Tuesday, July 19, 2011

NORTH AFRICA: KEITH MARTIN PhD TO SPEAKS AT "LE 7ème FESTIVAL DE LA CULTURE AMAZIGHE A FES", MOROCCO ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY

It was a great honor to address the "LE 7ème FESTIVAL DE LA CULTURE AMAZIGHE A FES", MOROCCO ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
The presentation was 98% pictures to composite for any complications I may have with my Arabic and French. The presentation focused on The Asian, Middle East, European and Moroccan and Amazighe cultures. The pictures showed weddings, eating, languages, religions, celebrations, etc. and the way these are performed in the four cultures. The concluding comments focused on diversity in Morocco and especially amoung the Amazighe people, who are 30 to 50% of the population and how many of the Amazighe people speak 4+ languages, which often include Arabic, French, and English, and how they have during thousands of years benefited from the numerous cultures who have inhabited the land which they have enjoyed for thousands of years. In the picture is Professor Fatima Sadiqi, myself, Ahmed Boukouss, and Profess Moha Ennaji.