Sufi happenngs in Fez

For those interested in Sufi culture and music there is a real feast is store in the next few months in Fez.



On March 25 the Hamadcha will perform at Riad Zany

Then there is the Fez Festival of the Sufi Culture April 27 – May 2.

The Programme

Friday 27 April
20:30 p.m. Artistic evening : Samaa (Spiritual Chants) of the East and the West.
First part : Mohammed Bajeddoub (Morocco)
Second part : Hassan Haffar (Syria)

Saturday 28 April
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Opening
10:00 - 12:00 p.m. Lectures : Sufism and Human Development.
16: 00 - 18:00 p.m. Workshop : Sufism , Art and Poetry.
21:00 p.m. A Samaa evening with the Tijania Tariqa.

Sunday 29 April
9:00 - 12:00 p.m. Lectures : Sufism and Cultural Diversity.
16:00 - 18:00 p.m. Workshop : Sufism , Art and Poetry.
18 :30 – 20 :30 p.m. First part : Mohammed Bajeddoub (Morocco)
Second part : Hassan Haffar (Syria)
21:00 p.m. A Sama evening with Qadiriya_Boutchichiya Tariqa.

Monday 30 April
9:00 - 12:00 p.m. Lectures : Sufism and Human Rights.
16:00 - 18:00 p.m. Workshop : Sufism, Art and Poetry.
21:00 p.m. A Samaa evening with Charqaouia Tariqa


Tuesday 1 May
16:00 - 18:00 p.m. Workshop : Sufism, Art and Poetry .
21:00 p.m. A Samaa evening with Ouazzaniya Tariqa.

Wednesday 2 May
9:00 - 12 :00 p.m. Lectures : Sufism and the History of Morocco.
16:00 - 18:00 p.m. Synthesis of Lectures.
18:30-20:30 p.m. First part : Spiritual Chants with Ahl Fez .
Second part : Abd Al Malik’s Concert of Sufi Chants (Slam).


Artists’ biographies


Abd Al Malik
Born in Paris on the 14th of March 1975, this singer, originally from Congo, lived for a short time in Brazzaville as a young boy. He returned to France in 1981 and grew up in Strasbourg. When his parents divorced, he started first by mixing up with gangs and later on by getting involved with religious extremist groups. He went on to founding the N.A.P band, then discovered Sufism and became a peace advocate. He released his first solo album, “Le Face à face des cœurs” in 2004 and the second, “Gibraltar”, two years later.

Hassan Haffar
The Syrian-born Haffar is a muezzin in Aleppo. He is a craftsman by trade, a storyteller and a poet. He sings Sufi poems such as : « Le Sceau des Prophètes, Mélodies du Paradis », and « Jardin d’Eden » . His first album, released in 1995, was “Hassan Haffar et les Munsheds d’Alep”. Because of his authenticity, he is very much appreciated in the Arab world and in France. Haffar’s presence in this Festival is really an event as he very seldom gives public appearances. His latest album is named: “ Chants d’Éxtase”.

Mohamed Ba Jeddoub
Born in 1945 in Safi, Morocco, Mohamed Ba Jeddoub, at an early age, showed a great interest for traditional music, especially for Arabic Andalusian music and religious chants. He began his apprenticeship in the Zawiya. In 1961, he studied under the late great master Sidi Kadiri in Sale and then under the master Mohamed Tbayek in Marrakech. In 1963, he was introduced to Haj Driss Benjelloun, president of the Association des Amis de la Musique Andalouse in Morocco, who introduced him, in 1968 to the master Haj Abdekrim Raïs, the Labrihi Orchestra conductor. These great masters of Andalusian music helped him develop his talent as a singer, especially in the Maoual style.

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