The 4th Festival of Sufi Culture will take place between the 17th and 24th of April. This year’s theme is Giving a Soul to Globalisation. Mystic and Poetry” and a reflection on “the common goods of humanity” will be the topics of this next edition.
Here is the full program, may the rain stay away..Inchalah
SATURDAY 17 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture of Introduction (Medarsa Bouananiyya) : « What is Sufism ? » by Faouzi Skali.
16.00-18.00 Round table(Musée Batha) : « For a poetry of civilization » Presentation : Bensalem Himmich (Minister of Culture – Morocco) Round table :
• Edgar Morin (French sociologist and philosopher, highly skilled Director at the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research, France)
• Bariza Khiari (a French socialist senator in Paris (Ile-de-France)
• Nahal Tajddod (member of the world team CNRS and writer of several books on history – Iran/France)
• Jean Claude Carrière (writer and scriptwriter- France)
• Mohammed Berrada (former Minister of Finance and Moroccan Ambassador in Paris, professor of economics, Morocco)
21.00 Concert (Musée Batha) : « Ecstatic chants » – Shaykh Habboush – Jalal Eddine Weiss (Syria –Turkey – France)
SUNDAY 18 APRIL 2010 :
09.00-10.00 Round table (Medersa Bouananiyya) : « Therapy of the soul » by Eric Geoffroy (Writer, specialized in Islam and Sufism – France)
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Medersa Bouananiyya) : « Spiritual Chivalry (Futuwwa) : a path for our times ? » by Jaafar Kansoussi (intellectual, specialized in Sufism- Morocco) and Nick Pearson (Chairman of the Temenos Academy – United Kingdom)
16.00-18.00 (Musée Batha) :
• 1st Part : Nahal Tajddod and Jean Claude Carrière : « The Birds’ Conference » by Farid Eddin Attar (France – Iran)
• 2nd Part : Karima Skalli and Haj Younès – Tribute to Abu al Hassan Ash Shusturi
21.00 Concert (Musée Batha) : The Chishty Sufi Sama Ensemble (Shahi Qawwals ) from Ajmer Dargah Sharif (India)
MONDAY 19 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Medersa Bouananiyya) : « Figures of a living Shaykh : Sidi Hamza Al Qadiri Al Boutchichi »by Mountasser Hamada (writer and journalist – Morocco), Abdelfettah Sbaï (writer, scholar – Morocco) and Faouzi Skali
16.00-18.00 Concert (Musée Batha) : Maqâmât : Music and Sufi Chants from China(China)
21.00 Samaa Evening (Musée Batha) : Hassani chants of the Tariqa Boutchichiyya from Laâyoune (Morocco)
TUESDAY 20 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Mystic and poetry in Ibn Arabi » by A. Filali (Academic – Morocco), Cecilia Twinch (speaker in Ibn Arabi Society , Oxford –United Kingdom) , Ahmed El Kheligh (journalist on TV channel 2M and on radio Médi 1, specialized in Sufism- Morocco) and David Hornsby (member of « Ibn Arabi Society », Oxford – United Kingdom)
16.00-18.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « The manuscripts of Tombouctou »
• Abdelkader Haïdara (scholar, collector and owner of a private collection of manuscripts – Mali)
• Abdul Laraw (collector and owner of a private collection of manuscripts, specialized in techniques to preserve manuscripts – Mali)
• Ismaël Diadé Haïdara (lecturer, university teacher in Granada – Mali)
• Souada Maoulainine (Lecturer specialized in Sufism, Morocco)
• Marie-Odile Delacour (Journalist and writer-France)
• Jean-René Huleu (French journalist- France)
• Yahia Abou El Farah (director of « institut des études africaines » in Rabat – Morocco)
• Fatima Harrak (researcher in « institut des études africaines » in Rabat – Morocco)
21.00 Samaa Evening (Musée Batha) :
• 1st Part : Tariqa Charqawiyya (Morocco)
• 2nd Part : Tariqa Darqawiyya – Taybah Group (Syria/France/Morocco)
WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 2010 :
08.30-09.30 Lecture(Bibliothèque Qarawiyyine) : « The Sufi manuscripts of the Qaraouiyine » by Abdellah El Ouazzani (Professor, writer and presenter of a TV programme on 2M dedicated to Islamic issues, Morocco)
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Medersa Bouananiyya) : « Spirituality and social changes »
• Alain Chevillat (director – founder of the University « Terre du Ciel, knowledge and wisdom in the world” -France)
• Yacine Demaison (Lecturer, educationalist– France)
• Bernard Ginisty (Philosopher, former director of « Témoignage Chrétien », co-founder of ATTAC -France)
• Aoua Ly-tall (sociologist, founding President of African Women’s Network – Canada/West-Africa)
16.00-18.00 Workshop (Musée Batha) :
• 1st Part : « Poetry in a garden » with the participation of Mustapha Said « Rubaiyat Al Khayyâm » (Egypt)
• 2nd Part : « The path of flavours, how to feed one’s soul, one’s body » Christine Bouguet-Joyeux (gastronome, dietician -France)
21.00 Samaa Evening (Musée Batha) :
• 1st Part : Tariqa Wazzania (Morocco)
• 2nd Part : Tariqa Siqilliyya Khalwatiyya (Morocco)
THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « the day of the earth » Environmentalism : an art of living or a practical urgent need ?
