Ennaji Moha

[[File:Photo Ennaji.jpg|thumb| Other names Moha Ennaji Ben Lahcen Born       January 1, 1953                   Azilal, Morocco

Era    20th / 21st-century philosophy '''Region    Eastern Philosophy

Religion Moderate Islam School  Generative linguistics, Analytic philosophy

Main interests Linguistics, Gender Studies Cultural Studies Migration Education   Sociology of language

Politics / Ethics

Alma mater Mohamed V University at Rabat (B.A.) 197, University of Essex( M.A.) 1980, (Ph.D.) 1982 Institutions Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University at Fès (1983-present) Rutgers University (2006-2009) International Institute for Languages & Cultures, Fès]]



(about/moha ennaji Professor at Fès University)

biography
Moha Ennaji موحى الناجي); born January 1, 1953 ) is a Moroccan linguist, author,[8][9] ,[10][11],political critic, and civil society activist. He is a University Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University at Fès, where he has worked for over 30 years.[12] In addition to his publications in linguistics, he has written on language, education, migration, politics, and gender, and is the author or editor of over 20 books.[13]

Ennaji is one of North Africa’s leading academics with research interests in gender issues, language and migration. His most recent publications are: Multilingualism, Cultural Identity and Education in Morocco (Springer, New York, 2005), Language and Gender in the Mediterranean Region, IJSL Issue 190, Editor (The Hague, 2008), Migration and Gender in Morocco, co-authored (Red Sea Press, 2008), Women Writing Africa, the Northern Region, co-edited (The Feminist Press, 2009). Women in the Middle East, co-edited (Routledge, 2010), Gender and Violence in the Middle East (Routledge, 2011). Moha Ennaji is Professor at Fès University and a visiting professor at Rutgers University. He is the President of the South North Center for Intercultural Dialogue and a founding president of the International Institute for Languages and Cultures at Fès, Morocco. His writing has also appeared in international publications including Common Ground News, The Project Syndicate, Common Ground News, Al-Safir, Al-Ahram, The Khaleej Times, Japan Times, The Boston Globe and in many Arabic  newspapers. Since the 1980s, Ennaji has been working for the revival of Berber (Amazigh) language in Morocco and the protection of human rights, especially women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa region".[8] His work has influenced fields such as education, language policy, Arabic and Berber linguistics and the sociology of language.

Ennaji's parents were both Berber-speaking moderate Muslims: His father Lahcen died on 26 May 2006 in Beni-Mellal at the age of 82. He was a militant in the army for national independence, and later joined the Royal Armed Forces under the late Mohammed V. Although he never went to school, he learnt how to read and write by himself. He was a true believer and followed the precepts of Islam and peace values. He was a member of the Tariqa Tijania since his youth. But he hated political Islam and the instrumentalization of all religions in politics. Ennaji’s mother Hadda was born in 1933 in a middle-class Berber rural family in Timoulilt, a village in Ait Atta n Oumalou, near Azilal town, in Morocco. He has 7 brothers and sisters: Mohamed, Fatima, Ahmed, Abdallah, Abdelaziz, Mina, Abderrahman, but two of them passed away, Mohamed at the age of 6, and Ahmed at the age of 55 after a severe illness. They were all brought up in the Berber-Muslim tradition, but went to modern French-bilingual school in Beni-Mellal. When the eldest children (Fatima and Moha) reached school age, their parents decided to move from Timoulilt village to the nearby city of Beni-Mellal in order to pursue their schooling, especially junior and senior high school. Ennaji’s father insisted that his daughters, Fatima and Amina,, should also get a proper education.

