By Mohamed Chtatou Morocco World News Rabat, May 20, 2013 Globalization and Education: It goes without saying that one of the major all-encompassing events of the last part of the second millennium was undoubtedly the advent of globalization, as a clear political expression of the triumphing capitalism and market economy theories, following the end of the Cold War and the bi-polarization of the world. The c ...

By Hajar Laalaj Morocco World News New York, April 17, 2013 Human rights in Saudi Arabia, birthplace and heartland of Islam, are based on Islamic law, or the Sharia, under the rule of the Saudi Royal Family. It has been widely accepted that the application of these rights, more specifically women’s rights, is emblematic of Islamic dogma. It must be underlined, however, that the highly contentious theocratic ...

By Sanaa Jai Amrani Morocco World News Fez, March 26, 2013 Recently, the concepts of learner autonomy and independence have become important concepts in the field of education. The former has become a ‘buzz-word’ within the context of language learning (Little, 1991:2). Autonomous learning is a technical jargon in education that means assuming responsibility and taking charge of one’s own learning. In this ...

By Majid Dardour Morocco World News Kenitra, Morocco, March 23, 2013 Grammar is the backbone of any language. It is the womb that gives birth to sentences. These sentences are fertilized using grammar to form correct and appropriate speech. Teaching grammar requires numerous skills and different activities. Grammar teaching can either consist of the presentation and practice of grammatical items or might co ...

By Anna Jacobs Morocco World News Rabat, March 14, 2013 EXOGENOUS CHALLENGES Those who discuss Europe’s attempt to « externalize the migration problem » in the region of the Maghreb underline the signing of the Schengen agreements in June 1990, which increased the regional unity of European Union states, but greatly increased border control and enacted rigorous restrictions on legal immigration into Europe. ...

By Karima Wakrim Morocco World News Agadir, Morocco, March 5, 2013 A history of oppression, imposed on many colonized countries, has led some marginalized masses to finally step up and speak for themselves. The question was all about the hegemonic systems they started to bear the pressure of and try to counter in the world of neo-colonialism. In a world where fake, independent representatives claim the posi ...

By Anna Jacobs Morocco World News Rabat, March 5, 2013 [N]on-state actors and NGOs in particular have acquired an international ‘citizen personality’ which enables them to coin new social demands and make new calls for the regulation of the world system. These social demands, which mobilize the public opinion along with the political relationships between NGOs and other actors of the system (states, large c ...

By Samir Bennis Morocco World News New York, March 4, 21013 The about-face of the Moroccan nationalists and their alliance with Franco After a short period during which the Moroccan nationalists saw their optimism and hopes dashed that the Spanish republicans would access their claims, the breakout of the military uprising of July 17, 1936 in Morocco, was marked by a spectacular about-face by the leader of ...

By Anna Jacobs Morocco World News Rabat, February 11, 2013 The Press is a fair representative of “public” space in terms of demonstrating, to a certain extent, the various opinions concerning a political debate. The question of sub-Saharan immigration occurs rather frequently in both the Arab and French press in Morocco. One sees both negative and positive remarks, but I assert that the public discourse, co ...

By Anna Jacobs Morocco World News Rabat, February 1, 2013 The FRIDE report on freedom of association in North Africa and the Middle East published a report on Morocco entitled, “Morocco: Negotiating change with the Makhzen.” In this report, they focus on the question of dialogue between civil society and the state, as well as the challenges in this process. They highlight two main approaches to the question ...

By Abdelkader Filali Morocco World News Toronto, August 31, 2012 In 1973 Arthur Schlesinger a historian characterized Richard Nixon's administration as an "Imperial Presidency”. This term was also incorporated with later administrations. Political scientists and constitutionalists argue about the nature of Imperial Presidency. Is the formal role of the president changed drastically such that the president t ...

By Abdelkader Filali Morocco World News Toronto, Canada, August 19, 2012  Analyzing Lowi, Miriam (2009). Oil Wealth and the Poverty of Politics in Algeria. Miriam Lowi puts forth a compelling argument regarding the process of state-formation and political stability in “high growth, development-oriented, oil-exporting countries” (p. 147) in Oil Wealth and the Poverty of Politics.  Lowi contends the more main ...