Hello! The students have gone through security at the Casablanca airport, and will be on their ways back to the states shortly. As we sit here in the airport, waiting for our own flights, we are unsettled by the quietness that has fallen upon us. We......Read More
Dear Fall 2018 Morocco Semester Families, It is hard to believe that 3 months have passed since your student embarked on this incredible adventure! It won’t be long until students will be boarding their planes back home. We are sure you are......Read More
Yesterday, as everyone was, for the first and thus far only time, furiously typing away on the Chromebook, assembling each part of the personal conclusion Yak, I was reflecting. I’d just written my part – a long and rather overly wordy......Read More
In Morocco I… In Morocco I lived in the mountains, the desert, and by the sea. I was welcomed into two families who fed me tajine, couscous, tea, and bread. I learned about the history of this country, about colonialism, religion, and......Read More
Salaam from Transference! Its been a while, and apologies for my personal silence on the yak board. We’re currently wrapping up our time in Morocco in the sleepy surf-town of Sidi Kaouki. Its beautiful here, and an ideal spot to reflect upon......Read More
For the last week, the Morocco semester has been visiting Zagora and M’Hmid area, in the southeast of the country. We visited some local kasbahs and met up with some youth groups and environmental NGOs. Then we visited Brahim and......Read More
We’re on our way up to the coast from a fantastic few days on the edges (and a couple of nights in) the Sahara. Some of you might know that the word ‘sahara’ means ‘desert’. And a desert it is. But in Morocco, indoors......Read More
Photo 1: Said demonstrates how the potters make, glaze, and fire the famous green pottery/ceramics of Tamegroute. Photo 2: Students in the oldest and one of the largest kasbahs (“castles”) in Morocco made in the 1550s. Thirty families cohabitate......Read More
Evidence of transition surrounded us Deep within the valley, the land illuminated what we had been feeling all along The desire to let go, the willingness to cultivate And then the vulnerability to be still Because after all, we realized that we are......Read More
Morocco Fall semester 2018 headed out into the desert Moonscape-like Anti-Atlas mountains outside Kelaat M’Gouna with our Azlag Homestay Cordinator Taoufiq (pictured with group) to visit a nomadic family. The grandparents are likely in their 70s......Read More
Trekking pictures from the High Atlas, Morocco...Read More
Please enjoy some pictures from doing some apple picking in Timmit and Ait Bouguemez. ...Read More
Hello everyone, Michela here again, we’ve just finished up our midcourse in Oozoud and are about to embark upon our trek in the High Atlas mountains, but before we move out, we are stopping in the quiet village of Timit in the Bougames Valley......Read More
The Morocco team is currently in Ouzoud Falls pausing for a minute from our busy schedule to reflect, process, and debrief all that we have seen and experienced thus far in Morocco. We are also working to set goals and make plans for the second......Read More
