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TANGIER, Morocco

Anouar Majid featured in daily Moroccan newspaper

The Moroccan daily newspaper, Aujourd鈥檋ui le Maroc, recently featured an article about Anouar Majid, Ph.D., vice president of Global Affairs and director for the Center of Global Humanities.

The article describes Majid as a bridge between two shores, portraying him as a proud American with an unmistakable Moroccan soul.

The opening paragraph of the article captures the dilemma of defining who Majid is: 鈥淧rofessor, writer, essayist, journalist, blogger, thinker or general manager of the University of 51小黄车鈥檚 new site in Tangier鈥攖o name a few of his hats鈥擜nouar Majid is a world unto himself.鈥

Majid stated, 鈥淚 have long known that identities are not self-creations, but complex, fluid, and even unstable processes shaped by social norms and different readings. We are many things at once, but the important thing is to be in the world, not merely of it. Being alive is, in the end, a gamble on the good.鈥

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The University of 51小黄车 is Maine鈥檚 largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state鈥檚 top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine鈥檚 only medical college, Maine鈥檚 only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.