Netherlands Institute Morocco

Library

The NIMAR library receives visiting students and affiliated researchers who are looking for a quiet place to study and work. Besides this, the library provides them with support in finding relevant literature for their research.

The study and research area in the library offers 20 workspaces, WIFI and access to the online resources of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). Furthermore, visiting students and affiliated researchers will find a specialised physical collection on Morocco and the region that consists of thousands of monographs, edited volumes, reference works and magazines at their disposal.

Access to the physical collection of the NIMAR library catalogue is available via the UBL catalogue. Select the NIMAR Library section to the right of the search pane by indicating 'Leiden Collections' and location 'NIMAR Library'.

NIMAR and the UBL

As a center of expertise on Morocco and the wider region, the NIMAR library is also actively involved in selecting and acquiring scientific and non-scientific literature published in North-West Africa for the UBL. Ever since 2015, its aim has been to cover and document all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities as they relate to North-West Africa, with a particular focus on Morocco. In the past ten years, more than ten thousand publications have been acquired in the region and made available for education and research at Leiden University.

Practical Information

If you are a master’s student affiliated with a Dutch university, a researcher or a PhD researcher and are interested in using the facilities of our library, please feel free to contact us.

Guides and Bibliographies on Morocco

These guides and bibliographies are meant for students and researchers who are interested in what has been written on Morocco. The aim is to showcase what has been published on Morocco in various disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities.

Dictionaries (Online and Print)

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)

Arts, T. (Ed.) (2014). Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Oxford University Press.

Available via Oxford Dictionaries (Login required):

premium-oxforddictionaries-com.ezproxy.leidenuniv

Hoogland, J. (Ed.) (2003). Woordenboek Arabisch-Nederlands. Bulaaq.

Hoogland, J. (Ed.) (2003). Woordenboek Nederlands-Arabisch. Bulaaq.

Available online via Vertaalwoordenschat

(Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal):

https://vertaalwoordenschat.ivdnt.org/vws/

Wehr, H. & Milton, C. J. (Ed.) (1961). A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Harrassowitz.
Ejtaal Arabic Almanac

Includes full page scans of over 20 of the most frequently used dictionaries, such as Hans Wehr’s Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic and classical Arabic dictionaries, such as Ibn Manzur’s Lisān al-‘Arab or Lane’s Arabic-English Lexicon.

https://ejtaal.net/

Aratools

Online electronic Arabic-English dictionary.

https://aratools.com/

Moroccan Arabic

Hoogland, J. & Otten, R. (Eds.) (2024).

Woordenboek Marokkaans Arabisch/Nederlands.

Amsterdam University Press.

Available online via Stichting Ensie Encyclopedie:

https://marokkaans-nederlands.ensie.nl/

Harrell, R.S. & Sobelman, H. (Eds.) (1966).

A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic Moroccan-English.

Georgetown University Press.

Full scan of the renowned Moroccan Arabic-English/English

Moroccan Arabic dictionary,

published by Georgetown and made available by the Internet Archive:

MoroccanArabicMoroccanEnglishEnglishMoroccan

Sinaceur, Z. R. (Ed.) (1994). Le Dictionnaire COLIN

d’Arabe Dialectal Marocain. Éditions Al Manahil,

Ministère des Affaires Culturelles.

Abdennebi, E. H. & Bowman, S. (Eds.) (2011).

Moroccan Arabic Verb Dictionary: English-Moroccan Arabic.

Artisanal Treasures.

Encyclopedia

Edzard, L. & Jong, R..E, de (Eds.) (2011). Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online. BRILL.

Available at (Login required):

referenceworks-brill-com.leidenuniv.idm

Bustani, B. al (1875). Kitāb Dāʼirat al-Maʻārif: wa-Huwa Qāmūs ʻĀmm li-Kull Fann wa-Maṭlab

Available at (Login required):

degruyterbrill-com.leidenuniv.idm.oclc.org/document

Reference Grammars and Textbooks

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)

Ryding, K.C. (2005).

A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic.

Cambridge University Press.

Available via CambridgeCore;:

cambridge-org.ezproxy.leidenuniv.nl/core/

Hassanein, A. (2006).

Modern Standard Arabic Grammar: A Concise Guide.

American University in Cairo Press.

Moroccan Arabic

Hoogland, J. (2018). The Routledge Introductory Course in Moroccan Arabic.

Routledge

Available via EBSCOhost

https://research-ebsco-com.leidenuniv.idm.oclc.org

Hoogland, J. (2008).

Marokkaans Arabisch: een cursus voor zelfstudie en klassikaal gebruik.

Bulaaq.

Harrell, R.S., Abu-Talib, M. & Caroll, W. S. (1965).

A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic. Georgetown University Press.

Ennaji, M. (2004). A Grammar of Moroccan Arabic.

Publications of the Faculty of Letters Dhar El Mehraz.

www.y.ennaji.free.fr/mohaennaji/livres/

A%20grammar%20of%20moroccan%20Arabic%20_002.pdf

Abdel-Massih, E.T. (2011). An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic. University of Michigan Library.
Harrell, R.S. (2004). A Short Reference Grammar of Moroccan Arabic. Georgetown University Press.

Media in Morocco: Newspapers and Magazine

The following list is a selection of the most widely read French-language, English-language and Arabic-language newspapers and magazines in Morocco.

