMlC COLL~B

Dr. Ghulu. As.i, ke,.no\e .peaker lor Ijai... '88, ia a lacul\,. .e.ber 01 \heA_rican l.leaic Colle.e lAIC) in Chicap. AIC i. a priva\e, lour-,.ear colle.e .rant-In. bachelor 01 arte de.~e In I.Ia.ic S\udiea or Arabic S\udiea. S\uden\8 can~r or 8inor in et\her 8Ubject and -,. elm .Inot" in -.dlan .\udie.. 1\ i. --\edon Chlca8Q'a north .ide in the Wri.le,.vnie nel.hborhood, at 840 Wa.t Irvin. Park

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The Blackstone Hotel, at636 South MichiganAvenue, offers doublerooms at 877.55 per night,all taxes included; therate also includes a con-tinental breakfast and afree cocktail. The Blacks-tone is a vintage hotel,across from Grant Park,and home to one ofChicago's best-known jazzclubs, Joe Segal's JazzShowcase. To make re8er-vation8, call 312/427-4300and mention Friends ofMorocco; reservations mustbe made by October 20th.

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in the city the sameweekend have filled thelargest hotels). You mustmake your own reserva-tions, and each hotel hasa cut-off date after whichthey will not hold therooms for Friendsc, ofMorocco.

The Allerton Hotel, at 701North Michigan Avenue,has double rooms for$73.95, all taxes included.Also a vintage hotel, theAllerton has one ofChicago's finest (and mosthigh-priced!) French res-taurants, L'Escargot; it isalso within easy walkingdistance of the PeaceMuseum, the Museum ofContemporary Art, and theTerra Museum of AmericanArt, to name a few. Tomake reservations, calltoll-free 800/621-8311(outside Illinois), or800/572-7839 (insideIllinois); rooms will be

held for Friends of~ Morocco until'"' - October 10th. .

Salnt-88en.' "s ( DaliJ8"LYRIC OPBRA OP ORICAGO

fal8OU. L"ric Opera of Ch~, topth.r with the San Pranci8CO Opera AaBOCta-, tion, will .tage French _mp088r Camille satnt-s-n.' s..~ et DaliJ8 during the

month of Nove.ber, with a 2:00 _Unee perfor~ BCheduled for Sunda,., November.12Lh. The production, in French with projected Bngli8h .ubUu.., will .tar P~Do.dngo 88 the reUgfou. B-- and Ag- Bal~ in the role of the RducUve D8Wa.

With -~. mu8fc, the frenzied PhiU8Une'. b8CChaD8l. and incredible .tagecraft ofthe de.tructlon _ne, thi. opera production will be spectacular. eo- perf~are alread,. sold out; for ticket int~tIon, p~ call or write the LJ'ric Opera ofChicago, Box 70199, Ch~ IL 60613; telephone 312/332-2244.

Saved b.,. the Flr8t H87OJO Dele.,.'. Wll.CmCAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY CULTURAL CBNTBR

IjU- ... will tak. p~ in th. f_rLh floor _Ung room. of tbe bYel,., re8toredChicago Public Librar,. Cultural Canter, kJoaLed on Michigan Av.nue at WuhinatonStreet. right acro.. from Grant Park. Now Hated on the National .gieter of RiatoricPlac.., the Cultural Center -. 8JaLed for de8OUtion in the 19108 and W88 reecuedb,. ettorta begun b,. Mn. Richard J. Dale,. and the Friend. of tb. Chicago PublicLibrar,. .

OriginaO,. the central branch of the Chicago Public Librar,., the buUding we.rededicated in 1971 u Lbe Cultural Canter, and now hou... e-Uent coUecUon. ofHterature, tin. arts, muetcal ecorn and re-..din... and foreip )an book. andperiodical., with material. in nearl,. 100 langue The fourth floor hou.e. and .x-hiblt h81l, and the Cultural Center a1eo includee a theater, perfor_nce haD, and pe-riodic art and photograph,. exhibit. on the ground floor.

The main art exhibit, runnin. from Septe8ber 30th through Noveaber 11th, Lhe dateof IJU..a '8., wUl be "Pre.ent at the Creation," a .aJor .how of etx Chica.osculptor. and their work troa the 1970. and 19808.

