Talk Morocco

This month we’re asking our authors to share their perspectives on what it is like to be a Moroccan abroad, and what it means to be abroad in Morocco.

In collaboration with Togozine, Talk Morocco presents an interview with Christophe, a student from Togo who now resides in Rabat.

In this essay, Ahmed T.B. explores Moroccan emigration, both East, and West, and concludes that things are not always as they seem.

New contributor Farrah Seucharan explores what it means (and what it doesn’t mean) when Westerners go east.

On the eve of moving back to her home country, Living in Morocco shares her initial expectations of Morocco and how they compare with reality.

“Humans migrate but their values do make the journey as well” notes Widad, who recounts in this essay the complex and sometimes conflicting evolution of migrations across the Mediterranean.

In this essay, Jillian compares living in Morocco as a foreigner to a careful balancing act.

Maroc Mama explores the frustrations of being an American woman married to a Moroccan man.

In this post, American Matthew Helmke explores the ups and downs of living as a foreigner in Morocco.

From the viewpoint of Kacem, the West offered Moroccan immigrants and Muslims in general privileges unavailable in their home countries, linking the escalating problems of integration to religious beliefs he says have no place within secular Western societies.

Mahdi goes through misconceptions about Moroccans he encounters during his stay as a student in Europe.