...I spent most of my childhood summers in Morocco. There was a point in my life when I believed In my eyes , Morocco was a completely flourishing beautiful country where people lived out their exuberant lavish lifestyles surrounded by beaches and amidst tropical weather,then I started traveling within its borders. One summer vacation, my mother decided to take me,my brother and my sister to what she liked to call the countryside of Morocco. The countryside of Morocco turned out to acres of barren land holding houses made from dried mud. Houses that are probably more like shacks that housed sometimes up to twenty people.However the people had even more personality than the houses. The village we visited was comprised of simple civilians who dedicated...
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...people who come from an Arabic country. The American Community Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau reported there were close to 1.8 million Arab Americans living within the United States, an approximately 47% increase in population size from 2000. Some believe, moreover, that this dramatically undercuts the population (Intelligence, 2006). According to the Arab American Institute, for instance, the number of Arab-Americans is increasing at an even greater rate, with a total population closer to 3.7 million (Heather Brown, 2012) (Communications, 2014). Their world stretches from Morocco across Northern Africa to the Persian Gulf. The Arab world is more or less equal to the area known as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (Intelligence, 2006). Arab countries are religiously and ethnically diverse with Islam being the dominant religion in most countries. There are 22 Arab countries/areas. Jordan and Morocco are constitutional monarchies (Intelligence, 2006). To be an Arab, is not to come from a particular race or lineage. To be an Arab, like an American, is a cultural trait rather than racial. The Arab world includes Muslims, Christians and Jews. Any person who adopts the Arabic language is typically an Arab. Arabic is the official and the original language of the Qur’an, the Islamic holy book (Intelligence, 2006). There is almost always a prejudice against anyone that may look Arabic, they are automatically Muslim, and considered a threat. A vast number of people in America would...
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...stage with five empty sits each with a microphone and a music stand at its front. Watching the performance and at the same time taking a note for my paper was also the only to do list for me. When time arrives, A young lady arrived a stage with a piece of paper and made a brief announcement about the concert and what they do, other notice like no photo graphs and others. Then Marrakech Express band arrived the stage with a full band instruments and after gaining the stage and awaiting the crowd’s silence, Samir El Yesfi begins picking the ‘ûd or lute which is what is called guitar in West accompanied by violin by Sandra Wong, Darbûka, the Moroccan bendir by Brett Bowen, and clarinet by Dexter Payne. After playing music for while Samir started singing “lama bada yatathana” which later I found on a YouTube being...
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...out whether Morocco would be invested as the appropriate target country by our business--Read the World (RTW). The business scope of RTW is producing and selling the affordable high-quality educational books to the poorest people in the country. In addition, the business contains both economical and ethical requirements which are profit-making and positive social outcomes respectively. The audience of the report is the CEO of RTW. The poor people who live around the poverty line and the local retailers in Morocco would be target market of RTW. The report will be analysed from three perspectives, which are economical, social-cultural and political/legal environments and most relevant factors in each environment will present the favourable or unfavourable influences for RTW. The large target market, stable economy and cheap labour cost will show a moderate economical opportunity because the low literacy makes a constraint to the benefit. And for the social-culture environment, culture difference and diversity language environment represent a major risk, but local culture development might bring a potential opportunity. The current protest movements and high corruption also bring the major risk to business which is hard to be eliminated by benefit from international cooperation. Overall, the RTW might suffer from serious risks rather than opportunities. The recommendation to RTW might be that Morocco is considered inappropriate as a target country and therefore, Morocco should be...
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...one for me. It is the first line I read from many readings to come in my eager preparation for Morocco last summer. I remember my professor reading this line aloud during our first class meeting months later, and my anticipation at the trip to come. And now, over two months after returning from my trip to Morocco, I can instantly picture the scene, so familiar, and I am transported back to the streets of Fes outside our hotel. Travel writers like Shah, as well as anthropologists, use the power of writing to weave words into deep meaning. Before the classes and trip, I had little knowledge or experience in the fields of anthropology or travel writing. In becoming acquainted with these disciplines fall quarter, they seemed like completely different fields to me. Anthropology is a social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings. Travel writing, on the other hand, seemed a broad category of writing that encompassed basically any traveler writing about a different country or culture for practically any purpose. The main differences between anthropology and travel writing are the audience and purpose, the level of objectivity of the writer, and the role of the author in the piece. The differences I noticed initially between these two fields can be exemplified by two of the works I studied in preparing for the trip- David McMurray’s In and Out of Morocco and Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca. In and Out of...