Architecturall,. 8pe8king, the Cultural Center i8 a .bowpiece. Withe _.niflcent Tif- .tan,. ~, ~ ecroll. ~e of _lored .tone., ~ther-ot-pearl, and FavrUe gl888,and I.lamtc-.L,.1e arche. adorning the 8OUth .tair_y-, the buUdin. itaeif i8 etun-nin.. There are bron.. d~rW87'. inlaid wiLh 8arble, .teined .la.. windowa, andliterary inBCriptiona in ten lea_us... carved into -tone. Completed in 1897, the Cui-:tural Center i. a Umeetone-and-granite ano8al,. in downtown Chicago; J'8t. Ite .tair--78 were latel,. u.ed to film one of the chaae -neB in the 1981 t.ture film, TheUntouchable&

IJU- ... _tin.. will be held on the -thwnt side of the fourth floor of the.Cultural Canter; you'll enter the building troa Wuhin.ton Street, on the buDding'.south .ide and walk up the beautiful tiled and ~ble .t.ir8. Psrtlcipent. will havea.ple Lime to explore the building and ite collections. The Ch~ Public Ltbrar,.Cultural Center Ie locaLed 'et 18 a..t Wuhin.ton Street, Chtcsgo IL 60602.

Another Fir8t of Ie. X1ndTHB PBACB MUBBUM

Chicago t. home to a vital 8Onu_nt to peace and peece~, The Peace Mu.eum,also the tir.t and onJ,. of it. kind in the nation. Foundad in th. 88r1". 1980., thePeace Mueeum Is houeed in a t,.pical River North area brick and Umber building, l0-cated an 888Y walk weBt of Chicago'e north Loop.

The ""'on ot The Peace Mu..um i8 to provide peace education throu.h the arteand the hulD8ntu.., pre.enUn. exhibition. and 8pecial pro.r_. relaLed to war andpeace. Fro. October 8, 1989, through Januar7 8. 1990, the major .how win be"Everyone H88 a _ht To," an exhibit of work. b,. Midwe.t arLt.l8 on Lbe UnitedNation. Declaration of Ruman Ri.ht8. The show Include. work. b,. M8ureen Seebe,known tor h.r portr8il8 of h08t.ap Terr7 AnderBOn.

Me.ber.hip in the .u..um CO8l8 825 per J'88r '.10 tor etudent. and seniors). ThePeace MuHU8I contain8 . wonderful gift .hop ot peace-relaLed poeter., card., andartifact.; hour. are 12 noon - 5:00 pa datl,.. Ad ion: 83.50 edull8 and 82children. For IBOre intor.ation, write the .u.eua aL 430 We.t Brie, Chicago IL60610, or telephone 312/440-1860.

i ~~ _b-~ ~-=---i--~~--~~~There will also be a fewspaces in the homes ofChicago FOM members; youcan indicate your need forthis on the registrationform.

5August 1989

"...the aim of our Centreis to develop and expand

Rather than sending offmaterials wholesale, FOMhas asked RRCs to contactus with specific needs.Below are excerpts fromletters we've received todate, and mailina- instruc-tions follow.

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"...English teachers andtheir students find itreally difficult to createan authentic learning at-mosphere, because theyare restricted to the fewbooks they own...And tomake matters worse, noEnglish books, magazinesor newspapers are avail-able in this remote areacalled Oued EddahabProvince that won inde-pendence only 13 yearsago... We need aU kinds ofmagazines and newspapersin English, and books in-cluding: reference books,encyclopedias, philosophy,religion, social science(sociology, education, etc),lana-uage (English teach-

ith

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Have you ever ~shed thatsome of the things you nolonl'er need here could bein use in Morocco? If so,read on.

