EPISODE · Mar 3, 2020 · 3 MIN
Morocco - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Jillian York
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Morocco - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Series: Part of Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Author: Jillian York Narrator: Charles Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: Morocco is a land of spectacular scenery with a rich history and heady with tantalizing scents and colorful sights. The call of the muezzin seems to draw people from every corner of the globe. In 1956, Morocco gained independence from French colonial rule and was jolted into the twentieth century. Today, it is a country in transition—a unique blend of Arab, African, and European ways of life. The teeming cities have an air of sophistication and joie de vivre, but life in rural areas has stayed much the same. And while the cities are highly westernized, tradition and religion still play a vital role in the everyday life of most people. With rapid change came problems. Lack of opportunity and high unemployment resulted in a “brain drain” as educated Moroccans made their way abroad, and a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam started gaining ground among the urban poor. Even so, as technology becomes widespread and the world shrinks further, Morocco today is coming into its own. Culture Smart! Morocco describes the way the country’s past has shaped its present, advising tourists and business travelers on what to expect and how to behave in different situations.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419298 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Morocco - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Series: Part of Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Author: Jillian York Narrator: Charles Armstrong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 56 minutes Release date: March 3, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.33 of Total 3 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: Morocco is a land of spectacular scenery with a rich history and heady with tantalizing scents and colorful sights. The call of the muezzin seems to draw people from every corner of the globe. In 1956, Morocco gained independence from French colonial rule and was jolted into the twentieth century. Today, it is a country in transition—a unique blend of Arab, African, and European ways of life. The teeming cities have an air of sophistication and joie de vivre, but life in rural areas has stayed much the same. And while the cities are highly westernized, tradition and religion still play a vital role in the everyday life of most people. With rapid change came problems. Lack of opportunity and high unemployment resulted in a “brain drain” as educated Moroccans made their way abroad, and a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam started gaining ground among the urban poor. Even so, as technology becomes widespread and the world shrinks further, Morocco today is coming into its own. Culture Smart! Morocco describes the way the country’s past has shaped its present, advising tourists and business travelers on what to expect and how to behave in different situations.
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