• Kamal Oudghiri (engineer in telecommunications at the NASA – Morocco/USA)
• Caroline Chabot (Journalist« Acts and Meaning » – France)
• Nicholas Moller (president of Global Institute for new energy technologies GIFNET – Denmark)
• Fattouma Benabdenbi (sociologist and founder-member of the Moroccon Association for women’s enterprise, Espod – Morocco)
• Salamatou Sow (Professor – Niger)
• Abdalaziz Eddebbarh (scientist, theologian – Morocco/USA)
16.00-18.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Love stronger than death » by Professor H. Joyeux (professor at the faculty of medicine in Montpellier, initiated the series of lectures on “health, love and sexuality”, writer-France) and Fanny Abadi (a psychotherapist, founder of the international ethic Centre and of the humanitarian ethic Association- France)
21.00 Concert (Musée Batha) :
• 1st Part : Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (Bangladesh)
• 2nd Part :« Al Munfarija » Samaa of Fez – Haj Mohammed Bennis (Morocco)
FRIDAY 23 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Films and spirituality » – « Cinema and search for meaning » by Nabil Ayouche (Film director-Morocco)
16.00-18.00 Cultural café (Musée Batha) : « Art and spirituality » with the participation of Zeyba Rahman (Project Director, Muslim Worlds and Chairwoman, World Music Institute, New York), Amadou and Mariam (Malian Singers), Setsuko Klossowska from Rola (Japanese Painter), ), Christopher Merrill (journalist/ director, Iowa University, International Writing Program, USA), Nadir Mohammed Aziza (General Director of the Foundation Mediterranean Observatory in Roma– Morocco/Italy), Mohammed Chabbab (researcher at the University – Morocco), Brahim Tijani (spiritual leader- Morocco) and Frédéric Calmès (musician, storyteller – France/Morocco)
21.00 Concert (Musée Batha) : « Maqamat of desire of God » Hussain Al Aadhamy (Iraq – Jordany)
SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2010 :
09.00-10.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Ibn Batouta’s Quest » by Said Taghmaoui (French American actor, native of Morocco – Morocco)
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Reconsidering development »
• Assia Bensalah Alaoui (Moroccan roving ambassador, professor of law, Morocco)
• Patrick Viveret (referendum adviser at the national audit office, philosopher and essayist in alter-globalization – France)
• Majid Rahnema (writer, former Minister of Science & Higher Education in Iran and professor at the American University of Paris – France/Iran)
• Katherine Marshall (professor at Georgetown University, Director of the Forum world leader faith and development -USA)
• Alia Al Dalli (representative resident of the PNUD in Morocco– Iraq)
• Mats Karlsson (director of the department Maghreb, North Africa and Middle East of the World Bank – Suede)
16.00-18.00 Round table (Musée Batha) : « Islam and the West : tracks of light »
• Mahmoud Hussein (common pseudonym for two writers : Baghgat Elnadi and Adel Rifaat – France/Egypt)
• Denis Gril (islamologist writer, specialised in Ibn Arabi – France)
• Zeyba Rahman
• Hassan Abou Ayoub (former Minister, roving ambassador – Morocco)
• Maati Kabbal (writer and journalist -Morocco)
• Abdou Hafidi (political scientist, presenter of the program « Islam » on France 2)
• Saad Khiari (writer, involved in several programs for the dialogue of religions and cultures- France)
• Abdussamad Antonio Romero (fondateur de la faculté des études andalouses, leader social et politique – Espagne)
21.00 Concert (Hôtel Jnan Palace) : « Spiritual Noubas » Great voices of Moroccan Samaa with Mohammed Briouel (Morocco)
• Information et registration :
• Association du Festival de Fès de la Culture Soufie
• www.festivalculturesoufie.com
• contact@festivalculturesoufie.com
• T : 05 35 65 39 52 / 53
• F : 05 35 65 44 67
• Avenue Moulay El Kamel, Cité Mimosas, Imb 6, Appt 3, Fès Morocco.
Watch this space to find out what jems Culture Vultures will have on offer during the week of the festival. Plans are brewing for yoga sessions, lunchtime concerts and calligraphy sessions.
