Tareeq Al-Salama?

Today I received the following email from my study abroad office.

 Morocco: Police forcibly disperse opposition, Islamist rallies in Rabat
 At least ten people on 15 May were injured when the police used batons to disperse a demonstration by anti-government protesters, including members of the pro-reform 20 February Movement, in the southern suburbs of the capital Rabat (crap).
On the same day, the security forces also dispersed a simultaneous gathering by around 100 Islamist activists outside the parliament building in the capital, while a similar demonstration was held in the city of Marrakech (Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz region), during which participants also denounced the lethal bomb attack that occurred in the city on 28 April.
Further demonstrations by the 20 February Movement and other pro-reform and opposition groups are likely in the coming days, with varying attendance levels. The heavy-handed dispersal of the latest rally may also prompt protests in the capital, and any fresh attempt to gather at the detention facility will be forcibly resisted by the police. Precedents suggest that the security forces may use uncompromising crowd-control measures to disperse unruly protesters, posing indirect risks to nearby personnel. There is also a high risk of unrest incited by youths from low-income areas in the hours following such gatherings, especially in northern cities (guess where Rabat is).
While Morocco shares a number of socioeconomic traits with neighboring Tunisia and Egypt – where protest campaigns recently led to the ousting of those countries' long-serving presidents – such as the high unemployment rate among its youth, its political climate differs from these countries and an uprising similar to those seen in Egypt and Tunisia is unlikely in the near term (small sigh of relief).

We'll see what happens in the next two weeks. Now on to the fun stuff.

• Daily travel tip
• A packing list is essential before going abroad. Write down everything you'll need from the time you leave your house until you get back inside it. If possible, don't pack in a hurry. Pack one afternoon, go to bed. Next morning, think about what you're missing (camera, debit card, sunglasses, short-term-memory) and finish up.

Today's Lesson in Moroccan Arabic: Phrases that sound awkward out of context
     Begheet natafaraj welekin ma bagheetish nadkhul feeha.
     -- "I'd like to watch but I don't want to join in."
     Kanufaddel imra'a.
     --  "I prefer a woman."
     Andi shuka dialee.
     -- "I have my own syringe."

Practice with your friends!