http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/dreams Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:38:45 -0400 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:38:45 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/664/chalk-dreams-the-use-of-fantasy-as-a-method-of-rethinking-life-in-ali-zaoua By Tiffany M. Johnson - Set in the city of Casablanca, Morocco, Nabil Ayouch’s Moroccan film Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (2000) drifts between reality and fantasy to depict the realistic experiences and animated dreams of four young street urchins, Ali, Kwita, Boubker, and Omar. Chalk drawings recur throughout the film as a physical representation of the boys’ dream to move beyond their deprived lives on the streets. Unable to achieve modernity through physical or monetary means, the street children use these chalk dreams to temporarily obtain the reality that they desire: a modern life with a house... Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/664/chalk-dreams-the-use-of-fantasy-as-a-method-of-rethinking-life-in-ali-zaoua