Regional Resource Centers.-(RRCs) have been set upin several parts ofMorocco by PCVs andMoroccan English teachers.Their main function is tosupply Enl'lish materialsto local teachers. PCVLTom O'Brien has overseentheir operation from Rabaton the PC side; he isbeing replaced by NatashaHaugnes in August.

ing, dictionaries), purescience (math, physics),technolo.y and health, andliterature (any, inEn.lish)." FroIIJ: AzizKarimi, RRC Coordinatorand English Teacher, POBox 156, Dakhla,' Oued-Eddahab(4/24/89).

ura'ently-needed profes-sional support for Englishteachers in Moroccansecondary schools andhelp students improvetheir learning ofEnglish... The acute lack of

professional support hascreated a sense of despairamona' teachers of English,especially our Moroccancolleagues who don't have

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others) who have""~:j~~\wondered whatI :Moroccan teens do

~ outside school,

Adolescence in a

Moroccan Town maybe of interest.Written byanthropologistSusan SchaeferDavis (PCV 1965-67)and psychologist

I DouglaS A. Davis. The book describes

adolescent life, in-

relations

family,

, and the

sex, and

informa-

on physiologi-

development,ucation, and

1 (for ex-

_ample, about 40% of

ys and girlsope to be;-- -- - - teachers).

Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick,I N.J., 1989, .~2.00, hardcover .with dust jacket. (If youfind it a bit. steep, perhaps you could have your libra-ry order a copy.) Peace Corps Rabat now has a copy.

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6 August 1989

PCP :00 Proj ~ctfNeeds Camera~The Peace Corps Partner- The zoo receives an The FOM Board, planningship Program, as some of average of. 400,000 visitors to begin raising money toyou will remember, is a (70,000 of which are school donate to developmentsmall .rants program link- &,rnups) annually. projects in Morocco,ing Americans throu&,h Friends of Morocco recently adopted the fol-schools, churches, civic like to identify someone I lowing project fundingorganizations, foundations able to make a tax- guidelines:and corporations and in- deductible contribution otdividuals in development sur p Ius w 0 r k a b 1. 1/ Each project proposedprojects overseas. These photographic equipment to to FOM for tundin&, mustcommunity initiated, support these efforts. address a demonstratedplanned and directed Needed are a 35mm camera, need.projects are facilitated by a 70-210mm zoom lens, a 2/ Each project shoulda resident Peace Corps f I ash, t rip 0 d, and involve the active plan-volunteer who disburses double/coupler. A full ning and participation of athe funds and coordinates proposal can be shared Moroccan beneficiary orthe reporting of ac- with individuals interested beneficiaries, with somecomplishments. in contributin&,. Write form of self-help contribu-

FOM or call Tim Resch at tion.In Morocco at the National 703/660-9292. 3/ . Funding is a one-

Zoological Park located at time-only expenditure withTemara between Rabat and For general information on no further obli&,ation.Casablanca, zoo staff, with the Peace Corps Partner- Reapplication for fur.therthe encouragement of en- ship program, write Peace funding is permitted.vironmental education Corps at 1990 K Street, 4/Each proposal should in-volunteers Ramona Muller NW, Washington DC 20526, clude a plan for reportingand Michael Simonik , have or call 800/424-8580, ext. t 0 F 0 M 0 n pro j e c trequested funds or a con- 227 or 277. Two current progress.tribution of photographic films on 16mm and VMS are 5/ Funds will be awardedequipment for the produc- available; one for primary at the discretion of thet ion 0 fed u cat ion a 1 schools and one for junior FOM Boerd.products such as slide hi.h and older,shows, brochures, posters, describe the program andand educational displays.. provide case examples.

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FOM Grant Applications For radio listeners: RDFThe FOM Board has set g,uidelines to: Friends Marocaine, Rabat, broad-aside 8500 to fund Peace Morocco, Attn: Project casts daily in ArabicCorps Volunteer projects Fund, PO Box 21773, and/or French via shortin Morocco. Any Volun- Washington DC 20009. The wave from 2:00 pm to 5:30teers with a g,ood use for deadline is 1 November pm EST.some or all .of this money 1989. Doing its part to'should send proposals fol- fight red tape, FO } The broadcasts can be

low i n g the promises to have received on the 25 meterrecently es- selected PCV's band at 11.735 MHZ.tablished FOM check in the mail I It usually is clearerf .u n din g by 30 November 1989. on cloudy days.

1-I Yallah.

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The project distributes Alison has written that thepregnant dairy goats to FOM gift, along with fundsthe women of poor from the Kruger Fund,families, alleviating some have helped to speed this For more information, con-of the problems of mal- extremely worthwhile tact Alison at the Nearnutrition created in part project along. East Foundation, 29 Broed-by eight continuous years way, Suite 1125, New Yorkof drought. The goats Alison and Gary have NY 10006-3259, or Mark atwill allow the increase in since left Morocco, but NEF/Service de l'Elevage,consumption of milk (an report'that the project is ORMVA de Ouarzazate,pxcellent source of calcium. on-going and has been Morocco.