Early life
Moha Ennaji was born in Timoulilt north of Azilal town in the Middle Atlas on 1 January 1953.[7] He stood at a crossroads of traditional Berber-Muslim culture and Western culture; this made a significant impact on his life. He went to Timoulilt elementary school between 1962 and 1965 before he got his certificate of primary education. Then he continued his secondary education at Lycée Ibn Sina in Beni-Mellal, and obtained his Baccalaurate with honors. In 1972, he joined the English Department at the Faculté des Lettres of Mohammed V University in Rabat. He obtained his BA in English in 1976, then did the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Rabat to because a high school teacher of English. He was appointed in Casablanca. In 1979, he married Fatima Sadiqi, also an English teacher originally from Azilal area, and both left for the UK to do a master’s degree in Theoretical Linguistics and then a PhD. in Linguistics at the University of Essex. In 1983 they joined Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University at Fès, Morocco, as professors of linguistics. In 1986, they became associate professors and in 2000 they were promoted full professors. In 2006, Ennaji was appointed as Director of Arab studies at Rutgers University, USA, a position he kept until 2009. In 2010 he became president of the International Institute for Languages and Cultures at Fès(INLAC), which he co-founded with his wife Fatima Sadiqi.

Education
-Ph.D. in Language and Linguistics, University of Essex, Great Britain, 1982. -M.A. in Linguistics, University of Essex, Great Britain, 1980. -Diploma in Arabic and Applied Linguistics, Mohamed V University, Rabat, 1978 -Postgraduate Teacher Training Certificate, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Mohamed V University, Rabat, 1977 -B.A. in English, Mohamed V University, Rabat, 1976 -Smart Lab Certificate of Proficiency in ITC, 2000 -Med Campus Certificate of Technology Use in Language Teaching, 1995

Professional Experience
2010-Present: President of the International Institute for Languages and Cultures at Fès 2000- 2005: Full Professor at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University 2006- 2009: Director of Arab Studies Program at Rutgers University 1986 - 2000: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts 1, Fès. 1988 - 1994: Chairman of the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Fès. 1982 - 1986: Lecturer (Maître de Conférences) at the Faculty of Arts, Fès.

Publications
-[http://www.google.com/Multilingualism,%20Cultural%20Identity%20and%20Education%20in%20Morocco%20(2005).%20New%20York:%20Springer Multilingualism, Cultural Identity and Education in Morocco (2005). New York: Springer]. -[http://www.google.com/Language%20and%20Gender%20in%20the%20Mediterranean%20Region%20(ed.),%20IJSL%20Issue%20190.%202008.%20Mouton%20de%20Gruyter Language and Gender in the Mediterranean Region (ed.), IJSL Issue 190. 2008. Mouton de Gruyter]. -[http://www.google.com/Migration%20and%20Gender%20in%20Morocco%20(2008).%20Co-authored.%20Renton,%20NJ:%20Red%20Sea%20Press Migration and Gender in Morocco (2008). Co-authored. Renton, NJ: Red Sea Press]. -Multiculturalisme et démocratie dans le monde musulman (ed.), (2010), Fès : Publication of Imagerie Pub. -[http://www.google.com/Women%20in%20the%20Middle%20East%20and%20North%20Africa.%20Co-edited%20(2010)%20London:%20Routledge Women in the Middle East and North Africa. Co-edited (2010) London: Routledge] -[http://www.google.com/Gender%20and%20Violence%20in%20the%20Middle%20East.%20Co-edited%20(2011)%20London:%20Routledge Gender and Violence in the Middle East. Co-edited (2011) London: Routledge]

Other Professional Activity
1989- Present: Director of the international journal ‘Languages and Linguistics’ President of the South North Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Migration Studies (2006-Present). Director of the international journal “Languages and Linguistics” published at Fès since 1998 (www.lang-ling.on.ma). Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Sociolinguistics (2005-Present) Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Multilingualism (2002-Present)

Awards and Scholarships
Fulbright Scholarship, 2003, Visiting Scholar at the University of Mansfield in Pennsylvania Fulbright Scholarship, 1989, Visiting Scholar at the University of Arizona at Tucson Med Campus Scholarship, Bari, Italy 1995 British Council Scholarship for Research, London 1993. Vice-Chancellors award, London 1980. Vice-Chancellors award, London 1981.

Language Ability
Fluent in Modern Standard Arabic, Berber, English, and French,

Memberships
Linguistic Society of Morocco (LSM) Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association (MFAA) Fulbright Science Academy Moroccan Association of Teachers of English (MATE) Fès-Saiss Association for Development Spirit of Fès Foundation Isis Center for Women and Development