Jeremy.
I’ve thought a lot about how to address the trauma and immense grief that I and the rest of the YES Abroad cohort has experienced since...
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Snorkel Man
When I say that no part of my life here in Morocco has been normal, I mean it. And I love it (except the strange men). Today, Mira and I...
The Devil's Holiday
Yesterday was Halloween and I spent the day with Meriem, the best language partner in the entire world. Seriously. Don’t even try to...
Notes on My Daily Moroccan Life, Part 9.
I realized recently that I have not yet mentioned my newest hobby: surfing! Leah and I have been going to a small surf club at the Plage...
Notes on My Daily Moroccan Life, Part 8.
How many seeds do you think there are in big pomegranate? 100? 500? According to Google, there are over 600. Why are you sharing this...
Seeing the King! (Posted a tad late)
When our program went to see the king (a while ago, I just forgot to write about it), it was quite the experience. First of all, there...
Notes on My Daily Moroccan Life, Part 7.
While teaching English to the youngins last week, we were learning description vocabulary for people like “tall,” “skinny” etc. and the...
Madrassa (High School) Shenanigans and Maturity
I’ve been asked a lot by people at home how different Moroccan high school is, and truthfully, it’s an extremely different experience...
Throwing pigeons off a roof... NOT clickbait!
Last week, I went to my language partner’s university with her again, but this time, I brought Mira and Jeremy, and we met a bunch of...
My Daily Moroccan Life, Part 6.
The other day, I heard old men singing outside my window and simply thought, “ah yes, this is normal.” Did it matter that the music was...
Chaos follows me
I wrote the following post last Wednesday, but wifi has been spotty lately (at home AND at Amideast) so it is just being posted now. Of...
My Daily Moroccan Life, Part 5.
There are basically no trash cans on the streets of Rabat except by the tram stops and occasionally one or two in Agdal, but there are...
My New Host Family!
Some of y’all (can you tell that I used to be roommates with a Texan?) have asked why I switched to a different host family, and my...
How Small Moroccan Phrases are Changing Me
My favorite two phrases in Morocco are “inshallah” (God-willing/hopefully/we’ll see) and “chwiya b chwiya” (little by little/slowly), for...
A Wild Night with Omi
Today, Chloe got locked out the building (again) because she forgot her keys (again). I was talking to my host mother at the time of...
Notes on My Moroccan Life, Part 4.
The melon here is better than any melon I've ever had in America. I would eat melon all day every day if I could. At the gym today, I...
Baby's first week of school!
If my first week of school had to be described in only one word, it would be "overwhelming." First, I’d like to list my classes at...
Notes on My Moroccan Life, Part 3.
A typical breakfast for me includes dripping sweat in my pajamas, sitting at the kitchen table sipping hot tea and eating hot bread. I...
The West African Orthodox Catholic Church (+ Intimate Fridge Relationships)
Today was a very good day. Today was perhaps the best day that I’ve had in Morocco, and it all started with the West African Orthodox...
My First Hammam Experience: Another Soap Story
This past Sunday, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the hammam with my lunch host mom from Sale and her “6-year-old” daughter (I am...
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MADELEINE AU MONDE
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A thorough, overly-wordy recount of my life abroad in Rabat, Morocco, for the 2019-2020 academic year.
I was fortunate enough to receive a full scholarship from the US Department of State, through YES Abroad, that allows me to live with a host family in Morocco, study at a local high school (where the classes will be taught in French), and also attend a highly prestigious language institute called Amideast, where I will be studying Darija (the Moroccan dialect of Arabic) and Modern Standard Arabic!
Along the way, I hope to learn about Islam as well as other major aspects of Northern African society, make friends, join a local gym/sports team, and enjoy Moroccan cuisine.
I do not plan on purchasing data for my phone because I want to be IN Morocco, when I'm in Morocco, but you can contact me by email or Whatsapp if you wish! I have also terminated my veganism so I can try common Moroccan dishes including those containing goat and sheep (Sorry Clover and Bo).
That's all, folks! Let me know if you have any questions, and 'arak lahqa!
-Madeleine
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