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This paper will consider Operation Plow in historical perspective, examine the procedure and results of the program, and attempt to analyze the failure of the operation as an approach to agricultural development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to find out the opinions of the young intellectual elite of Morocco towards the marriage of a Moroccan man with a European woman. The problem was approached by administering a questionnaire to 60 Sunni Moroccan male students at the University of Rabat during the academic year 1962–1963. The results of this study clearly indicate that mixed marriage, a controversial question arousing the interest and anxieties of the students interviewed, is of great social significance both for the present and future structure of Moroccan society. Among other things, it is perceived by the young intellectual elite represented in this sample as an important factor promoting the transformation of basic norms and values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Islam as a complete way of life has long since bypassed its opportunity in Morocco. It was never the basis for society in this country in the past nor can it be the basis for society in the present or future. Nonetheless, its vital role as unifying symbol cannot be dismissed. Without it, nationalists leaders would be hard put to find a channel of communication capable of organizing people for action in the difficult task of developing the basis of modern society. It is perhaps ironic that with every success Islam has in promoting the basis of modern society in Morocco through its unifying role, it will be displacing itself. For those who think that Morocco can he modern in an Islamic context, the corroding effect of the modernization process on Islam, once the process is set into self-sustaining motion, will prove otherwise. Participation in the new structure with its concomitant goals and norms will have the effect of secularizing Islam as it has in some areas of life for some elements of the Moroccan population today. Islam will remain a distinguishing characteristic of Morocco, but it will not be as closely enmeshed as it is today in the lives of rural Moroccans and in the transitional re-structuring of the country.

Discusses the conflict that developed within the French government over policy concerning the Algerian-Moroccan border in 1903 to 1905, which involved the military security in the border region, French Foreign Minister Theóphile Delcassé and the military commander of border district, General Louis-Hubert Lyautey. Historical background of the disagreement between France and Morocco; Information on Delcassé's Moroccan policy; Efforts to avoid conflict with Morocco.

Mass-treatment campaigns against trachoma and seasonal conjunctivitis, using chlortetracycline ointment, were started in 1952 in parts of southern Morocco. This paper reports the results of a survey carried out between 1962 and 1965, under the auspices of the Moroccan Government, WHO and UNICEF, to evaluate the effects of the mass-campaign.The survey assessed the prevalence, gravity and frequency of complications of trachoma by ophthalmological examinations, conducted in the home, and the results are compared with data published elsewhere which were obtained before treatment started in the 1950s in parts of the study area. Additional studies were made of the relation between trachoma and the availability and use of water, and between the prevalence of trachoma in females and their exposure to infection.The over-all prevalence of trachoma was unaffected by the mass-treatment campaign but a larger proportion of the cases were at stage IV of the disease (healed). In one region, however, the prevalence of active cases (stages I-III) in the younger age-groups had decreased considerably. The occurrence of pannus decreased and while trichiasis decreased in children under 15 years of age, its prevalence increased in adults. This result may be important in planning future mass-campaigns.