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Humor and Moroccan Culture Paperback – March 20, 2007

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This project started as a language learning experiment. Matthew Helmke was sitting in a cafe with a Moroccan having a discussion in Moroccan Arabic. The friend told a joke and it was quickly discovered that vocabulary alone would not insure an understanding of humor. This prompted a question, "What did I miss?" In this book, Matthew Helmke explores the hidden aspects of Moroccan culture. These are the things that Moroccans know inherently, without being taught. The result is an intriguing look through the eyes of an American trying to make sense of Moroccan culture.

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More than a decade later, I am still proud of this book. There are things I would do differently if I published this today, but they are not important enough details to diminish my pleasure at how this book turned out.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Matthew Helmke; null edition (March 20, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 120 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0615142842
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0615142845
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 year and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.3 x 9.02 inches

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Matthew Helmke got his first computer in 1981, a TRS-80 Color Computer--the original CoCo, the one with the silver case. He first used Unix (actually, VMS) in 1987 while studying Lisp on a Vax at the university and has been a fan since. When Linux came around, Matthew was thrilled. He has used Linux as his main operating system since 2005.

In addition to writing, Matthew is also a musician who plays the guitar and the bass. He has played in a local band, as a guest musician sitting in with other groups, and as a studio musician for other artists. He lived in Morocco for 7 years, is an avid and voracious reader, speaks several languages, has worked as an information consultant on topics including culture, language, religion, and computers.

Matthew works for the open source company StarTree, which helps enterprises with real-time metrics and data analytics (https://startree.ai).

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Abdullah

Reads more like a blog than a book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 16, 2011

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It is a good little read, and made me and my wife laugh (She is from Morocco). However, there is no really deeper understanding of Moroccan culture, just some nice jokes and the author exampling why they are funny. Truthful, I think this would be more fitting on his blog's website than in a book. Just my two cents.

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Ryan Burbank

A great read with tons of information

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2008

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I read this book in preparation of coming to Morocco. This book has helped me in more ways than I can count. Besides having useful information, it's also a fun book to read because the jokes are actually quite funny after you understand the culture (or at least that part of the culture.) If you're thinking about getting this book, or unsure if you should, just get it. I promise you won't be let down.

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CAW

Insightful, interesting and amusing!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 21, 2010

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This is a wonderful book. It was insightful, and interesting look into Moroccan society & culture. Several of my Moroccan friends really enjoyed this book as well.

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Great little book to pass some time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 22, 2007

First off I know nothing about Morocco, I have never been there, but I read this book and it was hard to put it down. It had many little stories and some great jokes, but the key to this book is that you get to learn how people think and how the basics of humor works in any place in the world. If you are a comic I would suggest this book because you will learn the importance of situations and saying the correct things to your audience. I am also an American living in a third world country, and it helps with the culture shock.

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Lilla

Useful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 14, 2015

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I showed the book to my Moroccan tutor, who said that the jokes typed in Moroccan are not quite how they should have been (but with typing and grammar mistakes), but otherwise the book was a good collection. I also showed it to my Moroccan partner and he said pretty much the same thing. Apart from the above, it's a good book and certainly helps me understand the culture more.

Helen

Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 17, 2016

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Such a fascinating read, I have learnt a lot from this, Morocco fills me with wonder and the stories and jokes make me love it even more

Rachel Flemming

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 14, 2014

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A nice book.

lucie cuyx

Cultura marocchina, un altra perspettiva!

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on October 29, 2014

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Un libro inusuale, che aiuta a penetrare nella mentalità di un altro popolo attraverso l'umorismo (e si sa che le forme di umorismo sono ben diverse di un paese all'altro). Penetrante, ci fa vedere le cose dal punto di vista 'dell'altro',del diverso da noi. Molto interessante

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