RELI 4310/6310 : Maymester, 2004 Prof. : Honerkamp

E-mail: hnrkmp@uga.edu

Office: Peabody Hall 201

Class: May 11, 2004. to June 6 th., 2004

Location: The American Language Center of Marrakech, Morocco

Text: Instructional material will be provided by the program

"Islam and Islamic Culture in Morocco" has a twofold purpose. The first is to provide the student with a window unto the Islamic world through a thorough introduction to a living example of Islam as it occurs in Moroccan culture. The second goal is to present the material under consideration within a coherent framework of essential spheres of belief. The epistemological, teleological and methodological aspects of the Islam and Islamic Culture studied will permit the student to perceive the various concepts presented within a cohesive culturally meaningful whole. This vision will not only provide the student a window from which to view the Islamic World but his own world as well.

Maintain a diary of the trip

Research paper

GRADING SYSTEM: A - F

EVALUATION SYSTEM: The grades will be awarded according to student particpation in class discussion, student presentations and an oral exam at the end of the program.

CREDIT HOURS: 60 contact hours = 4 credit hours

The aim of the course is to introduce students to an in-depth understanding of Islam and Islamic Culture. The course will present the student with an broad view of the socio-religious, and socio-political issues that are shaping the Islamic world of today. The course will also deal with the central issue of Islam and the West and the role of modernity within the context of one of the worlds major religions.

May 11, Tuesday: - Arrive Casablanca Airport 6:00 am.

- Depart Casablanca for Marrakech at 7:00

- Arrive at Marrakesh 11:00, meet homestay families at the American Language Center

- Afternoon and evening free

May 12, Wednesday: - Part 1: Orientation and Introduction to the Islamic cultural world, Overview

Marrakesh: Where city and country meet - The Basin (al-Haouz)

Orientation - at the American Language Center of Marrakesh ALC, and computer and e-mail sites; social mores and basic etiquette

LUNCH ALC

Walk around town, banks, Post Office, Madina, Jamalfna and Cafe de France for coffee

May 13, Thursday:

- Guided historical visit of the Old City and its monuments

- Lunch in madina

- Afternoon: Introduction to Moroccan Arabic and adab

- FINDING A CAFE

May 14, Friday:

- Introduction to the history and culture of Morocco - Allah, al-Malak, al-Watan

- Introduction to Religiology, comparative worldviews, Modernity; significance of reactions to culture shock.

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- The bazaar, lifeblood of the Islamic City - guided tour of local crafts

May 15, Saturday: Trip to Tinmil

- Trip to Tinmil, lecture on the History of Morocco

- Picnic Lunch by the river side

- Sources of knowledge in Islam, the Hadith of Gabriel

- Religiology - introduction

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- Free afternoon

- Music concert in the evening and photo-opt with homestay families

- Overview of Islamic institutions for implementing methodology: The Mosque, madrasa, palace, qadi, home, souq (agriculture), bazaar (crafts/trade), fortified city (jihad), zawiya (brotherhoods) and tomb complex.

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- Lunch ALC

- The Malikiyya

- Islamic education

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- Lunch ALC

- Free afternoon

- Zawiya / Sufi Pedagogy and means of transmission / Sufi ritual, Saint’s Tomb

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- Lunch ALC - discussion after lunch over tea

- Geography of our up coming trip, the mountains and the desert

- Draa Valley and water rights

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- Lunch ALC

May 22, Saturday - Depart for: Tamagrout, Dra Valley, Nasiri Zawiya

Morning - Road to Zagora by Tishka Pass

Afternoon - Picnic lunch at the pass

Evening - Arrive in Zagora Hotel Sirroco - check in dinner and tea

Morning - Visit to Library at Tamagrout and Nasariyya Zawiya, tea in palmrie

Afternoon - Lunch and rest - late afternoon depart for dunes on camels

Evening - dinner and story circle and Moroccan jokes

Morning - Depart towards Marrakesh by Ait Haddou

visit Galaoui palace in Ourarzate

Afternoon - Lunch Ait Haddou - check in to Hotel Ait Haddou

vist Ait Haddou Qasbah

Evening - dinner and walk to see stars (make sure your flashlight is working)

- Morning walk at Ait Haddou

- Return to Marrakesh

- Afternoon at homestay families, clean up

- Lecture - TBA

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- LUNCH ALC

- Quran, a Moroccan Institution a lecture by Abderrahman

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- LUNCH ALC

- Ater lunch feedback session , evening walk to Jamalfna

- dinner at the Cantazaro restaruant

- Lecture: TBA

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- LUNCH ALC

- Free afternoon, visit the Majoral Gardens

- Lecture: - Classical Islamic Values and the Islamic City

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- LUNCH ALC

- Feedback session over tea and Moroccan cakes - ALC

- Concert in the evening: Moroccan music

Morning - Road to Casablanca, lunch, Mosque of Hasan II

Afternoon - Rabat, Hotel Royale, check in - Chellah

Evening - Dinner Bahia, Oudias, Tour Hasan and tomb of Muhammad V

Morning - walk to Salé, Abu Regreg

Madrasa and Grand Mosque

meet van near tomb of Sidi Hassoun in Salé

Afternoon - Volubolis, Mulay Idriss

Evening - Fes, Hotel Batha - check in, walk through madina, tea

Sufi dhikr session and late night Fes madina

Morning - Visit Fes madina

Madrasa Abu Inan, and Attarine, Quarawiyine Mosque

- The Islamic City and Civil Society

- Andalusian influences in Morocco

Afternoon - Lunch Palais de Fes, continue walk out to Bab Giza

lecture: Women in Morocco, Fatima Saddiqi

Evening - Visit to the Merinide Tombs and sunset over Fes

Free early evening

Sufi dhikr session and late night Fes madina

Morning -Free morinin g in Fes, or shopping with Dr. Honerkamp

Afternoon - Lunch at Hotel

Lecture: Sufi Poetry: Ezzeddine Kharchafi

Evening -Lecture at the tombs of the Fasi family, Science of the Real

Sufi dhikr session and late night Fes madina

Morning -Departure for Marrakesh by way if Ifran

Afternoon - picnic lunch on the road

- brief road talk : Worldly and spiritual travelling

Evening - Arrive Marrakesh - dinner together

- Lecture - Traditional Crafts and Social Values

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- LUNCH ALC

- Visit of Tomb of Imam Jazouli

- free evening - walk to Jamalfna

- Individual Oral Exams

- Student presentations / discussions : Moroccan realities / American responses / religiological synthesis

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic exams

- Lunch ALC - free afternoon

- dinner at the Riyad Restaurant

- carriage ride around the city

- brief summary : Islam, coherence and modernity

- brief summary : Islam and Equilibrium

- Lecture/discussion: Is There Such a Thing as Moroccan Islam?

- Moroccan dialectical Arabic (11:30 to 12:30)

- Lunch ALC

- Free afternoon

This course will abide strictly by the standards of academic honesty set forth in the University of Georgia publication "A Culture of Honesty" Policy on Academic Honesty