The man who wrote Morocco’s first post-colonial Arabic-language textbooks

Here is a piece that appeared on the Yabiladi  website  on Ahmed Boumakh, the man who wrote Morocco's first Arabic textbooks after colonialism.

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Ahmed Boukmakh, the teacher behind Morocco’s first Arabic-language textbooks

After Morocco broke free from the French, Ahmed Boukmakh created a textbook series he dubbed «Iqrae». The latter was meant to revive the Arabic language in the kingdom after independence.

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Ahmed Boukmakh, the teacher behind Morocco’s first Arabic-language textbooks 

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For Moroccans who attended public school, he was the man behind their colorful textbooks, a teacher that they nostalgically mention nowadays. He is Ahmed Boukmakh, a Tangier-native who dedicated his professional career to his students.

His name has been associated with the recent the decision taken by the Ministry of Education, amending textbooks in the Kingdom.

Born in the 20s, amid the Rif war, Boukmakh was known in Morocco for creating a series he entitled «Iqrae» (read) to revive the Arabic language after the country broke free from the French. But before having the idea of contributing to the educational sector in the Kingdom, Ahmed Boukmakh was an ordinary kid, who left home to stay at his father’s shop in the city.

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For Moroccans who attended public school, he was the man behind their colorful textbooks, a teacher that they nostalgically mention nowadays. He is Ahmed Boukmakh, a Tangier-native who dedicated his professional career to his students.
His name has been associated with the recent the decision taken by the Ministry of Education, amending textbooks in the Kingdom.
Born in the 20s, amid the Rif war, Boukmakh was known in Morocco for creating a series he entitled «Iqrae» (read) to revive the Arabic language after the country broke free from the French. But before having the idea of contributing to the educational sector in the Kingdom, Ahmed Boukmakh was an ordinary kid, who left home to stay at his father’s shop in the city.


...More : https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/68706/ahmed-boukmakh-teacher-behind-morocco-s.html

For Moroccans who attended public school, he was the man behind their colorful textbooks, a teacher that they nostalgically mention nowadays. He is Ahmed Boukmakh, a Tangier-native who dedicated his professional career to his students.
His name has been associated with the recent the decision taken by the Ministry of Education, amending textbooks in the Kingdom.
Born in the 20s, amid the Rif war, Boukmakh was known in Morocco for creating a series he entitled «Iqrae» (read) to revive the Arabic language after the country broke free from the French. But before having the idea of contributing to the educational sector in the Kingdom, Ahmed Boukmakh was an ordinary kid, who left home to stay at his father’s shop in the city.


...More : https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/68706/ahmed-boukmakh-teacher-behind-morocco-s.html

For Moroccans who attended public school, he was the man behind their colorful textbooks, a teacher that they nostalgically mention nowadays. He is Ahmed Boukmakh, a Tangier-native who dedicated his professional career to his students.
His name has been associated with the recent the decision taken by the Ministry of Education, amending textbooks in the Kingdom.
Born in the 20s, amid the Rif war, Boukmakh was known in Morocco for creating a series he entitled «Iqrae» (read) to revive the Arabic language after the country broke free from the French. But before having the idea of contributing to the educational sector in the Kingdom, Ahmed Boukmakh was an ordinary kid, who left home to stay at his father’s shop in the city.


...More : https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/68706/ahmed-boukmakh-teacher-behind-morocco-s.html

Ahmed Boukmakh, the teacher behind Morocco’s first Arabic-language textbooks

After Morocco broke free from the French, Ahmed Boukmakh created a textbook series he dubbed «Iqrae». The latter was meant to revive the Arabic language in the kingdom after independence.

...More : https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/68706/ahmed-boukmakh-teacher-behind-morocco-s.html

Ahmed Boukmakh, the teacher behind Morocco’s first Arabic-language textbooks

After Morocco broke free from the French, Ahmed Boukmakh created a textbook series he dubbed «Iqrae». The latter was meant to revive the Arabic language in the kingdom after independence.

...More : https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/68706/ahmed-boukmakh-teacher-behind-morocco-s.html

Ahmed Boukmakh, the teacher behind Morocco’s first Arabic-language textbooks

After Morocco broke free from the French, Ahmed Boukmakh created a textbook series he dubbed «Iqrae». The latter was meant to revive the Arabic language in the kingdom after independence.

...More : https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/68706/ahmed-boukmakh-teacher-behind-morocco-s.html

Ahmed Boukmakh, the teacher behind Morocco’s first Arabic-language textbooks

After Morocco broke free from the French, Ahmed Boukmakh created a textbook series he dubbed «Iqrae». The latter was meant to revive the Arabic language in the kingdom after independence.

...More : https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/68706/ahmed-boukmakh-teacher-behind-morocco-s.html

Ahmed Boukmakh, the teacher behind Morocco’s first Arabic-language textbooks

After Morocco broke free from the French, Ahmed Boukmakh created a textbook series he dubbed «Iqrae». The latter was meant to revive the Arabic language in the kingdom after independence.

...More : https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/68706/ahmed-boukmakh-teacher-behind-morocco-s.html

Which Language to Read (in) Morocco ?

Here is an article from Reuters on the controversial decision to teach subjects in French in public primary and high schools. Somehow other countries can teach and learn in Arabic, or atleast  produce truly bilingual people, but this seems challenging in Morocco.  The article leaves out the simulateous efforts to introduce Arabic dialect (as opposed to standard Fusha) into children's text books.
Perhaps there are political and not just economic reasons to want to distance youth from
Arabic?

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Morocco looks to French as language of economic success
Ahmed Eljechtimi

With so many students dropping out of university because they don’t speak French, the government has proposed reintroducing it as the language for teaching science, maths and technical subjects such as computer science in high schools.

It also wants children to start learning French when they start school.

The country’s official languages are Arabic and Amazigh, or Berber. Most people speak Moroccan Arabic – a mixture of Arabic and Amazigh infused with French and Spanish influences.

In school, children are taught through Arabic although they don’t use it outside the classroom. When they get to university, lessons switch to French, the language of the urban elite and the country’s former colonial masters. Confused? Many are.

Two out of three people fail to complete their studies at public universities in Morocco, mainly because they don’t speak French. 

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