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from page 5customs, while there oftenare with larger shipments.We suggest you send whatyou have individually(rather than FOM gather-ing things), wf-th aseparate letter statingwhat you've sent, to theaddresses above. A copyof the letter would be ap-preciated by FOM inWashington, so we have anoverview of what's beensent, and can list what'sstill needed in upcomingnewsletters.

So - next time you'recleaning or moving, sendoff those old TEFLmaterials, Louis L' Amourbooks, or Time magazinesto be enjoyed by Moroccanhighschoolers andteachers!

"In our first year of exis-tence, the Midelt ResourceCenter has become a vital

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Friend;; c>t' ~c>rocco

Last year the Friends ofMorocco contributed $200to an animal wiferyprogram in Ouarzazate,designed by Alison Geistand Gary Gregg, former_.Peace COrps Volunteers.

and vitamins) amongchildren and the teachingof hygiene by analogy (aspregnant dairy goats needhygienic care similar tothat of pregnant andnursing mothers).

left under the directorship of Dr. Mark Fiordan,a veterinarian and aformer PCV who served inOuarzazate.

The project could still usefinancial help so that theprogram can be be ex-panded to other families.

the generous supportservices that PCVs are ac-customed to. The follow-ing is a list of ourcenter's needs that we aretrying to fill: referencegrammars, works on TEFLmethodology, professionaljournals, graded readersfor students, dictionaries,visual aids (maps, posters,charts, newspapers,magazines), recorded cas-settes of spoken English(songs, plays, newsbroadcasts), portableEnglish typewriter."From: L. Ahmam, Coor-dinator, Ouarzazate RRC,Lycee P. H. S.. Med., Room35, Ouarzazate, Morocco.(4/10/89).

part of the Englishprogram here in Midelt.

Both teachers and stu-dents have benefited fromthe programs andresources available at thecenter. We need yourhelp to continue growing.We are looking for books,magazines, and othermaterials to stock ourcenter." From: AbdellahYousfi and Patty Ryan,Midelt English ResourceCenter, Lycee Hassan II,Midelt, Morocco. (6/5/89).

The best way to shipmaterials is directly to the

RRCs, at the addressesabove. Tom O'Brien saidthat if they arrive insmall packages (aboutbread box size), thereshould be no problem with

8 August 1989

Excursion toEnchantingMoroccoThe trip to Moroccoplanned for September is&,aining steam and waitingfor you to si&,n on soon.

To better plan for the tripand to take advanta.e ofthe cooler weather, thetrip is beinl' scheduledfrom 26 September to 10

1989.,~p~ J==~11 ~ The trip is being directedF Ib . ht t AI . . by John "Jaques" van der

U r 19 0 9 e ria Water (Art Education/Rabat6:. Fez, 64-66) who is put-

A ten-month lecturing .lowance of nearly $11,000 ting together a trek toaward is available at the to cover travel, bagga.e, the Valley of the DadesUniversity of Algiers, and settling in. In addi- fo.r those who would likebeginning in September tion, housing is provided to ta. along. Otherwise,1990, in the Field of by the University and tui- after a quick briefing ofAmerican Literature or tion reimbursement is PC activities at PC RabatCivilization. Scholar will available for accompanying and some optional siteteach undera-raduate and K-12 children. visits to current PCgraduate courses, 6-9 projects, you will 'havehours per week. Instruc- For information about this nearly two weeks of traveltion is in English; a work- Fulbria-ht award and on your own.ing knowledge of Arabic others in the Middle Eastor French is needed. and North Africa, contact Round-trip airfare, JFK-

Renee Taft, 202/686-4010, Casa-JFK, will cost aboutAmerican citizens with PhD Chris Neuman, 202/686- $619. If you are inter-and five years of teaching 4012, or Gary Garrison, ested in adding your nameexperience are eligible to 202/686-4019, all at the to the list, send yourapply. Award benefits in- Council for International name, address, and phoneclude a monthly stipend of Exchana-e of Scholars in number to:$3,600, plus initial al- Washina-ton DC.

