(Be)longing to the village: how the earthquake in Morocco reveals the importance of the homeland in diaspora identity.

What happens when a country gets hit by an unexpected, highly damaging earthquake? What does the aid this country receives afterwards look like when it has a diaspora community of more than one million people? And how does a tragic event such as an earthquake affect those million people and their diaspora identity?While diaspora identity is often defined by referring to the country of origin, in this article Malika Ouacha discusses how the earthquake in Morocco affected her and led her to foster a deeper understanding of her identity as member of the Moroccan diaspora

Receiving by giving:The examining of cross-border diasporic and bi-cultural philanthropy

Receiving by Giving is an interdisciplinary, intersectional and in-depth examination of cross-border diasporic and bi-cultural philanthropy embodied in a PhD manuscript. By taking the socio-geographical case study of the Netherlands and Morocco, the author explains the multi-layered cross-border philanthropy performed by (150 Dutch-Moroccan) diaspora and bi-cultural philanthropists from the country of residence to the homeland

Claudia Bernardi et al. (eds), <i>Moving Workers. Historical Perspectives on Labour, Coercion and Im/Mobilities</i>.:[Work in Global and Historical Perspective, Vol. 19] (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023?) 267 pp. ISBN 9783111136516

Moving Workers determines how the movement of workers in several historical and regional contexts looked, why it was created, by whom and for what purpose it remained a phenomenon that we still witness today. The insights of this book merge from two different approaches: the first supporting current study and the second the epistemological renewal through interdisciplinary approaches. Besides an introduction chapter, this volume consists of eight chapters witheach its own contextual framework, contribution, and perspective on the entanglements of human labor and human movement, and finally a concluding afterword. The chapters in the volume span the entire period from the sixteenth century to the present day and cover a variety of regions across Europe and North America

Receiving by giving:The examining of cross-border diasporic and bi-cultural philanthropy

Receiving by Giving is an interdisciplinary, intersectional and in-depth examination of cross-border diasporic and bi-cultural philanthropy embodied in a PhD manuscript. By taking the socio-geographical case study of the Netherlands and Morocco, the author explains the multi-layered cross-border philanthropy performed by (150 Dutch-Moroccan) diaspora and bi-cultural philanthropists from the country of residence to the homeland

Diasporic Philanthropy and the Sense of Belonging as an Expression of Diasporic Cultural Identity and Inclusion

This study examines how performing diaspora philanthropy in the country of origin (Morocco) and the experience of integration and inclusion in the country of residence (Netherlands) influences the sense of belonging amongst cross-border diasporic philanthropists. The examination combines theories on migration, cross-border diasporic philanthropy and the sense of belonging. Based on a qualitative exploration of the perspectives and motives of individual cross-border diasporic philanthropists (N = 30), the analysis reveals a profile of cross-border diasporic philanthropists for whom country of residence serves as a positive reference, due to the constant experience of inclusion. They use their country of residence as a reference for social change in their country of origin. This generates a sense of belonging amongst diasporic philanthropists. The findings of this study contribute to the existing literature on the sense of belonging within diasporic communities and cross-border diasporic philanthropists, thereby enhancing understanding of motivations for diasporic philanthropy.</p

THE SALT CRYSTALLIZATION WEATHERING OF BUILDING ROCKS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES CALCARENITES OF NORTH-WESTERN MOROCCO (LIXUS, BANASA AND THAMUSIDA)

The archeological cities of north-western Morocco: Lixus, Banasa and Thamusida represent an international heritage, with a great social and cultural importance for the history of the country. This work is dedicated to study the salt crystallization weathering, reaching the building rocks of the monuments in order to preserve and restore them. These monuments show a variety of lithological facies implemented in its construction.The degradation of these materials is accelerated by climate influence of El Gharb and Prerif area, characterized by a high humidity and an important atmospheric and soil salinity. The most affected building rocks by the weathering are generally represented by limestones (calcarenites).When salt crystallizes in the pores of the rock after evaporation, the crystal dissociates the grains surrounding by expansion. Therefore, there is a loss of material. The accelerated aging test laboratory shows that calcarenites present the highest rate of weight loss among the samples of different lithologies. This is rendered in a significant susceptibility to degradation; a physical degradation by salt crystals expansion and a chemical degradation by a carbonates dissolution in the presence of the saline fog and a high temperature (50 °C).Lixus calcarenites are more resistant to weathering by salt, when compared to the calcarenites of the other two monuments