Some of our girls have the chance to discover the magnificent city of Fez

What’s planned? Visit of the top cultural places and meetings with some moroccan eminent figures.

 Let’s fly to Fez

The students and their Moroccan correspondents sharing an ice cream at a well-known Salon de Glaces in the Nouvelle Ville quarter of Fez.

FOCUS ON our students who have chosen the « Marseille, Gateway to Mediterranean » curriculum.

Living in Marseille, our students benefits from a stimulating and highly diverse “melting pot” of French, European, and North African cultures. In a total immersion in French culture, they study Arabic language and culture, Islam as well as international and inter-religious relations in the Mediterranean basin.

On November, they finally reached the moment of consolidation of their immersion studies with a trip to Fez.

Our students left on November 13th for a week-long course of study, including a series of conferences and visits, a week-long homestay with a Moroccan family, a formal discussion with veiled Muslim women, all highlighted by the presence of the eminent Doctor Fatima Sadiqi, President of the Center for Study and Research on Women and author of several books regarding the role of women in the Muslim world.

Here are some highlights to share!

Tea break with some pastries

November 13th

Travel and welcome by the host family

November 14th

Conferences at the International Institute for Languages and Cultures (INLAC)
Fez and Morocco socio-economic profile – Moha Ennaji

Women in Morocco – Fatima Sadiqi

Lunch with Fatima Sadiqi

Visit of the medina and its handicraft workshops

November 15th 

Visit of the Museum of woodwork and of the Najjarine Museum

Conference at the INLAC:

Fez, Gem of the Arab world – Mohamed Chadli.

Visit of the medina and its handicraft workshops

Visit of the new town.

November 16th 

Guided visit of Volubilis (archaeological site) and Meknès (historical city).

November 17th 

Arabic lesson

Meeting with veiled women

November 18th 

Ballad in the Forest of Cedars and meetings with monkeys

Pic-nic in Midelt Kasbah

Dinner and night in nomad tent in Merzouga, at the desert’s gates.

November 19th

Sun rise over the desert

Camel ride in the desert

Farewell evening at the INLAC with the host family

November 20th
Return journey back to Marseille