Raising a Moroccan-American child: Panel on approaches to nurturing successful multi-cultural Moroccan-American children
@ John Hopkins University

Organized by : Friends of Morocco
Tangier American Legation Museum Society
American Moroccan Professionals Association


Moderator is Norma McCaig, an intercultural specialist and the founder and current chair of Global Nomads International, an organization serving those who have lived abroad because of a parent¹s career choice. She specializes in programs for raising awareness of the dynamics of the internationally mobile family, the lifelong impact and uses of a globally nomadic childhood, cross-cultural transition and intercultural communication. In addition to her work with GNI, she is an affiliate faculty member of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, coordinating Global Nomad Programs and Services through the Multicultural Research and Resource Center (MRRC). Ms. McCaig¹s work has been highlighted in a number of articles and books, most notably Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, by Ruth Van Reken and David C. Pollock , and the Foreign Service Youth Foundation¹s book, Notes from a Traveling Childhood.

Panelist Myriam Fizazi-Hawkins spoke about her experience growing up to a Moroccan father and American mother in Morocco. Bill Lawrence spoke about his experience of being married to a Moroccan woman and raising a child together and Samir Labriny spoke about his experience of being married to an American Woman and raising two children together.

Event ended with an a debate among attendees with different experiences of growing up in multi-language and multicultural households.