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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 491742" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thank you all for your various opinions, which really are useful to hear and help me clarify my thoughts. Everyone will inevitably have their own take on things of course. Just to point out: although Morocco is of course a patriarchal, Muslim country, now that I am no longer married to a Moroccan and would be going there as a free agent, as it were, I would no longer be subject to that. I would be in Casablanca or Marrakesh, which are very cosmopolitan, modern cities with large numbers of westerners. In many ways, I would be living as in Europe. I do have good friends there, including a couple of real spiritual fellows (one Buddhist, one Sufi Muslim). Also a friend who is the director of the largest English teaching centre who could give me work. Just to make the choice harder <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I find decisions in general quite hard because I get lost in abstract thinking about a decision - and this is not relevant, ultimately. An experience is lived, not thought about. Which is why I need to visit schools here and also in Morocco. I do take your point, HaoZi and I think it's a really good one. It's kind of why I wanted to escape from Morocco in the first place! But then I was escaping from an unhappy, unhealthy marriage... Things would be different now and actually within Morocco, I know quite a few feisty, independent and inspiring Moroccan women who are living traditional lives but are not in any way abject followers of their men. So it's not simple. </p><p>Happy Christmas to you all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 491742, member: 11227"] Thank you all for your various opinions, which really are useful to hear and help me clarify my thoughts. Everyone will inevitably have their own take on things of course. Just to point out: although Morocco is of course a patriarchal, Muslim country, now that I am no longer married to a Moroccan and would be going there as a free agent, as it were, I would no longer be subject to that. I would be in Casablanca or Marrakesh, which are very cosmopolitan, modern cities with large numbers of westerners. In many ways, I would be living as in Europe. I do have good friends there, including a couple of real spiritual fellows (one Buddhist, one Sufi Muslim). Also a friend who is the director of the largest English teaching centre who could give me work. Just to make the choice harder :) I find decisions in general quite hard because I get lost in abstract thinking about a decision - and this is not relevant, ultimately. An experience is lived, not thought about. Which is why I need to visit schools here and also in Morocco. I do take your point, HaoZi and I think it's a really good one. It's kind of why I wanted to escape from Morocco in the first place! But then I was escaping from an unhappy, unhealthy marriage... Things would be different now and actually within Morocco, I know quite a few feisty, independent and inspiring Moroccan women who are living traditional lives but are not in any way abject followers of their men. So it's not simple. Happy Christmas to you all. [/QUOTE]
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