La Perle - Friends of Mauritania Newsletter

La Perle is FORIM's quarterly newsletter.

An archive of past editions is also available online. The contents of past editions include:

7. Seventh Edition, Spring 1999
   • Mauritanian Fisheries in the New Millennium, by Sidina Ould Dedah
   • Off the Wire
   • Presidents’ Corner
   • Lost & Found
   • Paris-Dakar Rally Lends Notoriety to RIM — at a Cost, by Phoebe Jones Zayas
   • Offering for advertisement space
   • Shifting Sands
   • Cybertea: the Internet in Mauritania, by Ann Humphrey
   • Mauritania Websites
   • Only in America…, by Michelle Constitine
   • Ghana Café Advertisement
   • Slama’s Surgery Successful, by Bridget Fox
   • FORIM Affairs, by Kyung Endres
8. Eigth Edition, Summer 1999
   • Membership, by Terry O’Leary
   • Mauritania/US trade Status Restored, by Lance Kinne
   • Off the Wire
   • Presidents Corner
   • Book Review: The Children of Mauritania: Days in the Desert and by the River Shore, by Lauren Goodsmith (reviewed by Phoebe Jones Zayas)
   • Friends Come Together to Celebrate Mauritania, by Bridget Fox (Annual Soiree Fundraiser pictures)
   • Shifting Sands
   • Mauritania I (1966-1967): An American Looks Back on His Experience in Mauritania, by Nicholas Wolfson
9. Ninth Edition, Fall 1999
   • The Challenges of Higer Education in Mauritania, by Julia Frazier
   • Off the Wire
   • Presidents’ Corner
   • Scholarships Offer Underprivileged Girls a Future, by Moya McKenna
   • FORIM Essay Contest
   • Shifting Sands
   • Journey from Landmine Victim to Landmine Survivor Inspires a Network of Hope, by Bridget Fox
10. Tenth Edition, Winter/Spring 2000
    • Discussing the Weather: the Floods of 1999
    • Off the Wire
    • Presidents’ Corner
    • Mauritanian Girl Gets Second Change at Education, by Molly Lipscomb
    • Shifting Sands
    • Essay Contest Winner, Changing Role of Women in Mauritania, by Kamara Djeynaba
    • Obituary: Remembering John…
11. Eleventh Edition, Summer 2000
    • American Air Force Detachments in Atar, by Gordon Brown
    • Off the Wire
    • Presidents’ Corner
    • Job Announcement
    • RIM landmine update, US Embassy
    • Café Manila Adds Spice to Nouakchott, by Jennifer McCracken
    • Shifting Sands
    • Mauritania’s Handicapped Basketball Team Qualifies for the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia, by Crystal Smith
12. Twelfth Edition, Spring 2006
    • La Situation des Mauritanians a Washington DC, by Amacire Boucoum
    • President’s Corner, by Tracy Hart
    • History of FORIM
    • Off the Wire
    • Mauritania’s Nomad Mustic Festivals! (Compiled from news sources)
    • PC Partnership Projects
    • Shifting Sands
    • The Long Siesta (excerpt), by Anton Jongeneel
    • Mauritania at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens
    • Reflections of a Recently Returned PCV, by Lisa Jackson
    • Mauritania in Memory, by Vito Stagliana
13. Thirteenth Edition, Winter 2008