Tribute to my Polish family

This is for my 500 & some students i had in Bydgoszcz. I'd like you to know that you're more than numbers and statistics to me, you were certainly too many, but i just couldn't have enough of your overwhelming love and respect and i wish i could spend more time close to you, to learn from you, to learn about you...

what more can i say? the beautiful things written in your comments and emails can only come from beautiful souls. you are these beautiful souls and i do feel grateful and blessed for having the priviledge to be that close to most of you, to share laughs, ideas, and hopefully a brighter vision of a common future. thank you for the morning smiles, for the stimulating debates, for the gifts, the positivity, and flexibility you've demonstrated throughout my stay.

I love you and miss you all.

Moroccan Female Journalists doing beautiful things

This post is a tribute to 2 of my friends to whom i have a tremendous amount of respect and unconditional love. They're both journalists, and they're both doing beautiful things. The Moroccan Media scene might seem crappy and amateur but my folks out here are fighting to get the best out of it, to make the best of it. I'm proud of both of you, and i'm wishing you the successful career you've always dreamed of.


Najlae Benmbarek;


a smart quick-witted young lady with a lot of wisdom and an unshakable value system. Taught me a lot, but mostly to respect her. Najlae has just graduated from the Journalism Graduate school at UC Berkeley in California. She also "co-made" a film about the US soldiers stationed in Subsaharian Africa which was lately braodcasted on CNN's primetime program of Anderson Coopers.

The video can be watched by clicking on the following link : http://noflyingmonkeys.com/video/Anderson_Cooper_360.avi

Najlae has a must-visit blog : www.najlae.info


Hasna Boufkiri;


a 21 year old hardworking sharp lady, with an exceptional sense of humour and a stricking simplicity. She's a graduate of the Journalism school of Rabat (ISIC) and is now holding the positiong of Assistant Managing Editor at the "RTM", one of the 2 Moroccan TV channels. Hasna was lately nominated among the 50 future Moroccan leaders by the controversial and bestselling Moroccan magazine "Telquel". ( http://www.telquel-online.com/246/couverture_246_1.shtml )

Hasna also has a blog: http://www.blog.ma/hasnaboufkiri/



Keep the good spirit:)