Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 February 2016

Morocco's French renaissance (Remi Piet, Al Jazeera)

A Moroccan man walks in a street in the port city of Al-Muhammadiyah [AFP]

Earlier this month, Morocco reversed a 30-year-old Arabisation policy by reinstating French as the main language of instruction in primary education. This decision marks an important new step in the process of reforms implemented by King Mohamed VI to reorient the country’s development and weigh on the societal evolution of the kingdom in advance of the upcoming October elections.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/morocco-french-renaissance-education-reform-160223063226889.html

Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Morocco: Tepid Response On Domestic Violence, Says HRW (Eurasia Review)

Moroccan police, prosecutors, judges, and other authorities often fail to prevent domestic abuse, punish the abusers, or assist survivors, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Moroccan government. In part, that is because Moroccan laws don’t provide officials with guidance on responding effectively.

http://www.eurasiareview.com/16022016-morocco-tepid-response-on-domestic-violence-says-hrw/

Monday, 8 February 2016

Morocco’s attempt to reform Islamic teachings could impact the world (Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Al Arabiya)

To try and sum up extremism in one word or reason will ultimately lead to a vast generalization. But the main reason behind the cause of extremism is the educational curricula, because this lays the foundations that shape one’s thoughts. So when these curricula teach extremism, extremists will be born.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2016/02/08/Morocco-s-attempt-to-reform-Islamic-teachings-could-impact-the-world.html