RABAT (Reuters) - Darija, the language Moroccans use in everyday life, is coming to the fore in media and music and prompting calls it be declared a national language as some in the North African ...

Last year, Morocco became embroiled in a linguistic debate after a local educational foundation urged the country to integrate darija, the colloquial form of Arabic, into early childhood education.

A new academic study shows that Moroccan Arabic, Darija, is increasingly valued by foreign learners, challenging long-standing biases that favored Egyptian and Levantine dialects. Once immersed in ...

(RNS) — One academic's determination to teach Darija, the Moroccan Arabic dialect, has allowed diaspora Moroccan Jews to connect with their ancestors and their neighbors. (RNS) — Growing up in Fez, ...