By adjusting their vocation to ongoing processes of commercialization and professionalization and to the changing needs and expectations of their female clientele, traditional women seers have increasingly taken on the therapeutic task of helping women to resolve the growing number of inner and interpersonal conflicts in their personal lives. BNS, 275pp, USA. TRANSACTION PUBLISHERS, 3933127467

Ceuta and Melilla are two 'enclaves' on the north coast of Africa that have been Spanish for centuries but which are claimed by Morocco. As a part of Spain the towns have also been part of the territory of the European Union since 1986. Their unique situation has created considerable tension in the relationship (both political and economic) between Spain and Morocco. As well as looking at this relationship, the book explains how the anomalous situation of the enclaves impinges on issues such as immigration from North and sub-Saharan Africa into the EU, defence, trade and the Spanish political scene in general. 224pp, UK. LIVERPOOL U P, 0853239959

A study of female literacy centred on how non literate women need and acquire literacy in Morocco. The author suggests ways of designing emancipatory and empowering gender based literacy programmes, contributing to gender research efforts for better integration of non literate women in sustainable development. BNS, 224pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE, 0415947650

A former correspondent for The New York Times presents a comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. It addresses emerging issues and problems - equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction of glaring economic and social disparities - and asks the fundamental question: can this ancient Muslim kingdom embrace western democracy in an era of deepening divisions between the Islamic world and the West? Index, bib, gloss, notes, b/w photos, 428pp, USA. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. 0195169638

An examination of the creation of the middle class in Morocco and its rupture with the individual and the modern nation. The author combines institutional economic analysis with cultural theory, and ethnographic observation and interviews. Index, refs, notes, xii, 177pp, USA. DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS.