Post-Modernism in Morocco: Return to Ancient Tongues

Pluralism seems to be taking hold in a positive way in the old kingdom of Morocco. Unlike Algeria, Morocco's sizable Berber minority hasn't been oppressed (and thus hasn't revolted) violently. Now, equal integration between Arab and Berber is being approached as the government has decided on a plan to teach all Moroccan children both Arabic and the Berber language Tifanagh, which will face issues of standardization from its many dialects.

This is a big step for a North African country, and may be either blessing or hindrance. While they may better educate and engage their rural minority, they may also find diminishing Arabic fluency, and risk becoming more linguistically isolated. Arabic may not seem like an important trade language, but with the number of jobs available in the Persian Gulf and the sheer size of the Arab world, it does remain an important regional language for business and culture, though it is being inexorably replaced by the Global Language, English.