Part of Ahfir’s Cultural Heritage Goes Up in Smoke
This is not a metaphorical fire. It is a real one: books being burned. To explain the subject, I will borrow the structure of a traditional school essay, with an…
This is not a metaphorical fire. It is a real one: books being burned. To explain the subject, I will borrow the structure of a traditional school essay, with an…
It is natural for every person to want to show others what they are capable of. Yet not all demonstrations of ability are the same. Many people take pride in…
How many of us will choose a candidate based on the program of their political party? How many of us will actually read the parties' programs? Most of us believe…
A Greek sage once said: I have never seen three men more unfortunate: A man who wears old clothes while owning new ones; A man who loses hope in life…
You disturbed us, O rain, just as a dear and respected guest disturbs us when they stay beyond the traditional period of hospitality. Today, after your waters have returned to…
Thus, the barley grains were turned into concrete, and the flocks of pigeons came crashing down to the ground. Whenever boredom overwhelmed Al-Mahi because of isolation and loneliness, and the…
Twenty-six years ago, I was twenty-six years old. It was then that my mission as a teacher in Ahfir came to an end after spending six years at its middle…
After Morocco's independence, French teachers left the country in successive waves. There were three major departure campaigns, matched by three campaigns of Moroccanization of the education system: the first in…
I believe that success in life requires fulfilling the five pillars, plus three additional achievements: raising children, writing a book, and planting a tree. Personally, apart from the five pillars,…
While all the Arab armies — yes, all of them — were marching toward Palestine to throw the Jews into the sea, I was fighting my own battle with Surah…