Retro 2022: Moroccan culture or the reflection of its social structures

Cinema, popular arts, literature, music, painting, … festivals and other cultural activities lacked neither platforms nor stages in this year 2022. The cultural scene in the various cities of the Kingdom has lit up in the year 2022 after an eclipse of two years of stagnation due to Dame Covid. Suddenly the cultural projects, programs … Read more

In France, the controversial journey of the Moroccan imam threatened with expulsion

The Moroccan imam Hassan Iquioussen, whom the French government wants to expel because of his vision of Islam deemed “contrary to the values ​​of the Republic”, is a man of ambiguous speech, close to the Muslim Brotherhood and well established in the north of France. Legal dispute, political controversy, media battle: the debates around the … Read more

Standing ovation at the FIFM for Moroccan cinema icon Farida Benlyazid

The 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival pays tribute to Farida Benlyazid. Credit: The Desk It was in front of a full house and a natural audience that the pioneer and central figure of Moroccan cinema Farida Benlyazid, was given a standing ovation this Wednesday evening at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, … Read more

FIFM: Tribute to Farida Benlyazid, the sensitive soul of Moroccan cinema

The nineteenth Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) pays tribute to a great figure of Moroccan cinema: Farida Benlyazid. On November 15, at Place Jemaâ El Fna, the public warmly welcomed this accomplished screenwriter and the first Moroccan woman to embark on the production of a film. The nineteenth Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) pays tribute … Read more

MOROCCAN SOFT POWER – By Mustapha Sehimi

Soft power? A concept that now has its place in international relations. It designates the capacity of a political actor (State, multinational firm, NGO, network of citizens, etc.) to indirectly influence the behavior of another actor or the definition by this other actor of his own interests and this whole through structural, cultural or ideological … Read more

MOROCCAN SOFT POWER – By Mustapha Sehimi

Soft power? A concept that now has its place in international relations. It designates the capacity of a political actor (State, multinational firm, NGO, network of citizens, etc.) to indirectly influence the behavior of another actor or the definition by this other actor of his own interests and this whole through structural, cultural or ideological … Read more

Home, “Rabat Magique”, a new publication by MAP, the first of a series of books on Moroccan cities

The Maghreb Arab Press Agency (MAP) has just published “Rabat Magique”, the first publication of a series of books on the cities of Morocco. This 180-page book highlights the rich heritage of the Capital of the Kingdom and invites the reader on a journey through time and space where the history, architecture, cuisine and spirituality … Read more

“Rabat Magique”, a new publication by MAP, the first in a series of books on Moroccan cities | MAP Express

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 03:16 PM Rabat – The Maghreb Arab Press Agency (MAP) has just published “Rabat Magique”, the first publication of a series of books on the cities of Morocco. This 180-page book highlights the rich heritage of the Capital of the Kingdom and invites the reader on a journey through time … Read more

Moroccan Festival of Andalusian Music, the cultural season in motion

The Moroccan Association of Andalusian Music inaugurates the cultural season 2022-2023 by the organization of »Moroccan Music Festival Andalusian » under the theme : “Andalusian Music at the Confluence of Moroccan, Iberian and Judaic Cultures” Under the aegis of Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communicationand in partnership with WECASABLANCA, the Moroccan Association of Andalusian Music … Read more

AMMA inaugurates its cultural season by organizing the Moroccan Festival of Andalusian Music

The Moroccan Association of Andalusian Music (AMMA) inaugurates the 2022-2023 cultural season under the sign of rapprochement between civilizations and organizes the “Moroccan Festival of Andalusian Music” under the theme “Andalusian music at the confluence of Moroccan, Iberian and Judaic cultures”. “Under the aegis of the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, and in partnership … Read more