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As a first-time blogger on this trip, I first tried to chronicle my visit by blogging about each day's events, sites visited, and lessons learned.  As the days went on, themes began to emerge and I found myself reflecting on some of these overarching themes in addition to capturing a day's events.  As a result, readers will notice that some blog posts focus on a single day, while others capture a musing, thought, idea, or issue based on several days of observations.

Scroll all the way to the bottom to read my Morocco blog sequentially!  To jump to a particular post of interest, see the "Table of Contents" (below) with titles and links to each blog post.  Note:  Stay tuned for a few final edits as I polish text, add more photos and videos, and add captions to each photo.

Table of Contents

Pre-Departure Posts: 
-Departure in T-12 Days
-Shukran! Thank you to my Colleagues, Students, and Community!
-Meskouta and Mint Tea: A Try at a Moroccan Sweet

En Route:
-DTW-CDG: Bon Voyage 
-Program Rendezvous Point: Paris

Arrival in Casablanca:
-Aéroport Casablanca Mohammed V: A Warm Welcome and Counting Moroccan Flags

Welcome to Rabat:
-Monday Morning Video: From the West Coast to the Midwest, Greetings from Rabat
-Welcome to Rabat, Day 1: Linguistics, Land, and Lessons from Moroccan Teachers
-Rabat Day 2: Innovation and Preservation
-Moroccan Musing Act I: "The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" Effect - The Impact of Immersion 
-Morocco Flag Count:  An Update
-US-Morocco Literature Links: Who Knew?
-Rabat Day 3: Education, Old and New

Day Trip to Fès:
-Day 4:  Tiles, Tanneries, and Time Travel. It's Fès!

Casablanca, Part I:
-US-Morocco Literature Links: Part II
-If You Build It, People Will Thrive: Architecture and Educational Planning
-Moroccan Musing Act II: Plot Twist (Kind Of) - Culture, Clothing, and Casablanca 
-Plot Twist, Part II: Educational Reforms and Language Instruction in Morocco
-A Site Visit: The Magnificent Hassan II Mosque
-Moroccan Hotel Piano Bars, and Introducing Meisha
-It's Complicated: Gender Dynamics in Morocco

Host City Week in Fès:
-Host Teacher Week...Introducing Hassan!
-My Guiding Question: Student Engagement, Communication Skills, and Gender Parity 
-Lunch at Hicham's: A Moroccan Wedding Meal, Money Matters, and the Old Medina 
-Host City Visit Day 1: The ABCs of Fès
-Host City Visit Day 2: One Day, Three Schools
-Host City Visit Day 3: Human Rights, Student Tour Guide Heba, and A Visit to a Riad
-Moroccan Musing Act III: Updates from Deep in the Desert 
​-The Teacher's Lounge
-Host City Day 4: Public Speaking and Co-Teaching 
-Car Talk with Hicham:  What is Strange or Different?
-Host City Day 5: Co-Teaching, the Blue Gate Cafe. and Friday Couscous
-It's a Small, Small World: Ann Arbor x Fès x Indonesia x Oregon
-Host City Day 6: Saturday School, A VIP-Behind-the-Scenes Shopping Trip, and the Sounds of the Soufie
-It's Time to Say Goodbye to Fès

Return to Casablanca:
-Casablanca Culture, Calligraphy, a Cameo Appearance, and Le Cabestan
-Moroccan Musing Act IV:  The Verdict on the Desert
-Simply the Best: An Emblematic Song to Capture the Experience

Guiding Question: Findings and Reflections
To read about my guiding question and what I discovered in Morocco, click HERE.