http://vodpod.com/watch/457121-womens-rights-morocco
(2 minutes)
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/07/03/mathur.morroco.women.cnn?iref=allsearch
(4 minutes)
I recommend watching them in this order.
on dhaish
12 years ago
Friday, January 22, 2010
The human soul on fire
I am ecstatic and more filled with motivation than I can contain in my 5'5'' frame.
Today I had a very successful meeting with the director, technician, interviewer and a staff member from Al Akhawayn to discuss our massive undertakings.
Following our meeting I watched a film called Crossing Borders produced by Morocco Exchange and assistant produced by Lotfi. It truly inspired me and reminded me of what I am doing and why.
To see a trailer visit:
www.crossingbordersfilm.org
We can change and improve the human condition with pure compassion and resilience.
Today discussing our film we rolled out the structure of our project which I will dispense to you now.
We are creating a non-governmental organization (NGO), with the working title Women and a Movement. This organization will be run and implemented by Moroccans. It will be a massive network of individuals and organizations all working towards improving the condition and livelihood of Moroccan women and families. The organization will be arranged into network categories of people we know, will meet during our interviews and afterwards. These categories will include in the broadest sense education, health, enterprise, spirituality, leadership and environment. This will not only be a collaboration of Moroccan partners but we are also looking to reach out and eventually expand internationally with the hopeful collaboration of groups such as Women for Democracy and Friendship Force International.
We are working on having a forum every year for all participants to collaborate together in one space every Spring (god willing).
Our first venture into this project will be a film.
During the spring our team will be traveling throughout Morocco for an intensive 20 days of interviewing and networking. We will be collecting profiles and stories of successful Moroccan women and the communities that support them. This film will be shown to students, rural communities and all who are interested to help spread the message of empowerment, community participation and human potential for a growing movement towards women’s equal participation and contribution to society.
We will end the film with our first activity which will be hosting Friendship Force from Australia in my village for a day to discuss with the women health and wellbeing.
Accompanying the film will be an inclusive resource and action guide that will contain film discussion questions, leadership and gender activities, lists of organizations, individuals and institutions from across the country all working towards the same goal.
We will, I will, not let this project be anything less then what is stated above. We are a motivated, networked and passionate team of individuals and keep growing.
For ways to help support our vision please contact me and visit our blog.
womenandamovement.blogspot.com
Soon we hope to have up an interactive and illustrated website.
Swift speed and godbless
Today I had a very successful meeting with the director, technician, interviewer and a staff member from Al Akhawayn to discuss our massive undertakings.
Following our meeting I watched a film called Crossing Borders produced by Morocco Exchange and assistant produced by Lotfi. It truly inspired me and reminded me of what I am doing and why.
To see a trailer visit:
www.crossingbordersfilm.org
We can change and improve the human condition with pure compassion and resilience.
Today discussing our film we rolled out the structure of our project which I will dispense to you now.
We are creating a non-governmental organization (NGO), with the working title Women and a Movement. This organization will be run and implemented by Moroccans. It will be a massive network of individuals and organizations all working towards improving the condition and livelihood of Moroccan women and families. The organization will be arranged into network categories of people we know, will meet during our interviews and afterwards. These categories will include in the broadest sense education, health, enterprise, spirituality, leadership and environment. This will not only be a collaboration of Moroccan partners but we are also looking to reach out and eventually expand internationally with the hopeful collaboration of groups such as Women for Democracy and Friendship Force International.
We are working on having a forum every year for all participants to collaborate together in one space every Spring (god willing).
Our first venture into this project will be a film.
During the spring our team will be traveling throughout Morocco for an intensive 20 days of interviewing and networking. We will be collecting profiles and stories of successful Moroccan women and the communities that support them. This film will be shown to students, rural communities and all who are interested to help spread the message of empowerment, community participation and human potential for a growing movement towards women’s equal participation and contribution to society.
We will end the film with our first activity which will be hosting Friendship Force from Australia in my village for a day to discuss with the women health and wellbeing.
Accompanying the film will be an inclusive resource and action guide that will contain film discussion questions, leadership and gender activities, lists of organizations, individuals and institutions from across the country all working towards the same goal.
We will, I will, not let this project be anything less then what is stated above. We are a motivated, networked and passionate team of individuals and keep growing.
For ways to help support our vision please contact me and visit our blog.
womenandamovement.blogspot.com
Soon we hope to have up an interactive and illustrated website.
Swift speed and godbless
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Adjarninu (My Neighbor)
It is easy to be fooled by this young gentleman who comes up to my waist. He may appear innocent but is a wild wild young lad.
He comes to my house almost every day with his runny nose and with excitement stutters as he askes me if he can have something. He knocks on the door, I answer, he enters and starts walking around.
"Karima (my Moroccan name), can, can, can, I have your pen"
Oh yes he is cute but also get into a lot of trouble.
I will let him draw but he draws on everything but the paper.
I give him a candy and he tells all the kids in town I have candy.
I love this neighbor of mine I do in a self torturing way.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
New Blog
So as some of you may know I have been working on producing a film.
I started a blog to let people know details of the project.
Here you can post any questions or comments and stay updated.
Thank you all for your love and support.
womenandamovement.blogspot.com
I started a blog to let people know details of the project.
Here you can post any questions or comments and stay updated.
Thank you all for your love and support.
womenandamovement.blogspot.com
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Severe weather is very real
I just returned back to Morocco from a vacation back home in the states which I will discuss in a later post but there are more pressing matters.
As soon as I arrived back to my home I was confonted with reality and dangers of nature. My ceiling in my house has begun to leak and mold.
Aside from what now seems like a minor problem I face in my house, I am faced with something scarier outside. The river, the water, the flooding. Houses are flooding, river is overflowing, walls have been broke, rocks are tumbling under rushes of rapids funneling through our valley. Water is thundering ouside of my house, haunting yet soothing in its grandocity.
We have been experiencing severe rains and the snow that accumulated has now melted and has joined the river to create a powerful force. Not only are homes in danger but so are peoples livelyhoods. Farms, with this seasons crops of carrots, potatoes and the like are destroyed. Plantations, years of hard work are washed away.
As soon as I arrived back to my home I was confonted with reality and dangers of nature. My ceiling in my house has begun to leak and mold.
Aside from what now seems like a minor problem I face in my house, I am faced with something scarier outside. The river, the water, the flooding. Houses are flooding, river is overflowing, walls have been broke, rocks are tumbling under rushes of rapids funneling through our valley. Water is thundering ouside of my house, haunting yet soothing in its grandocity.
We have been experiencing severe rains and the snow that accumulated has now melted and has joined the river to create a powerful force. Not only are homes in danger but so are peoples livelyhoods. Farms, with this seasons crops of carrots, potatoes and the like are destroyed. Plantations, years of hard work are washed away.
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