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This dissertation examines how the social institution of domestic slavery declined and ended in Fes, Morocco. This very gradual and complex twentieth-century historical transformation is approached through attention to the limited influence of French Protectorate (1912-1956) pol…

This dissertation examines the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music and the historical and cultural milieu of which it is a part. Held annually since 1994 in the city of Fes, Morocco, this festival was first launched in the wake of the first Gulf War as an interfaith initiative an…

This ethnographically-oriented linguistic research examines the impact of space on language use in Fes (Morocco). A post-colonial city, Fes is split into two well-marked districts: The Ville Nouvelle or "New City," built by the French; and the Medina, which is the old town, with…