{"id":1801,"date":"2014-02-27T09:53:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T09:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/?page_id=1801"},"modified":"2024-04-19T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:26:09","slug":"al-akhawayn-university-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maghrebi-voices.swarthmore.edu\/?page_id=1801","title":{"rendered":"Al Akhawayn University Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al Akhawayn students<\/p>\n<p>I worked with four classes at Al Akhawayn University: three composition classes and one world literature class.\u00a0 The composition classes were just wrapping up a reflective essay on one of four topics: Home, Poverty, Vanity, or Prejudice. \u00a0They were invited to adapt this writing into a digital story or start a new piece.\u00a0 The literature students all started from scratch. \u00a0Thirty\u00a0out of fifty-seven students were willing to share their work in this forum.\u00a0 Four of these students were not Moroccan, but their stories touch on their experience in Morocco (or, in one case, Libya). I\u2019ve grouped their stories roughly into the following categories:<\/p>\n<p><b>Home and family<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Manal Bakkali, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87815480\">untitled<\/a><br \/>\nKenza Benchehla, <a title=\"A miracle\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87761428\">A Miracle<\/a><br \/>\nMohamed El Ammari, <a title=\"The Dark Day\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87810192\">The Dark Day<\/a><br \/>\nHala El Bouziri, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87977470\">North Star<\/a><br \/>\nHouda El Ouali, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87974750\">An overwhelming journey<\/a><br \/>\nOuma\u00efma Fassi Fihri, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87844612\">Nostalgic Haze<\/a><br \/>\nKawtar Ghafel, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87983924\">A first decision-making<\/a><br \/>\nNassim Hajouji, <a title=\"A father's love\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87811972\">A father\u2019s love<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Transition to university<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Anonymous, <a title=\"Cold boxes\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87654114\">Cold boxes<\/a><br \/>\nWafaa Arich, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88365460\">Sensation<\/a><br \/>\nSara Lamsili, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87982010\">Wind of Change<\/a><br \/>\nZainab Ouakssim, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87981269\">untitled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Personal Relationships<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Malak Aladlouni, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87980192\">My best friend<\/a><br \/>\nAnonymous, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87761429\">My struggle for life<\/a><br \/>\nAnonymous, <a title=\"Reflections\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87807195\">Reflections<\/a><br \/>\nIsmail Asry, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88365455\">An old memory<\/a><br \/>\nAyla Parham, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88365462\">Adventure\/Ambition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Social Issues<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Soukheina Mina Djogue, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88385137\">Being Black<\/a><br \/>\nMohamed Amine El Karouch, <a title=\"My life story\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87655603\">My life story<\/a><br \/>\nSoukaina Fadli, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88046001\">wanted, worthy, pretty<\/a><br \/>\nMohamed el Mehdi Hajji, <a title=\"What goes around comes around\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87569928\">What goes around comes around<\/a><br \/>\nMelissa Lee Litowitz, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87568148\">A thousand paper cuts<\/a><br \/>\nNaoufal Souhail, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87977466\">Life struggles<\/a><br \/>\nOmar Tambakti, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87815480\">untitled<\/a> (Libyan revolution)<\/p>\n<p><b>Art, sport, spirit<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Maria Ala, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88365459\">There is always more to see<\/a><br \/>\nNabil Benhadda, <a title=\"Never stop believing\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87569930\">Never stop believing<\/a><br \/>\nBrahim El Yamani, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88365458\">A change in the spirit<\/a><br \/>\nAchraf Mamdouh, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87569926\">A whole year without sport<\/a><br \/>\nMohamed Amine Najid, <a title=\"Beyond words\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/87752464\">Beyond words<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Akhawayn students I worked with four classes at Al Akhawayn University: three composition classes and one world literature class.\u00a0 The composition classes were just wrapping up a reflective essay on one of four topics: Home, Poverty, Vanity, or Prejudice. \u00a0They were invited to adapt this writing into a digital story or start a new &hellip; 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