Online Newspapers

Le360

Founded in 2013. Publishes in French and Arabic.

https://fr.le360.ma/

Yabiladi

Founded by Mohamed Ezzouak in 2002. Publishes in English, French and Arabic.

www.yabiladi.com/

Le Desk

Founded in 2015 by Ali Amar. Publishes in French and Arabic.

ledesk.ma/

Lakome2

Founded in 2011 by Ali Anouzla and Aboubakr Jamaï. Publishes in French and Arabic.

lakome2.com/

Morocco World News

Founded in 2011 by the brothers Amine. Publishes in English.

www.moroccoworldnews.com/

Assabah

Founded in 2000 by Abdelmounaïm Dilami. Publishes in Arabic.

assabah.ma/

Akhbār al-Yawm

Founded in 2009 by Tawfiq Bouachrine. Publishes in Arabic.

www.alyaoum24.com/

Goud

Founded in 2011 by Ahmed Najim. Publishes both in Standard Arabic and Moroccan Arabic

www.goud.ma/

Independent press

L’Économiste

Founded in 1998 by Nassredine El Afrit and Abdelmounaïm Dilami. Publishes in French.

www.leconomiste.com/

Aujourd’hui Le Maroc

Founded in 2001 by Khalil Hachimi Idriss. Publishes in French.

aujourdhui.ma/

Les Inspirations éco

Founded in 2009 by Samir Chaouki. Publishes in French.

leseco.ma/

Partisan press

Le Matin

Founded in 1971 by Maroc Soir. Publishes in French.

lematin.ma/

L’Opinion

Founded in 1965. Founded by the Istiqlal Party. Publishes in French

www.lopinion.ma/

Magazines

Telquel

Founded in 2001 by Ahmed Benchemsi. Publishes in French, English and Arabic.

telquel.ma/

Maroc Hebdo International

Founded in 1991 by Mohamed Selhami. Publishes in French.

NIMAR and the UBL

Practical Information

Guides and Bibliographies on Morocco

Dictionaries (Online and Print)

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)

Arts, T. (Ed.) (2014). Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Oxford University Press.

Available via Oxford Dictionaries (Login required):

Hoogland, J. (Ed.) (2003). Woordenboek Arabisch-Nederlands. Bulaaq.

Hoogland, J. (Ed.) (2003). Woordenboek Nederlands-Arabisch. Bulaaq.

Available online via Vertaalwoordenschat

(Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal):

Wehr, H. & Milton, C. J. (Ed.) (1961). A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Harrassowitz.

Ejtaal Arabic Almanac

Includes full page scans of over 20 of the most frequently used dictionaries, such as Hans Wehr’s Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic and classical Arabic dictionaries, such as Ibn Manzur’s Lisān al-‘Arab or Lane’s Arabic-English Lexicon.

Aratools

Online electronic Arabic-English dictionary.

Moroccan Arabic

Hoogland, J. & Otten, R. (Eds.) (2024).

Woordenboek Marokkaans Arabisch/Nederlands.

Amsterdam University Press.

Available online via Stichting Ensie Encyclopedie:

Harrell, R.S. & Sobelman, H. (Eds.) (1966).

A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic Moroccan-English.

Georgetown University Press.

Full scan of the renowned Moroccan Arabic-English/English

Moroccan Arabic dictionary,

published by Georgetown and made available by the Internet Archive:

Sinaceur, Z. R. (Ed.) (1994). Le Dictionnaire COLIN

d’Arabe Dialectal Marocain. Éditions Al Manahil,

Ministère des Affaires Culturelles.

Abdennebi, E. H. & Bowman, S. (Eds.) (2011).

Moroccan Arabic Verb Dictionary: English-Moroccan Arabic.

Artisanal Treasures.

Encyclopedia

Edzard, L. & Jong, R..E, de (Eds.) (2011). Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online. BRILL.

Available at (Login required):

Bustani, B. al (1875). Kitāb Dāʼirat al-Maʻārif: wa-Huwa Qāmūs ʻĀmm li-Kull Fann wa-Maṭlab

Available at (Login required):

Reference Grammars and Textbooks

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)

Ryding, K.C. (2005).

A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic.

Cambridge University Press.

Available via CambridgeCore;:

Hassanein, A. (2006).

Modern Standard Arabic Grammar: A Concise Guide.

American University in Cairo Press.

Moroccan Arabic

Hoogland, J. (2018). The Routledge Introductory Course in Moroccan Arabic.

Routledge

Available via EBSCOhost

Hoogland, J. (2008).

Marokkaans Arabisch: een cursus voor zelfstudie en klassikaal gebruik.

Bulaaq.

Harrell, R.S., Abu-Talib, M. & Caroll, W. S. (1965).

A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic. Georgetown University Press.

Ennaji, M. (2004). A Grammar of Moroccan Arabic.

Publications of the Faculty of Letters Dhar El Mehraz.

www.y.ennaji.free.fr/mohaennaji/livres/

A%20grammar%20of%20moroccan%20Arabic%20_002.pdf

Abdel-Massih, E.T. (2011). An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic. University of Michigan Library.

Harrell, R.S. (2004). A Short Reference Grammar of Moroccan Arabic. Georgetown University Press.