Artist and Writers Retreat at the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music

16 04 2013

Sacred Song – Sacred Story.

An artists and writers retreat in Conjunction with the Sacred Music Festival of Fez, from 7 – 15 of June. 2013

In January 2013 Australian Jan Cornall brought her first group of writers to Morocco on a 12 day journey from Fes to Marrakech via Cafe Tissardmine, an artist’s retreat near Erg Chebbi. With her company Writer’s Journey, Jan also runs annual retreats to Bali, Laos, Burma and Fiji.

Meme Morocco writers with Troopy

Jan and writers with the crew at Cafe Tissardmine

Two days in Fes was all she needed to know she wanted to come back as soon as possible.

Jan returns this June with another group of writers and artists in tow. Each morning her writing and creativity workshops will take their inspiration from afternoon and evening concerts at the Fes Sacred Music Festival.

Jan is inviting artists and writers of all genres: poets, songsters, novelists, travel writers, visual artists, performers, photojournalists; anyone who is interested in exploring the relationship between sound and voice, story and song, composition and structure as well as other synergies between music, art and writing craft.

The morning workshops will take place on the terrace at Riad Rcif, a wonderfully restored former palace in the heart of the Fes medina. Participants can stay at Riad Rcif or choose the budget option to arrange their own accommodation.

If you want to join Jan’s retreat it is important to book asap. All info here:http://www.writersjourney.com.au/journeys/singing-up-story-in-fes/

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Rencontres Internationales de la Photo de Fès 2012

6 12 2012

 

The French Institute in Fez presents the 6th edition of

Rencontres Internationales de la Photo de Fès 2012

Maroc: in and out

The show opens at Dar Batha 5.30 pm Saturday 8th of December.  All venues will inaugurate their photo exhibits that day and will run until the 31st of December.

 

recontres internationales Fez

Curator of the event Simon Edwards writes

In a world where it is very rare to find even hidden or secret places, photography can play a role of revealer.

This year, the Rencontres Internationales de la Photo of Fez reflects the need of the photographer to push the doors,  going further to discover the hidden side of things or beings.

Scarlett Coten, flamboyant personality, a European woman who landed the aircraft shoulder, a vision of Morocco unexpected – That the world of men.

Jean-Christophe Ballot –  after years of photographic trips around the world, Ballot looks through the city of Fez with the eyes of a poet. His work penetrates the intimacy of the medieval town and offers us a reflection on the connections that can maintain the image and writing.  Much like “Fez Invisible” by Omar Chennafi  who reveals the double identity of this mysterious city, with such a sober view of the street and such colorful doors once stepped into.

Finally, explore the creation of video art today wandering the streets of the medina is a way of linking history and modernity. Faced with the memory of places, the choice of videos made ​​in the collection of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie illustrates the most current themes: the role of women in society, violent conflict or the human dream and an irrationality that sometimes arise in everyday life.

Venues

Galerie de l’Institut – Galerie Kacimi -Musée Batha – Dar Batha – Le Jardin des Biehn - Complexe Culturel Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef

Participants

Jean-Luc Monterosso Parrain
Simon Edwards Curator

Jean-Christophe Ballot Photographer
Scarlett Coten Photographer
Megumi Matsubara Photographer
Omar Chennafi Photographer

 

For the full program consult – http://institutfrancaisfes.com/programme-rip-finale.pdf


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Festival of Sufi Culture 2012

20 02 2012

Festival of Sufi Culture 2012

The 6th Edition of the Festival of Sufi Culture will take the stage this April in a shortened version than preciously presented. From Thursday the 12th to Saturday 14th a series of round tables, conferences and concerts will take place. The theme of this years festival is Hakim – “Sufi Sapiens”

The venues have yet to be published but the a provisional program is as follows..

Thursday 12th April

10 a.m.           Official opening of the Festival.

11 a.m.           Conference : the literature of Hakim in the Sufi tradition

4 p.m.            Conference : Hakim and poetry in the works of Mohammed Iqbal

8.30 p.m.        Concert by the Nidhamouddine Brotherhood from New Dehli India.

Friday 13th April

10a.m.            Conference : Hakim and the voice of spiritual chivalry (futuwwa)

4 p.m.             Conference : Hakim and Culture

8.30 p..           Concert : Samaâ of Tariqa Khalwatiyya from Turkey

Tariqa Khalwatiyya Brotherhood

Saturday 14th April

10 a.m.           Conference : Can one teach Knowledge?

4 p.m.             Round Table with  Eva de Vitray Meyerovitch lecturer of Iqbal : l’Islam in mouvement

8.30.pm.m      Closure concert : Arab/Andalusian and Samaa – with Sufi Brotherhoods from Morocco.

