Spotlights
A Gathering of Literary Minds
- 09.18.2018
A Delegation of British Moroccan Society members visited Al Akhawayn University on September 17, 2018, and three of its members gave presentations about their recent publications in the framework of the Authors@AUI Series at the Mohammed VI Library.
Dr. Ali Bahaijoub presented his book, Sahara Conflict: Historical, Regional and International Dimensions. Saeida Rouass presented her newly published book, Assembly of the Dead,a thriller that takes place in Marrakech in 1906, and Richard Hamilton discussed his collection of Jamaa Lfna storytellers included in his book, The Last Storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco.
SHSS Prof. on Community-based Citizenship Classes for Bhutanese Refugee Elders
- 08.31.2018
Dr. Brian Seilstad, Assistant Professor at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences published an article entitled “Partially shared objects and the (Elusive) potential of expansive learning: the case of “jury” in community-based citizenship classes for Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugee elders”, in the journal Mind, Culture, and Activity.
Academia webpage: https://aui.academia.edu/BrianSeilstad
Pr. El Bernoussi on DNA Tests in Morocco: Marking a Historic Turn in Islamic Law
- 08.29.2018
SHSS Professor Zaynab El Bernoussi wrote a short piece in Harvard's SHARIA source on the historic Tangiers case in which a judge ruled in favor of a child born out of wedlock, but then the case was overturned.
Read article on: https://beta.shariasource.com/documents/3369
AUI Debate Team Wins the National Debate Competition Organized by NDI
- 06.29.2018
On Thursday, 28th of June 2018, the National Debate Competition, organized by the National Democratic Institute, took place in Rabat.
AUI’s debate team debaters (Imad Eddine Sekkal, Imane Abou-Said, and Souhail Ramid), and researchers (Salma Choufani, Wiam Stitou, Mohamed Halloufi, and Sarah Allouch) represented Al Akhawayn University in the competition, and won first place.
The winning team’s topic was “The Government Should Determine the Margin of Profit of Companies Distributing Fuels.”
SSE Student Wins Second Prize at ActInSpace 2018 Hackathon
- 06.08.2018
On May 25th - 26th, AIRBUS in partnership with the European Space Agency and CNES organized the 2nd edition of the ActInSpace 2018 Hackathon at the International University of Rabat (UIR). SSE student, Yousra Bensouda, represented AUI and won 2nd prize for her project on homeland security and defense using satellites that have the size of a Rubik's cube.
