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Culture Briefing: Morocco
Your guide to Moroccan culture and customs
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Culture Briefing: Morocco gives you current, in-depth information, found in no other single publication, to help you understand the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the Moroccan people.
Whether traveling to Morocco, working on a class paper or doing business with the Moroccans, you'll find Culture Briefing: Morocco, updated for 2008, an invaluable resource.
If you're traveling to the country, supplement your travel guide with Culture Briefing: Morocco. It will let you enrich your trip, gaining more knowledge, enjoyment and insight — and more financial success when traveling on business.
You'll also receive the information you need to help you feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment. You’ll gain the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with the Moroccans, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave.
No longer will you run the risk of embarrassment when in conversation with a Moroccan person because you brought up a taboo subject, couldn’t comment on an aspect of local life or knew nothing of the Moroccan form of government.
Culture Briefing: Morocco helps you figure out the Moroccan people by penetrating below their society’s surface to reveal the customs and established ways of life in Morocco.
With Culture Briefing: Morocco you’ll discover the character, values, beliefs and customs of the Moroccans. You’ll learn of their artistic endeavors and political ways. You’ll find out about their home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. Plus, you'll get insight into doing business with the Moroccans.
You’ll also discover the problems the Moroccan people face and see how they handle them.
“Culture Briefing: Morocco was instrumental in my daughter's school report on Morocco. Of more than a dozen resources, including books, CD-ROM encyclopedias and Web sites on the Internet, Culture Briefing: Morocco was by far the most useful! I want to thank you for providing such a valuable resource.”
In today’s increasingly smaller world, understanding the ways of the earth’s other peoples is an essential skill. And Culture Briefing: Morocco can aid you in gaining that expertise.
Get insight into the Moroccan way of life
With Culture Briefing: Morocco you'll learn:
- what personal concepts are extremely important in Moroccan society
- why one's personal appearance is important
- how someone will probably respond to a compliment
- the Moroccan view of friendships
- why a Moroccan will not open your gift in your presence
- when greeting someone how not to be considered rude
- the difference between a Moroccan's public and private personas
- how to react during a period of prolonged silence when in conversation
- what Moroccans will think if you travel alone
- how to greet and shake hands with people when entering a room
- the proper way to get someone's attention
- why you should not compliment a Moroccan's personal possessions
- whether to take off your shoes when entering a home
- how to respond if you feel a Moroccan's question is too personal
- the differences between Moroccan Arabs and Moroccan berbers
- the importance of the family in Moroccan life
- and much, much more.
Contents of Culture Briefing: Morocco
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INTRODUCTION
Fast Facts
HISTORY
THE MOROCCAN PEOPLE
Customs and Ways
Do's and Don'ts
Conducting Business
Subcultures
Class Distinctions
Language
HOME AND FAMILY
Marriage
Family Size
The Role of Women
Funerals
Names
Health and Welfare
Dress
Food and Dining |
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EDUCATING THE CHILDREN
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
MAKING A LIVING
PASSING LEISURE TIME
Festivals
THE ARTS
Literature
Music
POLITICAL WAYS
Parties
Political Situation
USEFUL CONTACTS
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Who will benefit from Culture Briefing: Morocco
Culture Briefing: Morocco is an essential tool for:
- Travelers, whether on a tour or traveling independently, who are curious about the ways of life of the people they will meet in Morocco.
- Business travelers seeking success in their business travel through knowledge of the character, values, beliefs and business ways of their contacts in Morocco.
- Researchers needing current information on the customs, ways of life and lifestyle of the Moroccans.
- Teachers requiring up-to-date data on Moroccan culture.
- Students wanting to learn about the character, customs, values, lifestyle and beliefs of the Moroccans.
- Study-abroad students desiring in-depth information on the customs and ways of life where they will live and study.
- Travel agents needing insight into the issues, culture and customs in the country to which they are sending travelers.
- Anyone striving to understand Moroccans culture.
Frequent updates assure current information
Research is ongoing and Culture Briefing: Morocco is frequently updated, assuring you it contains current information.
Special features improve usefulness
Culture Briefing: Morocco contains special features that increase its usefulness:
- A complete table of contents lets you find information quickly.
- A “Do's and Don’ts” list helps keep you on the right foot.
- A “Fast Facts” box provides quick reference to the names of Morocco's current heads of state and government as well as quality-of-life statistics
- Two maps show: 1) Morocco's position in Africa, 2) Morocco's major features, areas, rivers and cities.
Experts prepare your Culture Briefing
Culture Briefing: Morocco offers solid, authoritative information. It is produced by a team that brings together backgrounds in cultural geography and cultural anthropology as well as extensive experience living for extended periods in a variety of foreign cultures and writing about travel, geography and culture for both the popular press and college-level textbooks.
How to order
Culture Briefing: Morocco is published on 8.5” x 11” pages in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (pdf). This allows your e-book to retain its original formatting whether you read it on your computer or print out a copy.
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