Attention: programs will be custom-tailored to the educational focus and needs of each institution.
xx:xx Flight to Spain from any European city or the US
xx:xx Fill in questionnaire “Images of Muslims in your home country.”
xx:xx Arrival in Malaga
xx:xx Drive towards Algeciras: 1. Orientation of itinerary and activities; 2. Instructions about materials Drive towards Algeciras (view of British Gibraltar)
14:30 Lunch in restaurant by the Mediterranean sea
16:00 Visit of the Roman ruins Baleo Claudia (view of the African coastline) Drive to Tarifa
17:30 At Moorish castle in Tarifa short session “Islamic Spain: Al-Andalus and Caliphate of Cordoba.”
18:30 Check into hostel
19:30 Short walk at the Strait of Gibraltar (view of Tangier, Morocco)
20:30 Dinner. Individual time in the old town of Tarifa
09:00 Boat trip across the Mediterranean Sea from Algeciras to Tangier Group orientation: history, cultures, practicalities
10:00 Conversation “Cultural diversity in Morocco” with Prof. Ali Azeriah and Moroccan students from L’Ecole Superior du Traductión in Tangier at the DARNA woman's centre
12:00 Lunch at DARNA
13:00 Drive to Asilah along the Atlantic Ocean
13:40 Camel ride
14:30 Walk through the Medina (old town) of Asilah with background information about the history and cultures of Asilah
16:30 Drive to Rabat (2,5 hours) Orientation homestay at a stop - Distribute emergency phone numbers
19:30 Meeting of the homestay families (Three students will stay with one family.)
20:00 Short walk through the Medina of Rabat in small groups
20:30 Dinner with homestay families Individual Time (showing pictures, visiting other families, going to a youth center, etc.)
08:00 Breakfast with individual families
09:30 Session at the Dutch-Moroccan Institute NIMAR (eg. “What shapes the images of Moroccans in the Netherlands?” with Prof. A. Lamrani)
12:00 Visit of Roman ruins Chellah and Maousoleum
13:30 Lunch at individual families
16:00 Exploration of Rabat’s Andalusian houses in the Kashba and the street life in the medina market. (The afternoon activities will be spent in small groups to create space for authentic experiences of the places and for personal connections. Two Dutch students will be accompanied by two Moroccan students from Rabat University.)
19:00 Informal conversation “What is it like to live in Morocco as a foreigner?” with Dutch development workers and NIMAR staff at a family home in the medina.
20:30 Dinner in family home in the medina
08:00 Breakfast with individual families
08:30 Drive to Marrakech (3.5 hrs)
12:30 Settle into Hostel
13:30 Lunch
15:00 Guided cultural visits of the Koutoubia mosque, mellah and palace Special focus: “Coexistence of Muslims and Jews.”
17:00 Informal conversation with Prof Saadi: “The impact of tourism in Marrakech and its implications for issues of globalization.”
18:30 Individual Time with Moroccan students in the medina Dinner individually at Jemaa el-Fna
08:30 Breakfast and Check out
09:30 Drive to AmzAmiz
10:00 Camel ride
11:00 Orientation: differences between urban and rural Morocco, homestay, etc.
12:00 Arrival in AmzAmiz Meet host family and host sister
13:30 Lunch with host families
15:30 Experiences in town with host sisters: pottery activity, etc.
18:30 Dar Shebab activity
20:00 Dinner with family Individual time with family
08:30 Breakfast with family
09:30 Visit of a women’s project with Latifa near AmzAmiz Hike to mountain village house: bread making Snack: fruits and fresh bread
12:30 Short soccer game with girls-team in town
14:00 Lunch with family Siesta
15:30 Good bye to families Drive to Berber village Imlil
17:00 Arrival Imlil and Check in Hotel
18:30 Walk to Kashba, seeing projects
20:00 Group Dinner
21:30 Integration session (30 min)
08:30 Breakfast
09:30 Hike to Waterfalls with local Peace Corps Volunteer
10:30 Orientation: future opportunities of volunteer work
12:00 Drive towards Marrakech
xx:xx Lunch
xx:xx Return flight from Marrakech to European cities
PS. Meeting Peace Corps Volunteers in Marrakech, AmzAmiz, or Imlil during program.