Hang Your Stetson Here

Elena Prentice, "Khbar Bledna"

Doug Davis — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:44:00 -0700

D2 interview with the founder and manager of “Khbar Bledna,” a publishing project for Moroccan Arabic and other Morocco-relevant materials, in Tangier, April 12, 1010.

ad-drrj llah y-5llik! – D2 blog on the importance of darija (Moroccan Arabic)
Moroccan Arabic – Wikipedia entry

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"Sidi ROM"

Doug Davis — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:19:00 -0700

Here’s where Doug’s Moroccan Internet project started, in October, 1994, at the Rabat conference “The First Days of the Internet in Morocco.” I spoke for nine minutes, the first seven in colloquial Arabic. The talk is described and translated in my Webster’s Weekly posting “Sidi ROM,” linked below.

Sidi ROM – d2 at the École Mohammedia, Rabat, 10-1994

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Asswat Shabab: Oujda

Doug Davis — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:24:00 -0700

Doug Davis describes and demonstrates blogs and other Internet technologies favored by youth, in Moroccan Arabic.

darija – Moroccan Arabic
asswat shabab – Doug Davis blog on talks in Oujda, Chefchaouen, Tetouan, May 2008

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Asswat Shabab Chefchaouen

Doug Davis — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:04:00 -0700

Doug Davis lectures and demonstrates youth-related blogs and other Internet resources. Dar Shebab, Chefchaouen, Morocco

asswat shabab – Doug Davis blog on talks in Oujda, Chefchaouen, Tetouan, May 2008

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Classrooms in Cyberspace: Lecture/demonstration, Part 1

Doug Davis — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:03:00 -0700

Doug Davis speaks (in Moroccan Arabic) at the Teacher's Training School in Tetouan. Part 1

asswat shabab – Doug Davis blog on talks in Oujda, Chefchaouen, Tetouan, May 2008

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Classrooms in Cyberspace: Lecture/demonstration, Part 2

Doug Davis — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:25:00 -0700

Doug Davis speaks (in Moroccan Arabic) at the Teacher's Training School in Tetouan. Part 2

asswat shabab – Doug Davis blog on talks in Oujda, Chefchaouen, Tetouan, May 2008

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Classrooms in Cyberspace: Lecture/demonstration, Part 3

Doug Davis — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:05:00 -0700

Doug Davis speaks (in Moroccan Arabic) at the Teacher's Training School in Tetouan. Part 3

asswat shabab – Doug Davis blog on talks in Oujda, Chefchaouen, Tetouan, May 2008

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Youssouf Elalamy: Tqarqib Nnab (darija)

Doug Davis — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:22:00 -0700

Youssouf Amine Elalamy, “Tqarqib Nnab” (Tangier: Khbar Bladna, 2006). 2008 darija interview with Doug Davis

Tqarqib Nnab Cover –
Moroccan Arabic (Wikipedia) –
ad-drrj llah y-5llik! – d2 blog on the importance of Moroccan Arabic (darija

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Tqarqib Nnab: Abdelhaq

Doug Davis — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:30:00 -0700

Mohammed Najmi reads page 18, “Abdelhaq,” of Tqarqib Nnab, by Youssouf Amine Elalamy. (Tangier: Khbar Bladna, 2006)

Abdelhaq –

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Tqarqib Nnab: al Hajj al Hadi

Doug Davis — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:39:00 -0700

Hamid Elasri reads page 22, “al-Hajj al-Hadi,” of Tqarqib Nnab, by Youssouf Amine Elalamy.

al-Hajj al-Hadi – darija text of page 22, of Tqarqib Nnab

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