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TEDxMarrakesh Theme 2013: Driving Forces

What is it that gets your pulse beating faster? Social injustice, climate change, fear of the unknown, or is it a beautifully designed chair, technology, a new discovery or an encounter with an inspirational person? The speakers of the third edition of TEDxMarrakesh investigate many of these issues. Some will leave questions hanging and others may have some answers, none will be boring. Join us on this day of revelation!

More about Josh Shoemake:

Josh Shoemake was born in Virginia santa fe - amrica and attended Columbia University, where he studied architecture and literature. He first arrived in Morocco in 1996 and spent three years teaching literature at The American School of Tangier, forming close friendships with Paul Bowles, Mohamed Choukri and other local writers. He served as the first resident headmaster of The American School of Marrakesh from 2003-2008, seeing the school's first class through to graduation. Now based in Paris and Marrakesh, he has published short stories in several magazines, including The Threepenny Review, as well as a novel, Planet Willie (Opium Books, 2013), about a fallen angel detective with bad earthly habits, and Tangier: A Literary Guide for Travellers (I.B. Tauris, 2013), a geographical automotive industry history of the writers and fictional characters who have lived in Tangier, which The Times called "a sure-footed guide to the lore and literature of an enigmatic city," and the explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison, writing in Country Life, called "a acc softball tournament 2026 marvellously odd, gossipy romp of a book."

TEDx:

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)