Saturday, February 27, 2021

Alumni

Alumni Update: Allison Shirk

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Currently I am studying journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and I just started working in the Education Abroad office on campus. I get to do web design for our school study abroad website, and I help plan and prepare for study abroad fairs and conferences on campus. It’s great to be able to use my time abroad to motivate other students to consider doing the same.

After living in Morocco, I have a newfound love for world travel and travel writing.

Upon graduation in May of next year I hope to combine both of these interests into a fulfilling career.

Alumni Update: Eboni Bell

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I am so happy to hear that MOJ is still going strong! I just graduated from Spelman in May; now I am working as a web developer at one of AT&T’s corporate office in Atlanta.

Please say hello to Badr and Taieb for me!

-Eboni Bell

Alumni Update: Stacy Wheeler

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My experience on MOJ inspired me to find out more about women’s land inheritance rights, so when I returned to Scripps College, I dedicated my senior year to writing a 68-page senior thesis about how land inheritance rights improve women’s well being.

While on MOJ, I also learned how important language skills are to journalism. I continued my Arabic studies, and in 2013 I won a State Department Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic in Oman.

I have also continued studying French and am currently working in France as an English teaching assistant while I apply for research grants to return to Morocco.

Alumni Update: Will Benjamin

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Salaam allay kom,

In the nine months since the last time I was in Morocco, I have been spending far too much time at school. I often look back at MOJ and am shocked by how much I learned, and how little time I spent in a classroom. I look forward to putting in my time, finishing the school year, and setting out on my path of life.

This summer I worked at a Brewery, fished in Colorado, and finished my TEFL/ TESL training. I am glad to have teaching as a fallback for next year, but am really hoping to be granted a Fulbright Scholarship to study traditional medicine in Senegal.

Alumni Update: Ashton Songer

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Since MOJ, I returned to Morocco, produced more photo projects, graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, worked as photographer and communications specialist at Myers Park Presbyterian Church this summer (web link for magazine publication not yet available), expanded my shooting to portraiture and weddings, and currently a Charlotte Fellow and creative marketing intern at Joe Gibbs Racing/Redline Sports Marketing.  My hopes and dreams are to return to Morocco again and again, of course, and become a photo editor at major media outlet.  🙂

 

My website is www.ashtonsonger.com.

Recording the Stories and Sounds of Morocco’s Jews

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By NATHAN EVANS

Victoria Anidjar de Abergel, 67, stands next to her intricately displayed dinner table of dates, fruits, nuts and wine glasses, speaking face-to-face with a woman who holds a well-worn Sony digital voice recorder between them. De Abergel explains that the display is for a uniquely Moroccan Jewish tradition called Mimouna, which marks the end of Passover with families throwing open their doors to friends and relatives well into the night, receiving them to eat, drink, pray and sing. Decades ago, she says, her Muslim neighbors would help gather food and even stop by her house during Mimouna celebrations.

Moroccan Women Build Land Rights Movement

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GlobalPost “Moroccan women build land rights movement”
Stacy Wheeler, Scripps College July 18, 2012

RABAT, Morocco — When Rkia Bellot’s family sold their communal land in 2004, each of her eight brothers received a share of the proceeds. But Bellot, a single woman, got nothing.

That’s because Bellot’s family land was part of the 37 million acres in Morocco governed by the orf, or tribal law. When this type of family land is sold, the unmarried or widowed women in the family, collectively called the Soulaliyate, often become destitute.

On the Run in the Sahara, for 153 Miles

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Kirsten Kortebein

Rachid el Morabity will be competing in the Marathon des Sables, a six-day ultramarathon through the desert in Morocco.

SPORTS On the Run in the Sahara, for 153 Miles By JACQUELINE KANTOR Published: April 6, 2012 Since 1986, more than 12,000 runners have competed in the Marathon des Sables, a six-day ultramarathon through the desert in Morocco. Read more here…

 

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