5th Annual Trip -- Itinerary  --  December 30, 2012-January 16, 2013

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Sunday, December 30

     -- Depart the US for Morocco

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Monday , December 31

     -- 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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Tuesday, January 1

     -- 9:00—10:30am: Survival Moroccan Arabic

     -- 11:00am—1:00pm: Lecture: The Practice and Presence of Islam in Morocco - Overview (Dr. Mohamed Ezroura)

     -- 1:30—4:30pm: Lunch and then free time

     -- 5:00—8:00pm: Walking tour of the Medina with Moroccan university students

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Wednesday, January 2

     -- 9:00—10:30am:  Survival Moroccan Arabic

     -- 11:30am—1:30pm: Lecture: The Political Process in Morocco (Dr. Monjib)

     -- 1:30—2:30pm: Lunch

     -- 2:30—4:00pm: Rabat tour with Dr. Bouassla

     -- 4:00—7:00pm: Group reflection and dialogue with Professor Afzal

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Thursday, January 3

     -- 8:00—8:30am Travel to Souk al-Khamis

     -- 10:00am: Depart for Rabat

     -- 10:00—11:00am: Debrief from Souk al-Khamis visit

     -- 11:00am—12:30pm: Survival Moroccan Arabic

     -- 12:30—4:30pm:  Lunch and free time

     -- 4:30—6:30pm:  Lecture: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Dr. Abdelhai Moudden)

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Friday, January 4

     -- 9:00—11:00am: Lecture: Women, Islam and the Moudawana/Berber women

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

     -- 11:30am—12:30pm: Group Reflection and Dialogue with Professor Afzal

     -- 1:00—2:00pm: Couscous lunch at home-stay

     -- 3:00—5:00pm: Visit to the Royal Institute for Amazigh Studies

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Saturday, January 5

     -- 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 6

     -- 10:00am—2:00pm: Guided tour of Fez with Dr. Said Ennahid

     -- 2:00—4:00pm: Lunch

     -- 4:00—5:00pm: Group reflection and dialogue with Professor Afzal

     -- 5:00pm: Free time to explore Fez

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Monday, January 7

     -- 9:30am: Depart for Toufstlt village

     -- 10:30am: Rural life in Morocco: Discussions and site visits

     -- 12:00pm: Lunch

     -- 2:00pm: Rural life in Morocco: Discussions and site visits

     -- 5:30pm: Depart for Rabat

     -- 7:45pm: Return to home-stay families

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Tuesday, January 8

     -- 9:00—10:30am: Survival Moroccan Arabic

     -- 11:00am—1:00pm: Discussion with Representative of the World Bank

     -- 1:30—2:30pm: Lunch and then free time

     -- 3:30—4:30pm: Tour of Parliament and Meeting with Members of Parliament

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Wednesday, January 9

     -- 9:30—11:00am: Lecture and debate: Berber Identity and Minority Rights in Morocco (Dr. Jilali Saib)

     -- 11:30am—1:00pm: Group reflection and dialogue with Professor Afzal

     -- 1:30—3:30pm: Lunch

     -- 4:00—6:00pm: Visit to the Moroccan Human Development Initiative

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Thursday, January 10

     -- 9:00—11:00am: Lecture: Economic Development in Morocco (USAID Program Officer TBD)

     -- 11:00am—1:00pm: NGO visit TBD

     -- 1:30—4:00pm: Lunch and free time

     -- 4:00—6:00pm: Structured discussion with Moroccan graduate students

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Friday, January 11

     -- 9:00—11:00am: NDI presentation

     -- 1:00—2:30pm: Couscous lunch at host-families

     -- 3:30—5:30pm: NGO visit TBD

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Saturday, January 12

     -- 8:00am: Depart for Casablanca

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

     -- 12:00pm: Visit to “Association Solidarité Feminine” with Aicha Ech-Channa

     -- 1:30pm: Lunch

     -- 2:30pm: Tour of Casablanca

     -- 3:30pm: Depart from Casablanca to Marrakesh

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

     -- Evening free to explore the city

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Sunday, January 13

     -- 9:30am: Tour of Marrakesh

     -- 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 14

     -- 9:00—10:00am: Group reflection and dialogue

     -- Day free for exploring Marrakesh

     -- 5:00pm: Depart for Rabat

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

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Tuesday, January 15

     -- 9:00—11:00 am: Individual 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 16

     -- Transfer to the airport and fly back to US

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Wednesday January 30

     -- Final papers due to Professor Afzal by midnight