 

For more information see http://www.festivalculturesoufie.com


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Marakesh Art Fair 11

21 09 2011

Marakesh Art Fair 11

 

For its second edition, the modern and contemporary Art Fair of Marrakech is back at the Palace Es Saadi from September 30th to October 3rd 2011, with 48 international galleries exhibiting their major artists.

A series of round tables, conferences and meetings are also programmed for this event organised by Art Holding Morocco (AHM)

David Bloch Gallery

If the art fair does’nt please it also a good time to be following whats going on in the gallery circuit at the time as Marakesh is full of artists and viewers for these few days.

For more information see http://www.marrakechartfair.com


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Casa International Art Fair no.2.

21 11 2010

International Arts Fair - Casablanca

Casablanca will showcase the second edition of Casablanca International Art Fair from 2 – 7th of December. One of the objectives of the fair is to facilitate the coming together of artists, mediators and the public.  Diversity of styles and approaches to modern and contemporary visual arts is also on the agenda. With conferences and round tables set up to encourage dialogue, debate and exchange about the international art’s scene and Morocco’s place on the map this fair also programes workshops and artists publications.

Casa International Art Fair will be held at Grand Palais de l’office des Foires  et Expositions de Casablanca. 2 – 7 th Dec. 2010

 


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6th Festival of Amazigh Culture.

23 06 2010


The 6th Festival of Amazigh Culture will take place from 1 – 4th of July at the Palais de Congrés in Fez’ Avenue Hassantani. The rich program includes talks and debates, film and a fashion show and live music to celebrate and bring more awareness to the culture of the native people of Morocco.

For a detailed program see http://riadzany.blogspot.com


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International Conference on Gender and Interculturality

26 05 2010

Gender and Interculturalism

The University of Fes organizes, in partnership with the American Embassy in Rabat and the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational & Cultural Exchange, an international conference on Gender and Interculturality in honor of Professors Moha Ennaji and Fatima Sadiqi. The event will take place on May 27 and 28, 2010 in Palais des Congrès, Fès.
The program is as follows :
PROGRAMME

Jeudi 27 Mai 2010
9: 30 : Accueil et Inscription des Participants
Séance d’Ouverture
10.00 Hommage aux Professeurs Moha ENNAJI et Fatima SADIQI
Témoignages :
- Nouzha SKALLI (Ministre du Développement Social, de la Famille et de la Solidarité)
- Mohamed KABBAJ (Président de la Fondation Esprit de Fès)
-Fatéma MERNISSI (Ecrivaine)
- Driss OUAOUICHA (Président de l’Université Al Akhawayne, Ifrane)
- Ousseina ALIDOU (Director, Center for African Studies; Rutgers University)
-Ann BRAUDE (Director of the Women’s Studies Program at Harvard Divinity School, USA)
-Mohamed LAAMIRI (Ex-Doyen de la Faculté des Lettres, Oujda)
-Brahim AKDIM (Doyen de la Faculté des Lettres, Sais, Fès)
-Abdellatif HAKIM (Ex-Chef de Département d’Anglais, Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
- Abdeslam Bouzoubaae (Association Fès-Sais)
-Abdellah MALKI (Doyen de la Faculté des Lettres Moulay Ismail, Meknès)
-Jilali EL-KOUDIA (Professeur, Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
-EL Houssaine EL MOUJAHID (Institut Royal de la Culture Amazigh au Maroc)
-Leila BENNIS (Entrepreneur)
-Abdelkrim OUAZZANI (Poète)
-Fatima Zahra ALAOUI (Poétesse/Journaliste)
- Allocutions des Professeurs Moha ENNAJI et Fatima SADIQI
11.00-11-15 Pause-café
15.00-15.30 : Conférence Inaugurale
Modérateur : Abderrahmane TENKOUL (Doyen de la Faculté des lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
Ann BRAUDE (Director of the Women’s studies program at Harvard Divinity School, USA)
‘’ Religion and Women’s Rights in American History’’

1ère Séance: Genre et Interculturalité: Perspective Est/Ouest
Modératrice: Najia El ALAMI (Al Akhawayne University, Ifrane)
Rapporteur : Sanae HAMMOUMI
16:00-16:20 Margarita BIRIEL SALCEDO (Université de Grenade, Espagne)
‘’ Women’s History in Spain (1970-2000) ‘’
16:20-16:40: Khalid BEKKAOUI (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
‘’Gendered Encounters: Moroccans in Christian Lands‘’
16 :40-17 :00 Naseem AHMED (Université de Carbondale, USA)
‘’The Personal and the Intercultural‘’
17:00-17:20 Marilyn GOTTSCHALL (Withier College, California, USA)
‘’Probing the Reciprocal Dimensions of Gender Jihad in American Muslim Communities: Assimilationism or Interculturality?’’
17:20 -17:50 -Débat
17 :50 -18 :05- Pause café