John van der Water

PC by Numbers 2:;~OC;?J~t.The GAO released PEACE (budgets, volunteer info, Sacramento CA 95816CORPS, A Statistical proms etc... The Smithsonian has(GAO/NSIAD-89-174FS) out- also released a publication, If you want, give John alining all of the statistics Proceedings: Peace Corps call at 916/448-6535, and

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.lriends of Morocco andseveral Wash in. ton DCarea MRPCV s had a chanceto return some of thatwonderful Moroccanhospitality recently durin.the VerT Special Arts IiJ--ternationaI Festival held inDC. Very Special Arts, anorganization dedicated toencourag'ing and support-ing art amon. the mentallyand physically disabled,hosted a week long con-ference and festival at theKennedy Center in June.The International Festivalis celebrated every fiveyears and is host todelegates from each stateand 50 countries.

...Madame Hassar, Presidentof the Moroccan Leaguefor the Protection of In-fants and special delegateappointed by PrincessLalla Amina; Doctor IdrissAlaoui, Professor at theFaculty of Medicine inRabat; and Said Tem@A~8 Ylian Ena-liah teacher in Tan-gier and a disability ac-

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~everal Moroccan VerySpecial Artists were in-vited to the Festival inJune and FOM members of-fered their time and homesduring their stay. Theparticipants included:Abdelfatah Douk, a classi-cal guitarist who teachesat the Temara school forthe blind and is blindhimself (he teachesEn&,lish); Mohammed Nidam,a handicapped dancer fromCasablanca; Kantour Tibari,a deaf printmaker fromthe Casablanca area; Taw-fiq Bouzouba, a painterfrom Fes; and Hakim Illi, akeyboard player who playshis own compositions.(Many of you may remem-ber Hakim from theCheshire Foyer in Mar-rakech, or as the recep-tionist at the Peace Corpsoffice at Rabat). Also at-tending the Festival were

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.1ona visit, the artists per-formed or exhibited theirworks at the KennedyCenter and the Organiza-tion of American States,attended a receptionhosted by the P-residentand First Lady at theWhite Bouse and attendedanother reception in their

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To The Frlend8 of Morocco,

pear Fri8nd8,

~. O'Allloo& Thl. I. a ver,. difficult letter to write becaUH 1 ju8t do not know)there to begin. So much klnd- and boepltaJit,. waa estended to .e, I...well, a.3u8t overwhelmed. But, let me tr,.!

Fro. the ver,. be.lnnin. when I wa. 8elected to be a member of the Moroccandele.ation to the International Ver,. Special Arte Feettval, the Friend. of Morocco(FOM) have reached out to help me.

Fir.t of all I would like to expre.e m,. heartfelt thank. to all thoee FOM that re8idein the Kln.dam. The,. aeaiated me in countlee8 _,.a durin. .,. trip preparation.From the firat -ant I firat .tepped upon A_rlcan eon FOM W88 there. I waseo.ewhat anxioue about arrlvln. in the USA without a clue -01 what to do, but FOMwaa there to 888Ure 1 experienced the be8t that AMerica had to oller.

The electric wheelchair that FOM provided IDe durIn. m,. .ta,. allowed ..e thefreedom of ~ve_nt to esperlence the USA. I waa plea_ntl,. .urprieed to find howa ce88ible the USA _8 to me throu.h the chair. The chair enabled me to vi8itseveral handicap or.anlzattona to Inve8t1pte the orpntzational .tructure of hand-icapped people In the United Statee. Thie information will be put to u.e in Morocco,Inahallah, to aid in the orpntzation of Moroccan handicapped ~le. Our.oa1 i. toInte.rate the handicapped into the matn8tream of Moroccan BOCiet,. in a 8ilDiIar -,..

Durin. thi8 trip I had the opportunlt,. to vi8it _n,. of m,. friend. 1 had not seenin a Jon. time. In. .tran.e 8Ort to -,. this was 8" bled eta,. in A_rica. Theonl,. picture of the 8tate8 I had In m,. mind was the ODe painted b,. m,. Interactionwith roM. Ma",. invited - to vi8it th_, ata,. with their famiUea, and .enerall,. es-perienee America in a 8imilar -,. 80 -,. of J'OU esperienced Morocco.

