Learning to breathe
December 1, 2017
Seventy square meters packed with girls lying on their backs, breathing. ‘Not as usual through your nose, but into your mouth and breathing out a bit quicker than in.’ (more…)
December 1, 2017
Seventy square meters packed with girls lying on their backs, breathing. ‘Not as usual through your nose, but into your mouth and breathing out a bit quicker than in.’ (more…)
November 5, 2017 Two chock-full weekends, tears and laughter, lots of learning points, illumination and the nurturing company of a powerful mentor. We want to thank everyone who has made…
November 1, 2017
We didn’t expect this was going to get emotional, but it didn’t take long before tears flowed. Last weekend the girls of Dar Moustaqbel followed a course at the Career Center in Marrakech. (more…)
October 24, 2017
Our extensive extracurriculur program is slowly but surely coming together. Apart from sports (cycling lessons, yoga), art (drawing workshops, theatre), and gardening (cuttings project) one of the goals is to visit as many interesting debates as possible. (more…)
October 19, 2017
Recently the girls where at cultural institute Riad Denise Masson for an up close and personal meet-up with one of Morocco’s most famous female sociologists: Soumaya Naamane Guessous. (more…)
October 12, 2017
The time has come for us to move into our new home. It is a special moment, after a year of hard work renovating the dilapidated riad while the girls lived in temporary housing, Dar Moustaqbel has become the perfect home for our students. (more…)
September 28, 2017
It has been a while since you last heard from us. Suffice it to say we were terribly busy. After their final exams the girls of Riad Moustaqbel have been doing one-month internships at various companies and organizations. (more…)
June 17, 2017 Ramadan is taking its toll. Some of us are in serious need of sleep. And the final exams have arrived... Wish us luck!
June 6, 2017
After a week of pious fasting while preparing for their exams, our students could do with a break. No wonder the ‘ftour’, breakfast at sunset during Ramadan, with our friends from pro-cycling ngo Pikala was a big succes. (more…)
June 1, 2017
‘Like a bird in the sky.’ That is how Zineb Bidari felt during a recent visit to Dar Zagora. This art space near Lake Lalla Takerkoust in the vicinity of Marrakech recently hosted a workshop for our students. (more…)