The city of Tetouan is one of the first major academic centers since Morocco is home to the Presidency of the University Abdelmalek Saadi of the Tangier-Tetouan region (Tetouan) and Averroes through the program attracts more and more European students. The university is composed of many faculties including the following, which are in the province of Tetouan:
The Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Humanities
The Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences (Martil)
The ENS (Martil)
The Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion
The National School of Applied Sciences
Since 2009, the National School of Architecture (3 years License)
These schools welcome students from the provinces of Tangier, Tetouan, Larache, Chefchaouen, other Moroccan and many foreign students and lecturers provinces.
She has plenty of cultural nature:
The Institute of Fine Arts
The General Library
The House of Culture
The Archaeological Museum
The International Conservatory of Music
International Language Centres (French, Spanish, English, German, Dutch ...)
Libraries and archives private (Daoudiya, Bennouna Torres)
Foreign cultural institutes (French Institute, Instituto Cervantes ...)
The talk Tetouani
The Tetouan speak Moroccan Arabic (Arabic berbérisé) with own nuances, close to those of Fes, Salé and Rabat.
Two cases are distinguished: the city dialect and rural dialect.
In the city dialect, the most significant change is the disappearance of quaf in favor of a-. Thus qala (Arabic he said) becomes al. Another typical shade is starting verbs (present tense) with a prefix k. So yamshi (he goes) becomes ka-ymshi. In Fez is a T, whereas Taounate it's a.
In talking rural, quaf keeps its place, but the verbs begin with the (laymshi)
Another difference concerns the denial, which uses a chi derived from Arabic chai 'itself adopted Amazigh kra, pretty musical at the end of the verb, as in my mchachi (he did not go), contrasting with speaking regions further south (my mchach).
music
Musically, Tetouan is also a meeting place of several styles:
Andalusian music (Al Aala), the main kind of music in the city that drives all festive occasions. The classic style has been modernized by Mohammed El Arbi Temsamani. The main instruments are the violin, lute and percussion (Tar and Derbouka). The piano and brass instruments (saxophone and clarinet) were introduced by Temsamani.
the rural mountain music is represented by Taqtouqa the Aayta and Alala-Yillali. The main instruments are here violin, lute, Guembri and percussion. A dancer dressed carrying a tray with tea almost always accompanied by the orchestra. This style has been modernized and widely popularized by Abdessadaq Chqara.
In terms of culinary art, Tetouanese cuisine is known for its quality and variety. His dishes, from the combination of many recipes (Fassi, Andalusian, Rif, Jewish, ...) are deemed through Morocco, especially with its salty-sweet (caramelized chicken with raisins for example). Pastilla Tetouanese is made with chicken, eggs and lemon. Pastries include specific varieties like Faqqassa the Bechkettou (Bizcocho) Muscatcho (cake), the Bechkettou pwiwa (cupcakes stuffed with almonds, fried and soaked in syrup with rose water), the Qfafel the halwat tabaa the bahlawa the mlawza (biscuits with almonds and icing sugar) or Moroccan varieties with local adjustments, as Kaab el ghazal decorated or briouates cheesecake (Jben) and honey.