In re8ponH to the _n,. queetiona on m,. lmpre..iona of life in America, the folJow-in. three polnta are what struck - the moat:

1. I was ver,. Impreeaed with the nature of the State8. The foreet8, lakeeand .enerall,. the bled d~ W88 80 ~utiful and peeceful; I tbou.ht euchplace8 only ezi.ted in picture..

2. On the .ubject of food, what impre-d IDe tha 8O8t w.. the avai1abiUt,. of80 18any different cui.in.. from allover the world. To have the opportunityto tr,. national di8he. from 80 ~,. culture. waa a tr_t.

3. My sta,. In Waahin.ton _s ver,. educational. 1 WB8 able to viatt many ofyour national monument8 and develop a deeper underetandin. of the historyof the United State. of America.

In cloBin., let me expre.e my moet heartfelt thanks to POM for their makln. my tripto the States one I will never for.eL The kindness, generosity and hospitaUty bs-8towed upon - has touched me deeply and will Uve forever in M,. h_rt. Theretruly are "Friend. of Morocco" living on both 8ide. of the Atlantic and I thank thema/l.

Sincer@ly YOUr8,

JIll, Hakim

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honor at the home of Am-bassador Benjelloun, theMoroccan ambassador tothe u.s.

Several of the participantsstayed at GeorgetownUniversity, but FOM mem-bers Polly Scoville andSusan Farrall hosted Taw-fiq and Hakim. Thanks toSusan, Hakim was able tomeet with many disabilityrigh ts activists, includingformer Press SecretaryJames Brady! Friends ofMorocco provided a rentedelectric-powered wheel-chair for Hakim so that hecould enjoy some of theaccessibility for which DCand its Metro system arefamous.

The Festival served as astarting point for VerySpecial Arts in Morocco.VSA plans to establish anon-profit organizationthere which would or-ganize activities for dis-abled artist includingtraining seminars and artexhibits.

We would like to take thisopportunity to thankSusan Farrall, PollyScoville, and Alex Mattson(our Very Special Artscontact person and a trueFriend of Morocco) for alltheir hard work andgenerous hospitality.They really came throughin a time of need ~ndtheir help was greatly ap-preciated.

Over 1000 former PeaceCorps Volunteers gatheredon 21-23 July, at Kent(Ohio) State University,including 20 MoroccoRPCV,s, for the annyalRPCV Conference.

Peace Corps' recently an-nounced invitation to workin Hungary, its delayedentry into China, legisla-tion promoting volun-teerism, American foreignpolicy, and 13 workshopscovering everything fromthe homeless here andoverseas, human rights,and the world's diminish-ing rain forests wereamong the highlights ofthe 10th Annual NationalConference of ReturnedPeace Corps Volunteers.The theme was InventingPeace: At Home and Over-seas.

Peace qorps Director PaulD. Coverdell convened aTow!) Meeting on Fridayevening; Ohio GovernorRichard F. Celeste spokeon political activism; andU.S. Rep. ConstanceMorella (R-Md) discussedlegislation she has intro-duced that provides col-lege scholarships for thosewho agree to three yearsof Peace Corps service.

Morocco PCVs who wereremembered at theMemorial March are:

Raymond J. KrugerRobert Owens

William A. Stout, Jr.Louise A. Wolf

Polly Zimmerman-~

RPCV Jonathan Kwitny,Saturday's keynoter,critiqued American foreignpolicy. Other speakersrepresented the UN HighCommission on Refugees,

USAID, diplomats,academics, and business

organizations.

Besides speeches, openforums, and workshops,the conference had acareer fair, an arts fes-tival, an international fair,reunions of many RPCVgroups, a lO-K Run forPeace, and a memorialmarch for PCVs who diedin service.

The Conference was co-sponsored by the NationalCouncil of Returned PeaceCorps Volunteers and theNortheast Ohio ReturnedVolunteer Association,along with Kent State andother RPCV groups in theOhio Valley. TheCleveland and GeorgeGund foundations helpedto underwrite the con-ference.

Next year's conference willbe at Eugene, Oregon.

