LEADERS:
Professor Neal Klein & Professor Jan Wall

Sponsored by:
LESLEY UNIVERSITY

University credit available

TRIP DATE:
June 3-15, 2007

TRIP COST:
$3,990 including international air

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Exploring Islam

Morocco is known as a country of tolerance. Although predominately Islamic…Jews, Christians and Muslims have coexisted here peacefully for centuries. Travelers will have the opportunity to learn about the many facets of Islam through daily life interactions with Moroccan families, students and guest speakers.

We will explore issues such as contemporary Islamic values, Sufism, and Muslim perspectives on the current world situation. We aim to deepen the learning experience through informal conversations within the group.

In addition we will enjoy the richness and color of the culture and pattern of daily life as we live among the Moroccan people traveling from the Barbary Coast of Tangier to the sands of the Sahara where we ride camels and sip tea with nomads in their tents.

This is an exotic land of fabled stories and we will have the opportunity to enjoy it all…explore the winding alleyways of the ancient medina of Fez, barter for a souvenir with a vender, view the dye vats at the outdoor tannery as the craftsmen ply their ancient trade of coloring the skins to make into leather products, and always, in Morocco there is a friendly smile and laughter.