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In Algeria, the women situation parallels the language situation. In both cases, the allocation of space and therefore of power has changed resulting in tensions between the sexes and between the language users. Arabization, the language policy aiming at expanding the role of Mo…

The purpose of this research is to examine the socio-economic legacies of the French Protectorate in Morocco and the attitude of modern-day Moroccans to that legacy, through a series of in-depth interviews with a wide range of people who lived through colonialism and came after …

During the seventh century A.D. what is now known as the Arab Conquests took place in Syria and other regions of the Middle East and North Africa. Invading Muslims encountered other peoples and cultures, much different than their own. In Syria, the Muslims came into contact with…

Based on eighteen months of fieldwork conducted in urban Moroccan high schools, this dissertation explores the relationship between Arabization - post-Independence nationalizing agenda - and public education. It argues that the contemporary tensions traversing the public school …