Mitch Snyder of the Com-munity for Creative Non-Violence spoke on home-lessness in America, as:well as leading a workshop

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Comments",Dear FOM,

Letters"To FOM,

Etc.~ ,Dear FOM, :

J've enjoyed very muchthe first couple of issuesof FOM's newsletter...J wasan active participant inthe Peaceworks publicationwhile in Morocco, and thisis a nice stateside equiv-alent.

I was very pleased toreceive your letter andcopies of Friends ofMorocco for which I thankyou. --

I would like to con&,ratu-late you on your objec-tives to maintain contactbetween the Peace CorpsVolunteers who served inMorocco, and, at the sametime, inform your fellowAmericans about the cul-ture and people ofMorocco. I believe thatthis is a worth while taskand, alon.. with my sincereencoura&,ements, I conveyto you and your col-leagues all my best wishesfor success.

Gregory Acker (85-87)Louisville KY

Send letters to: Friend.at Morocco, Newsletter, POBox 21773, Washington DC20009

Mother Teresa's fiftiethhome for the poor inAfrica will be opened inMorocco in the fall of1989.

Groups like FOM...have aspecial opportunity andresponsibility to Berve aBa link between thedevelopin. world and theAmerican public. That'swhy I was particularly ex-cited "to read in FOM'BJune newsletter about"Pen PalB"...Keep up the good work.

All Ben8'elloun,Ambassador (Morocco)

Paul D. Coverdell,Director (Peace Corps)

..leune Afrique (2 Aug. 89)reports that the 5 ArabMaghreb Union countries(Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,Libya, and Mauritania)have decided to establisha shared airline (simi'ar toSAS of Scandinavia). Itwill be called "AirMaghreb", beginning serv-ice in September 1990.

on the Middle East, apart-heid, and anti-colonialism.

Battle, Interviews withMoroccan Women, byFatima Mernissi (translatedfrom the French by MaryJo Lakeland), NewBrunswick: RutgersUniversity Preas, 1989,224pp.

The American LegationMuseum directorship inTangiers has changed.Dr. Robert Smith Shea isretiring after 10 years.The new director will beElena Coon Prentiss, anartist who has exhibited inParis, New York, andMorocco. She spent muchof her early life in Tan-giers.

According to the WallStreet Journal, nodeveloping country votedin agreement with the U.S.(in the UN General As-sembly) more than 20X ofthe time in 1988. Moroccoagreed with the U.S. lessthan ax of the votes,with divergences most of-ten relating to resolutions

Two new books on Moroccoand Women: ~omen otMarrackech: record or asecret sharer, 1930-1970,translated from the Fin-nish, Chapel Hill: DukeUniversity Press, 1988,.215pp; and Doing DailY'. .

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...It certainly appears thatFriends of Morocco is avery active .roup. Inread in. over yournewsletters, I was im-pressed with both thequality and sub.tance...aswell as the depth of FOMactivities

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Friends of Morocco NewsletterF r i end S 0 f M 0 roc C 0 lind Moroccans on the part'Newsletter is published of Aml.~ricans, and to fundquarterly by the Friends (II:' otherwise supportof Morocco and circulated development activities into their members and '1oro('.('.o. t'o1embership duesother interested parties. are $15 annually. FOM isThe organization was governed by a nine-Iformed in 1988 to reunite mem ber national board.PC\'s who have served in ~1ailing address: FriendsMOrocco, to inform mem- of !\1orocco, PO Box 21773,bers about. current events Washington DC 20009. Forand conditions in Morocco, further information, con-to promote a better up- tact 1989 president Peterderstanding of Morocco Laugharn at 203/454-1067.

Newsletter StaffEditor:Bill GaisserPlease send all nominating

statements and ballot re-quests to FOM BoardNominations, c/o ValerieStaats, 2161 W. Giddings,Chicago IL 60625.

Hospitality is an importantfunc tion of FOM. Ifyou're interested in host-ing a /"Ioroccan studellt or.visitor (for dinner, over-night, or just for tea!),please contact PeterLaugharn at 203/454-1067.Remember all the after-noons of tea and the gra-ciou s hospita Jit.v th at!1:'!Q-!"~cans offered us?

Staff:Susan Schaefer DavisPeter LaugharnTim ReschNoreen PolkValerie Staats"-~

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