A while ago I wrote two articles about the marriage process in Morocco. You can think of this as the prerequisite before immigrating to Canada. You can find the links to both here: Part1 and Part2. The article basically showed that there were a lot of steps and a lot of running around to do …
Category archives: Random thoughts
Moroccan Proverbs
Darija is a language that uses a lot of phrases. In my journey I’ve found that just learning vocabulary and sentence structure isn’t enough. Learning the Moroccan proverbs are just as important. Without learning the phrases some sentences just wont make sense. For example the phrase ‘3la ras w l3yn’ means ‘my pleasure’ but if …
My experience so far with iTalki
So if you have been following my journey, I have been trying to focus more on listening. I seem to be ok with reading, I have learnt a lot of vocabulary, and I can make simple sentences. However my listening skills are very poor. I’ve been trying to watch some TV, listen to the moroccan …
Frustrations in my journey
When I started this journey, I knew that this would take a lot of work. I knew that I had to put the hours in to be able to learn darija. I told myself last year that I will be studying everyday and should be at least at an immediate level within a year. This …
Rfisa – what the heck am I eating?
Before I was married, I would spend a lot of time speaking to my soon to be wife about her and her culture. Although I knew many things about Morocco I was always interested in learning more. A lot of times we would speak about food. Having travelled many times to Morocco I thought I …
I can’t believe I got sick again!
Once again, I was sick for a long time. I don’t get it. The last time I got sick like this was in 2012. 6 years ago. I am a healthy person, usually I only eat bad 1 or 2 times a week and I exercise often (maybe not as much as I use to). …
Moroccan Marriage Process Part 2
If you read Part 1 of this article you would see the documents required to bring to Morocco for marriage for the Moroccan marriage. Now let’s continue assuming you have brought the appropriate documents. I will try to explain the quickest and simplest way to complete this process. This is also assuming your embassy is …
Moroccan Marriage Process Part 1
When I decided to get married to a moroccan girl, I started looking online for resources on the procedure of the Moroccan marriage. I was surprised at how complex the process is and how much documents were needed for this process. It can be overwhelming and I thought I should write an article with the …
Update 2018
Well it’s been awhile since I last posted here. I set this goal last year to have a 5 min conversation and I would like to give you an update on this and other things. First I would like to explain why I have been away for so long. The first thing was that …
Rashida – my personal thoughts
Usually when I write a blog I have some sort of flow to my thoughts and I try to write to provide some knowledge. This blog is pretty much a random thought in my head with no structure. One of the things I will do from time to time as part of my learning is …