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Duke Diary Dispatch: Hello From Morocco
During the first 2 weeks of our program, in addition to learning Arabic, we have also been taking a course on religion, citizenship and government. Throughout our class discussions, it is become increasingly clear how not only the relationship between these dimensions is different in a Muslim country, but also how each concept is understood and practiced is completely different from how they are both in the US and Western Nations more broadly. To get a better understanding about how some of these
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