10/21/2005
Anthro Project
Safia and I have to write a paper on Zawiyates (hopefully, we have to pick 1 Zawiya out of the 10 existent). God, i don't know quelle mouche nous a piqué pour choisir ce topic. Anthro professor is very exited bout it, doesn't want us to change it. so it has to be very very good, else we gonna be in big shit. The project is a field exercise on Sefrou city, next Saturday, based on gatherin all possible data by interviewin people from the Zawiya. I know nothin bout Sefrou, i've never been there. I've heard it's a small city, very crowded on Saturdays, a souk day. i've heard also we gonna have some problems cuz it's ramadan a holly month and we don't know if Zawiyas open on Saturdays. We've collected some written data related to the subject: The Cult of Bouya Omar; The Role of Saints in Moroccan Society and The Zawiya System in North African Popular Culture. meaning am gonna have to do lots of reading this weekend + it's Nada's birthday. oh my god i don't know how i'll get to manage this! P.S: Insomnia yesterday. I haven't slept till now so my idea of reading in the train will not be quite obvious. i'll probably ZzZzZzZzZ all the way to Rabat :s
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Very interesting subject but indeed not so easy.
Anyway, there is plenty to say on Moroccan Zawiyas : their political role (resistance to foreign invaders, opposition to reigning dynasties) was often stronger than their religious and mystical one.
I have a great book written by a swiss anthropologist who toured almost all the Zawiyas of Morocco. I can check what he wrote on the Zawiya of Sefrou.
Good look anyway.
Just a question : why English as a language for your blog?
Posted by: lebaroude | 10/21/2005
Thanx a lot Lebaroude for ur comment. I know it’s too much askin but I'll be very grateful if u could look the Zawiya of Sefrou for me n give some sort of feedback(try to summarize or scan or anythin). Any additional info is crucial. Sinon merci qd même :)
M.
p.s: Why english? I dunno! C’est venu comme ca: 1er post en anglais(btw j m'excuz i know my english sucks)
Posted by: mira | 10/25/2005
Hi Mira,
I just found your blog... very nice...
You're english doesn't suck... and even if, who cares? The more you'll write in eng., the lesser it shall suck.
Cheers.
Posted by: Amine | 11/09/2005
Thanx a lot Amine for cheerin me up (jen avai bsoin).
I promise to post pieces of my boring life more often.
Posted by: mira | 11/09/2005
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