Spotlight: How did French colonialism change medicine and the natural sciences in Morocco?

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PRESENTER

Usman Butt

ORIGINAL CITY 

London

Original Date

December 11, 2022

DESCRIPTION

In this afikra feature, Usman Butt explores how French colonialism changed medicine and the natural sciences in Morocco. He gives us an overview of Moroccan history, and talks about pre-colonial medicine and health care in Morocco and how they changed after French colonization.

About the afikra community presentation

Delivered and prepared by afikra Community members, the presentation’s goal is to showcase the presenter’s curiosity and research and share some knowledge on a ‎topic related to the Arab world’s histories and cultures. The presentation is the ‎culmination of the afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the ‎presentation. afikra presentations come in two forms, a long question-driven afikra Feature, and a short afikra FWD with the purpose of sharing something interesting.

SOURCES & FUTURE REFERENCES

• Revealed Sciences: The Natural Sciences in Islam in Seventeenth-Century Morocco by Justin Stearns

• Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political By Tarek El-Ariss

• Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire | JSTOR

• Is Misdiagnosis an Epidemic Among Women? | MedMalFirm.com

• Medicine and the Saints: Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956 By Ellen J. Amster

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