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...A Short History and Summary of the Current Conditions in Morocco and Its Geographical Situation Student Name HUMN 305 Section Professor Date Title: A Short History and Summary of the Current Conditions in Morocco and Its Geographical Situation No Abstract Needed for Global Issues Research Papers Geography and Background Our nation, the Kingdom of Morocco, is situated in a historically strategic location along the Strait of Gibraltar in North Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea to the north and Algeria and Western Sahara to its south. Today’s Morocco is a Muslim nation, slightly larger than the state of California in the U.S., which boasts an estimated population of 33 million people. Although Morocco claims Arabic as it’s official language, French is primarily spoken in the business and commerce sectors (Morocco, 2007). But these are merely basic facts. To better understand our current position in the global arena, one must first examine the recent history of Morocco, both as a nation and as a people. Following the arrival of the Arabs in the seventh century and hundreds of years of subsequent ruling dynasties, Morocco’s natural resources were fully discovered by European nations during their explorations to Africa in the 1800’s. According to Youngblood-Coleman), “the Algeciras Conference in 1906 formalized France’s ‘special position’ and entrusted policing of Morocco to France and Spain jointly. In 1912, the area was divided...
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...enlarging the breast made of the dream of many people especially women come true. Improving their physical appearance and looking prettier is no more a fiction with the worldwide spread of plastic surgery in the last decade until it became within reach in Morocco. At first, plastic surgery for esthetic purpose shouldn’t be confused with the reconstructive surgery that is used to get rid of serious imperfections caused by an accident or a birth defect. In our research paper, we are dealing with the plastic surgery also called cosmetic surgery. One of the team members’ relative who is surgeon has told her about a Moroccan woman who died because of a liposuction. Chocked by this story, we decided to learn more about the cosmetic surgery in Morocco which has lately raised many ethical issues. We believe that plastic surgery is unethical because it is against the Islamic principles and because it causes psychological and physical harm. We are trying to find out the opinion of Moroccans about it and we suppose that Moroccan people believe that plastic surgery is unethical and that they are aware of its danger. Competent plastic surgeons, reasonable prices, medical technology and infrastructure explain the rise of plastic surgery in Morocco. According to Salaheddine Slaoui, a specialist in cosmetic and reparative surgery, “the number of plastic surgeries had also doubled in the last decade. About 80 plastic surgeons -- working in both private and public clinics -- are operating in the...
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...UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP PROJECT: Arabized – Berbers of Morocco Keith Travis Global Studies Survey GLST 500 Dr. Stephen Parks April 9, 2013 Table of Contents Introduction1 Abstract1 Background3 History3 Language6 Culture6 Survey of Missions Work9 Challenges9 Status of the church10 Current Strategies11 Proposed Strategy13 Gaining Access13 Prayer14 Tent Making Skills15 Bonding & Partnerships16 Support17 Conclusion17 UnReached People Group Project Introduction It has been said that worship is the core or center of mission. The ultimate goal of any missionary is to bring people (entire people groups) into a passionate, relationship with God. John Piper states, “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man…It is a temporary necessity.” Taking it a step further, it is out of God’s love for Him that makes missions possible. The reality is that mankind has tasted God’s grace and love toward our fellow man by sharing what we have tasted, namely, God’s love. Steven Hawthorne notes that, “Worship fulfills God’s love. He loves people so vastly that He wills them to something better than greatness; He wants to bring them into an honored nearness to Him.” This is what I see in Isaiah. We see Isaiah worshipping God in all His glory and splendor and then God asks one of the most important...
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...Executive Summary The aim of the research was to answer the main research question: ‘What caused the Arab Spring’ In order to tackle this question; desk research, case studies and an interview with Mr Farrid Benkaddour have been conducted. Farrid Benkaddour is a Moroccan sociologist, he started his career in Morocco after obtaining his baccalaureate in 1984. Since then he has been a teacher in Morocco, afterwards he went to the Netherlands to teach Dutch people about Moroccan culture. He currently works for Arabika, a company that specializes in legal assistance, translations, language trainings and intercultural communications. The desk research revealed the opinions of the Arab spring’s countries inhabitants. Inflation, unemployment and poor housing conditions prevailed as a direct consequence of insufficient dictatorial regimes. Freshly graduated youth was left jobless with no sign of improvement in the near future. People became more and more aware of the lack of political influence they had and started idealizing the western political democratic models. The interview and case studies showed there have been negative thoughts about the dictatorial regimes ever since their instalment. Protests have been seen throughout the history of the Arab world. The difference, however, between those protests and the Arab Spring is the modern age. Where earlier protests failed due to lack of support, the modern age tools such as (social-)media carried the Arab spring’s unfolding...
