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Abdelaziz Abbassi is the Deputy Director of Testing with McNeil Technologies, a language research company in Falls Church, Virginia. Before that, he was Associate Professor of Arabic, French and English, and then Dean of Extension Programs at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA. Previously, he had managed a small network of English language institutes in collaboration with several US colleges. His interests are Sociolinguistics and Dialectology.

Dr. Abbassi’s creative writing publications include “Theft in Broad Daylight,” a short story in “Remembering Childhood in the Middle East”, Elizabeth Fernea, editor, UT Press 2002; “Sidi Lahcen Blues,” a short story in Clifford Geertz in Morocco, edited by Susan Slyomovics, Routledge, 2010; and the first English translation of Mohamed Abed al-Jabri’s famous trilogy “naqd al-`aql al-`arabi,” in Arab Islamic Philosophy, a Contemporary Critique, UT Press, 1999 (trans. from the French text: “Introduction a la Critique de la Raison Arabe”).

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Press release : Washington Moroccan American Club Sets Goal of 20 Events to Celebrate 20th Anniversary in March 2010

Press release بيان صحفي

Since its inception in March 1990, the Washington Moroccan American Club (WMC) has grown to serve the Moroccan American community nationwide. Over the past 20 years,

Welcome note to WMAC from the Mayor of The District Of Columbia , Adrian Fenty

Congratulations to Washington Moroccan American club by the Mayor of The District of Columbia

Thursday March 4, 2010 HMEMSA: Moroccan American Network for Education

HMEMSA
Home of Moroccan Educators and Moroccan Students in America HMEMSA cordially invites you to its first workshop organized in honor of the Washington Moroccan Club's Celebration of its 20th Anniversary

Friday 5, March 2010: Morocco and Movies

"How Hollywood became interested in making movies in Morocco" Speaker. Mohamed Abbazi,noted Moroccan Cinematographer

Tuesday March 9, 2010 :The Tangier American Legation Institute (TALIM)

Washington, DC 20036, Kenney Auditorium.
1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Location: Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze |
The Many Faces of the Tangier American Legation Institute
for Moroccan Studies (TALIM)

Thursday March 11, 2010 Healthy Moroccan Cooking

Casablanca Restaurant, 7 - 9 PM Cooking Demo
By Chef Samir Labriny , Moroccan Academy Cuisine
Location: 1504 King St. Alexandria, VA 22314

Friday March 12, 2010 RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN MOROCCO

5: 30pm-6:00pm - Registration and Networking 6:00pm-6:30pm - Presentation and Discussion 6:30pm-7:30pm -
Networking, Hors d'oeuvres and beverages

Join the High Atlas Foundation for a conversation about rural development in Morocco, and learn more about their socio-economic and environmental projects.

Saturday March 13, 2010 WMC Youth Fine Arts Event & Poetry Slam

Time : 4:30 - 7:30 PM
McLean Community Center
Location: , 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA
Chair & Contact: Annalisa Assaadi, ajassaadi@gmail.com
Phone # 703 609 3666
Co Chairs: Amal Lafhal & Meryem Boulale
Register Now age 7 to 17 ! ajassaadi@gmail.com

Saturday & Sunday March 13 & 14 , 2010 : WMC Container of Care: Destination Morocco!

Click on the title to see the drop off locations
Ongoing Collection 2010
"Stuff A Truck" Weekend, Special Event, March 13 & 14, 2010

Wednesday March 17, 2010 WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IN MOROCCO

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Choate Room, 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036

Friday March 19, 2010: THE COMING OF AGE OF THE IMAZIGHEN QUESTION

Time 9:30-4:00PM
George Washington University Elliot School of International Studies,
Linden Family commons, 6 floors
1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052 -

March 6-12 & 12-21 , 2010 Morocco Study Educational Tours

George Mason : Prof. Fatima Hadji & Prof. Nadia Duchelle
Date: March 6-12, 2010
New York University : Ms Karima Rhanem
March 12, 21, 2010
Location: Kingdom of Morocco

March 22, 2010 : Friends of Morocco Honors Five Decades of Peace Corps Service to Morocco

Celebrating Five Decades of Peace Corps Service to Morocco
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) The Johns Hopkins University Rome Building, Rome Auditorium 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 6:30 to 8:30 pm