International Festival of Amazigh Culture - Final Programme

International FESTIVAL OF Amazigh CULTURE

12th Edition

Fez, From 15th to 17th July 2016   

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The Programme  of the  Forum and Festival

Friday, July 15th

17: 00: Registration

17: 30 : Opening of the Forum and Festival

10: 00: Tribute to the honorable researchers Dr. Bahija Simou (Director of the Royal Archives, and  Professor Jilali Saib (Mohamed V University at Rabat)

18: 30: Keynote Speech: “Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and Democracy in Morocco”

Abdallah Saaf (Ex-Minister of National Education)

                                                

18: 50: Reception and Expositions Tour

                                         

Musical evening                                                                         

    21 :30 – 23:30  Place Bab Makina

-  BAHARI BARCELONA (Spain)

- CHERIFA KERSIT  (Morocco)

- NAS ELGHIWANE (Morocco)

Saturday, July 16th

Morning

9:00 – 12:00

Room 2

Parallel Session: WRITING WORKSHOP

Led by Jean-Marie Simon (Stories Igniter and writer, France)

9: 00 - 9: 30

Room 1

Keynote Speech: “The Art of Co-existence: Motivation and Obstacles”

              Ahmed Assid (President of the Amazigh Observatory for Human Rights and Liberties, Rabat)

9:30 – 10:50

First session: Amazigh, Mediterranean Civilization and Living Together

Moderator: Fatima Sadiqi

Speakers:

-Zaki Abu Al-Halawa (Journalist Alqods, Palestine)

-Alberto Tonini (University of Florence)

-Dadoua Hadriya-Nebia (teacher-researcher, CRASC, Oran, Algeria)

-Moha Ennaji (International Institute of Languages and Cultures, Fez)

10: 50 - 11: 20 Debate

11:20 – 11:50

Keynote Speech: Diversity and Conflict in the Mediterranean Region

                  Barbara & Saad Eddin Ibrahim (American University in Cairo, Egypt)

Moderator: Moha Ennaji

11:50 - 12:05 coffee break

Room 1

12:05 – 13:05

 Second session: Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and Education

Moderator: El Houssain Elmoujahid

Speakers:

-Meryam Demnati (Amazigh Observatory for Human Rights and Freedoms, Rabat)

-Keith Martin (Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Morocco in the United States)

-Issa Aït Belize (Moroccan-Belgian Writer, Brussels)

13:05 - 13: 35 Debate

13:35 - 14:00 Tribute to three emblematic media figures in the Fès-Meknès Region:

Mohamed Bouhlal, Kaddour Fettoumi and Mustapha Zahiri

15:30 - 16:50

Room 1

Third session: Literature, Migration and Artistic Creation

Moderator: Ahmed Assid

Speakers:

-Alfonso de Toro (University of Leipzig, Germany)

-Juliane Tauchnitz (University of Leipzig, Germany)

-Mohamed Nedali (Moroccan Writer)

-Enza Palamara (Professor at the University of Paris, France)

16:50 – 17:20 Debate

17:20 – 17:35 Coffee break

17:35 – 19:35

Room 2

Parallel Session: Painting Workshop

Led by Khadija Madani Alaoui (University of Fez)

Room 1

Fourth Session: Amazigh, Islam, and Living Together

Moderator: Alfonso de Toro

Speakers:

-Anna Maria Di Tolla (Oriental University in Naples, Italy)

-Abdelkader Ben Hammadi (University of Oran II, Algeria)

-Maati kabbal (Arab World Institute, Paris)

18:35 - 19: 05 Debate

19: 05 - 20: 15 Film projection: Ornaments of  The Art and The Sacred

Led by: Jean-Claude Cintas (France)

Musical evening

21 :30 – 23:30 : Place Bab Makina

-GROUPE AHIDOUS FEU MOHA OULHOUSSAIN ACHIBAN

-NAJAT RAJOUI  (Morocco)

- BADR SULTAN (Morocco)

Sunday, July 17th

9:00 - 11:00

Room 2

Parallel Session: TALES WORKSHOP

Led by Khadija Hassala (Professor at the University of Fez)

Room 1

9:00- 10:00

Fifth session: Fight against Violence and Conflict Resolution

Moderator: Keith Martin

Speakers:

-Mohamed Taifi (University of Virginia, USA)

-Giovanna Gianturco (Università La Sapienza di Roma, Italy)

-Fatima Sadiqi (International Institute for Languages and Cultures, Fez)

10: 00 - 10:30 Debate

10: 30 - 11:00

Keynote Speech: The Impact of the Syrian Revolution on the Mediterranean Region

Sherifa Zuhur (University of California at Berkley, USA)

Moderator: Saad Eddin Ibrahim

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:35

Sixth Session: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Maghreb
                                                               Moderator: Moha Souag

Speakers:

-Bououd Ahmed (University Hassan, Casablanca)

-Belkacem Boumedini (University of Mustapha STAMBOULI. Mascara, Algeria)

-Khadija Arfaoui (Academic, Tunisia)

-Jean-Marie Simon (stories Igniter and writer, France)

12:35 - 13: 05 Debate

13:05 – 13:35 Reading Poetry: Poets: Saida Khiari, Moha Ziadi, Saida El Kabir, Bassou Oujebbour

                                                  Moderator: Mohamed Moubtassime

13:35 Recommendations and Closing

17:00 - 20: 00 Guided Tour of the Medina (optional)

Musical evening

21:30 – 23:30: Place Bab Makina

   - LA PARANZA DEL GECO (Italy)

 -SALH ELBACHA (Morocco)

-NOUAMANE LAHLOU (Morocco)

Organizers:  Fès-Saiss Association, South North Center, and  Spirit of Fès Foundation