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...course benefited me in my career? The class benefited me in my career because it will help me predict the behavior of the masses. People behave a certain way and how the behavior is determined by science. Also by studying sociology, it provided me with the educational background needed for managers to understand their employees and customers. [pic] What specific skills have I learned in this class? The specific skills that I have learned in this class is communication, interpersonal, leadership, analytical, statistics and research design, computer literacy, cross cultural understanding and business sense. [pic] Instructor Comments regarding my performance: Excellent job Ida! Terrific topic, Ida! Well done Ida! Good start to your paper, but no reference are listed. Be sure all information used from sources is paraphrased and given citation in text and on a reference page. Nicely done Ida! Well done Ida! [pic] Course Paper/Project: Ida Nesbeth Johnson GS210 Sociology Course Project 6 April 9, 2014 11:55 pm Miller-Motte College Online Chapter 2 Culture Moroccan Culture The Moroccan culture is much different from the American culture. There are things that Americans do that would disrespect the culture of Moroccans. Moroccans are extremely hospitable and very tolerant people, Even though most of them are religious, they are generally easy-going. Nonetheless, you should try not to affront people’s religious beliefs, especially...
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...The Identity of Religious Minorities in Non-Secular States: Jews in Tunisia and Morocco and Arabs in Israel Author(s): Mark A. Tessler Source: Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul., 1978), pp. 359-373 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/178359 Accessed: 13/07/2009 10:36 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=cup. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1995 to build trusted digital archives for scholarship. We work with the scholarly community to preserve their work and the materials they rely upon, and to build a common research platform that promotes the discovery and use of these resources. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Cambridge University...
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...International Trade & Academic Research Conference (ITARC ), 7 – 8th November, 2012, London.UK. COCA-COLA: International Business Strategy for Globalization Michael Ba Banutu-Gomez William G. Rohrer College of Business, Rowan University, USA Key Words International Differentiation Strategy, Global Strategy, International Marketing Strategy, Culture in International Marketing Strategy, Coca-Cola Strategy, International Distribution Strategy, Choosing Distributors and Channels, The Challenge of Distribution, Hidden Costs And Gains In Distribution, International Collaborative Strategy, International Labor Relations and Management Strategy, and International Diversification Strategy. Abstract The purpose of this research was to analysis the efficiency of global strategies. This paper identified six key strategies necessary for firms to be successful when expanding globally. These strategies include differentiation, marketing, distribution, collaborative strategies, labor and management strategies, and diversification. Within this analysis, we chose to focus on the Coca-Cola Company because they have proven successful in their international operations and are one of the most recognized brands in the world. We performed an in-depth review of how effectively or ineffectively Coca-Cola has used each of the six strategies. The paper focused on Coca-Cola's operations in the United States, China, Belarus, Peru, and Morocco. The author used electronic journals from...
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...Coca-Cola: International Business Strategy For Globalization Dr. Michael Ba Banutu-Gomez, Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship, William G. Rohrer College of Business Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to analyze the efficiency of global strategies. This paper identified six key strategies necessary for firms to be successful when expanding globally. These strategies include differentiation, marketing, distribution, collaborative strategies, labor and management strategies, and diversification. Within this analysis, we chose to focus on the Coca-Cola Company because they have proven successful in their international operations and are one of the most recognized brands in the world. We performed an in-depth review of how effectively or ineffectively Coca-Cola has used each of the six strategies. The paper focused on Coca-Cola's operations in the United States, China, Belarus, Peru, and Morocco. The author used electronic journals from the various countries to determine how effective Coca-Cola was in these countries. The paper revealed that Coca-Cola was very successful in implementing strategies regardless of the country. However, the author learned that CocaCola did not effectively utilize all of the strategies in each country. Key Words: Coca-Cola, International Business, Strategy, Globalization, International Marketing, Labor Relations, Distribution, Diversification, Management, Channels, Costs, Gains and Collaboration. INTRODUCTION...
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..._____________________________________________________________________ CREDIT Research Paper No. 01/05 _____________________________________________________________________ Reducing Child Malnutrition: How Far Does Income Growth Take Us? by Harold Alderman, Simon Appleton, Lawrence Haddad, Lina Song and Yisehac Yohannes _____________________________________________________________________ Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, University of Nottingham 2 The Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade is based in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham. It aims to promote research in all aspects of economic development and international trade on both a long term and a short term basis. To this end, CREDIT organises seminar series on Development Economics, acts as a point for collaborative research with other UK and overseas institutions and publishes research papers on topics central to its interests. A list of CREDIT Research Papers is given on the final page of this publication. Authors who wish to submit a paper for publication should send their manuscript to the Editor of the CREDIT Research Papers, Professor M F Bleaney, at: Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UNITED KINGDOM Telephone (0115) 951 5620 Fax: (0115) 951 4159 CREDIT Research Papers are distributed free of charge to members of the...
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...discovered in 1912 and described by German paleontologist Ernst Stromer in 1915. The original remains were destroyed in World War II, but additional material has come to light in recent years. It is unclear whether one or two species are represented in the fossils reported in the scientific literature. The best known species is S. aegyptiacus from Egypt, although a potential second species, S. maroccanus, has been recovered from Morocco. Spinosaurus was among the largest of all known carnivorous dinosaurs,...
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