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Saturday, December 31

     -- Depart the US for Morocco

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Sunday, January 1

     -- Airport pick up and bus drive to Rabat

     -- Briefing and orientation session:

             o     Welcome by AMIDEAST Morocco Country Director

             o     Safety and security briefing

             o     Distribute written materials, emergency phone numbers, host family information

             o     Host family orientation

             o     Distribute cell phones

             o     Depart to host family homes

     -- Dinner with host families

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Monday, January 2

     -- 9:00am: Survival Moroccan Arabic

     -- 11:00am: Lecture: Islam, Reform and its Political Structures in Morocco - Overview (Dr. Mohamed Ezroura)

     -- 1:30pm: Lunch with home-stay families

     -- 5:30pm: Walking tour of the Medina with Moroccan university students

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Tuesday, January 3

     -- 9:00am: Survival Moroccan Arabic

     -- 11:30am: Lecture: The Political Process in Morocco (Dr. Monjib)

     -- 1:00pm: Group reflection and dialogue with Professor Afzal

     -- 1:30pm: Lunch with home-stay families

     -- Afternoon free

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Wednesday, January 4

     -- 9:00am: Survival Moroccan Arabic

     -- 11:30am: Lecture: The Arab Spring (Dr. Stuar Schaar)

     -- Field challenges in small groups with local associations (lunch will be part of the field challenge)

     -- 5:00pm: Report findings of the field challenge

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Thursday, January 5

     -- 9:00am: Survival Moroccan Arabic

     -- 11:30am: Tour of Parliament and Meeting with Members of Parliament

     -- 1:00pm: Lunch with home-stay families

     -- 3:00pm: Lecture: Human Rights and Illegal Immigration (Dr. Al Madmad)

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Friday, January 6

     -- 9:00am:  Lecture: Women, Islam and the Moudawana

                                                 (Mrs. Stephanie Bordat, Maghreb Regional Director, Global Rights)

     -- 1:00pm: Lunch with home-stay families

     -- 3:00pm: Visit to the Royal Institute for Amazigh Studies

     -- 6:00pm: Group reflection and dialogue with Professor Afzal



Saturday, January 7

     -- 8:00am: Depart Rabat for Meknes

     -- 9:30am: Tour of Meknes

     -- 1:00pm: Lunch

     -- 2:30pm: Depart for Fez

     -- 3:30pm: Settle into hotel and evening free to explore the city

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Sunday, January 8

     -- 10:00am: Guided tour of Fez with Dr. Said Ennahid

     -- 2:00pm: Group reflection and dialogue with Professor Afzal

     -- 3:30pm: Free time to explore Fez

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Monday, January 9

     -- 8:00am: Depart for Toufstlt village

     -- 9:30am: Settle into home-stay

     -- 10:00am: Rural life in Morocco: Discussions and site visits

     -- 12:00pm: Lunch

     -- 1:30pm: Rural life in Morocco: Discussions and site visits

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Tuesday, January 10

     -- 9:00am: Rural life in Morocco: Discussions and site visits

     -- 12:00pm: Lunch

     -- 1:00pm: Depart for Volubilis

     -- 2:30pm: Arrive to Volubilis and visit the site

     -- 4:30pm: Depart for Rabat

    -- 6:00pm: Return to home-stay families

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Wednesday, January 11

     -- 9:30am: Lecture and debate: Berber Identity and Minority Rights in Morocco (Dr. Jilali Saib)

     -- 12:00pm: Group reflection and dialogue with Professor Afzal

     -- 1:30pm: Lunch with home-stay families

     -- 4:30pm: Lecture: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Dr. Abdelhai Moudden)

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Thursday, January 12

     -- 9:00am: Lecture: Human and Economic Development in Morocco (USAID Program Officer)

     -- 11:00am: Visit to the Moroccan Human Development Initiative

     -- 1:30pm: Lunch with home-stay families

     -- 4:00pm: Structured discussion with ENSET trainees

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Friday, January 13

     -- 9:30am: NGO visit

     -- 1:00pm: Lunch with home-stay families

     -- 3:30pm: Visit to Fondation Orient-Occident (NGO working with illegal immigrants in Morocco)

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Saturday, January 14

     -- 8:00am: Depart for Casablanca

     -- 10:00am: Visit to Hassan II Mosque

     -- 12:00pm: Lunch at “Association Solidarité Feminine” with Aicha Ech-Channa

     -- 2:00pm: Depart from Casablanca to Marrakech

     -- 6:00pm: Arrive to Marrakech and settle into hotel

     -- 6:30pm: Group reflection and dialogue with Professor Afzal

     -- Evening free to explore the city

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Sunday, January 15

     -- 9:30am: Tour of Marrakech

     -- 12:30pm: Lunch

     -- 2:00pm: Depart for Women’s collective: Tigemmy and Association Ennakhil

     -- 6:00pm: Return to hotel then evening free

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Monday, January 16

     -- Day free for exploring Marrakech

     -- 5:00pm: Depart for Rabat

     -- 9:00pm: Arrive in Rabat and return to home-stay families

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Tuesday, January 17

     -- 9:00am: Group presentations

     -- 11:30am: Final reflection and dialogue

     -- 1:00pm: Lunch with home-stay families

     -- 2:30pm: Gathering for mint tea in Kasba Café / Souvenir shopping in small groups in the medina market then packing

     -- Farewell dinner with Gnaoua music and henna tattoos

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Wednesday, January 18

     -- Transfer to the airport and fly back to US