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Article: Renewing ties with old friends in Morocco; Americans return to Casablanca.(SATURDAY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 23, 2002
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Byline: Jabeen Bhatti, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
CASABLANCA, Morocco - Said Bouayed stands on the Casablanca street as his former English teacher, Polly Scoville, arrives. He walks toward her with a bright smile, to this most beloved of teachers.
They embrace hard. And do so again.
Because it has been almost four decades with no words between them. And because sometimes, even that much time does not sever memories or bonds.
"These kind of reconnections between the students and I, between Americans and Moroccans, make it possible for the world to survive," says Mrs. Scoville, of Flint Hill, Va., a former Peace Corps volunteer who taught ...