The International Institute for Languages and Cultures (INLAC) opens its doors in September, in a beautiful traditional medina house.
Founded by Fatima Sadiqi and her husband, Moha Ennaji, the centre is a private institute accredited by the Moroccan Ministry of Education. It welcomes students from top American and European universities and offers a combination of courses, think tanks and homestays in a unique environment.The Institute combines quality of courses with the essence of Fez, home to the oldest university in the world. It brings together academics, theologians, policians and social activists to discuss urgent issues of our time. These range from interfaith and inter-cultural topics to conflict resolution, youth concerns, gender, development and human rights, and social justice.
Fatima describes INLAC as a beacon of cross-cultural understanding that fits well with what Fez, an ancestral Islamic city, stands for. By harnessing the insights and wisdom of the great 14th century scholars like Maimonides, Ibn Khaldoun and Aurillac who lived and worked together in Fez, taboos and preconceptions will be broken.
Moha EnnajiFor more information, see the website www.inlac.net.
6 comments:
Good for them but why limit courses to students from Top Universities from the US and the UK?
There are very many students from what are considered (not top universities) who would attend a course such as they are offering.
Could be that they have muddled their English and did not mean it to sound like they are educational snobs.
wow, expensive, I see the prices include a homestay, but, for instance, the 3 & 6 wk course prices are double those of ALIF.
What great news and what a great win for our wonderful city of Fez. I cannot think of two better and more qualified people to direct this project than Fatima Sadiqi and Moha Ennaji. It will surely give other schools offering Arabic language programs a run for their money. If I am not mistaken , the article said that they would be welcoming students from American and European universities. I have already been to their website and have found quite a alot of interesting information. Educational snobs? What a strange notion! I am quite sure that neither Fatima Sadiqi nor the Zany blog crowd "muddle their English". I say hiphiphurray and a jolly big "Mabruk"!!
"harnessing the insights and wisdom of the great 14th century scholars like Maimonides, Ibn Khaldoun and Aurillac who lived and worked together in Fez, taboos and preconceptions will be broken."
I can smell a rat....
It is good that the moribund ALIF gets some competition as they have proved themselves incapable of change.
nice blog keep it up an your good work morocco for life!!!
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