Fes Festival of Sufi Culture

Director Faouzi Skalli is gearing up for the opening of the first Fes Festival of Sufi Culture on Friday 27 April. Tickets for the opening night cost Dh100, but thereafter it’s free of charge.

It’s all taking place at the exquisite Palais Mokri in the Ziat quarter of the medina. Days are filled with lectures and discussion on aspects of Sufism such as art and poetry and the role of Sufism in human development, which will be summed up from 16h00-18h00 on Wednesday 2 May. Evenings of concerts by various Sufi brotherhoods promise an entrancing variety of music.


More details can be found at www.par-chemins.org.











Program

Friday 27 April
8h30 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
9h00 - 10h00 a.m. Opening
10h00 - 12h00 a.m. Lectures : "Sufism and Human Development"
4h00 - 6h00 p.m. Workshop : "Sufism, Art and Poetry"
9h00 p.m. A Samaa evening with the Tijania Tariqa

Sunday 29 April
9h00 - 12h00 a.m. Lectures : "Sufism and Cultural Diversity"
4h00 - 6h00 p.m. Workshop : "Sufism, Art and Poetry"
6h30 - 8h30 p.m. First part : "Mohammed Bajeddoub (Morocco)"
Second part : "Hassan Haffar (Syria)"
9h00 p.m.
A Sama evening with Qadiriya - Boutchichiya Tariqa

Monday 30 April
9h00 - 12h00 a.m. Lectures : "Sufism and Human Rights"
4h00 - 6h00 p.m. Workshop : "Sufism, Art and Poetry"
9h00 p.m. A Samaa evening with Charqaouia Tariqa

Tuesday 1st May
4h00 - 6h00 p.m. Workshop : "Sufism, Art and Poetry"
9h00 p.m. A Samaa evening with Ouazzaniya Tariqa

Wednesday 2 May
9h00 - 12h00 a.m. Lectures : "Sufism and the History of Morocco"
4h00 - 6h00 p.m. Synthesis of Lectures
4h30 - 8h30 p.m. First part : "Spiritual Chants with Ahl Fez"
Second part : "Abd Al Malik's Concert of Sufi Chants" (Slam)






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