2ème Séance: Féminismes et Interculturalité
Modérateur: Abdellatif KHAYYATI (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
Rapporteur : Btissame HAOUZI
18 :05-18-25 : Hassan ZRIZI (Faculté des Lettres, Mohammedia)
‘’ The Post-Harem Moroccan Agenda at Cross-Roads. ‘’
18:25-18:45 Touria KHANNOUS (Louisiana State University, USA)
‘’ In Search of an Arab-Muslim Feminism on the Web ‘’
18 :45-19 :05 Aurora MORCILLO (Université Internationale de Floride, USA)
‘’The Orient within Spain in the European Imaginary from a Gender Perspective‘’
19:05-19 :25 : Débat

Vendredi 28 Mai 2010
3ème Séance : Genre et Interculturalité I
Modérateur: Jilali El Koudia (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
Rapporteur : Khadija El HARTI
9:00-9 :20 Farida Bouhassoune (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
‘’Presse et Genre au Maroc ‘’
9 :20-9 :40 Jamal BOUTAYEB (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
الكتابةالعربية بين سلطة النوع وأثر التعدد الثقافي
9:40-10:00- Youssef EL YACCOUBI (Faculté des Lettres Dhar Mehraz, Fès)
‘’De la Diversité Interculturelle ‘’
10 :00-10 :20 Benaissa AZABET (Faculté des Lettres, Meknès)
التواصل اللساني والتداخل الثقافي ( متغيرات وثوابت )
10 : 20-10 :50: Débat
10-50-11 :00 Pause café

4ème Séance :Genre et Interculturalité II
Modérateur: Brahim AKDIM (Doyen de la Faculté des Lettres , Sais, Fès)
Rapporteur : Omar Moumni
11:00 -11:20 Saida JOUAHRI ( Université Ibn Zohr, Agadir)
‘’Reading of Fatima SADIQI (2003) Women,Gender and Language in Morocco‘’.
11 :20-11:40 Hakima HATRI (Université Al Qarawiyyine, Fès)
مقاربة النوع الاجتماعي وفق المنظومة القانونية المغربية
11 :40 -12 : 00 Amal GRAMI ( Université de la Manouba, Tunisie)
قراءة في خطاب الجندر وصلته بالتعدّد الثقافي
12 : 00-12 :20 Soumia BOUTKHIL ( Université Mohamed I , Oujda)
‘’Where are we heading from here? On Gender and Bastions of Traditionalism‘’
12:20- 12: 40 Sherifa Zuhur (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies in Carlisle, USA)
‘’Gender and Violence against Women.’’
12 :40- 13:20 : Débat

5ème Séance : Femmes, Oralité et Interculturalité
Modératrice: Saida ALAMI (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
Rapporteur : Sanae Khattabi
15 :00-15 :20: Zakia IRAQUI SINACEUR (Université Mohammed V-Souissi) Présidente de l’Association Marocaine du Patrimoine Linguistique (AMAPATRIL)
‘’ Genre, Patrimoine Culturel Marocain et Inter culturalité ‘’
15 :20-15 :40 Fouad BRIGUI (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mehraz, Fès)
‘’Oeuvre et Statut des Chanteuses Populaires ‘’
15 :40-16 :00 Mahdia AÏT DAOUD (Faculté des Lettres Moulay Ismail, Meknès)
’ Women Writing and Interculturalism’’
16 :00-16 :20 Ali OUAHIDI (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mehraz, Fès)
نساء شهيرات في تاريخ شمال إفريقيا القدم
16: 20-16: 40 Linda RASHIDI (Université de Mansfield, USA)
‘’Survival of Oral Indigenous (Feminine) Culture in a Multicultural World‘’
16 : 40 -17:10 : Débat
17 : 10 – 17 :20 : Pause café

6ème Séance : Genre, Culture et Développement
Modérateur: Driss MANSOURI (Faculté des Lettres Dhar El Mahraz, Fès)
Rapporteur : Rym ASSERAJI
17 :20-17-40 Ousseina ALIDOU (Director, Center for African Studies ; Rutgers University)
‘’Language, Gender, Education and Interculturalism in Muslim Africa’’
17 :40 -18 :00 Carmen PRIETO SANCHEZ, (Institut Cervantès, Fès)
‘‘Culture Entrepreneuriale et Genre: Le Cas de L’Andalousie’’
18:00 -18 :20 Farida MOKHTARI (Faculté des Lettres, Beni Mellal)
‘L’Androgyne ou la Vision Complexe du Sujet chez Tennessee Williams’’
18:40- 19:00 Driss MARJANE (Faculté des Sciences, Fès)
‘’Reading of Moha Ennaji’s (2005) book ‘Multilingualism, Cultural Identity, and Education in Morocco‘’ Aligner
19:00- 12: 30 : Débat
Séance de Clôture
19:30-19-50 Modératrice : Souad SLAOUI (Directrice du Colloque)

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