Lately, I’ve been (sort of) studying to get a head start on my first MSA class at Ohio State. I’m ok with the alphabet (thanks to my excellent teacher at the CCCL, Samir Azzibou), but this book is showing me all kinds of new things – like what happens to “?” when it’s in front of ?. Crazy things, let me tell you, it’s like T jumped on J and decided to do a little samba.
I also applied for a student membership to the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS). It makes me feel terribly official, but I’m afraid the resident Berber is not too impressed. “Why do you want to study about Morocco?” You know what I say? “Libitibitou!”