13th International Festival of Amazigh Culture

The 13th International Festival of the Amazigh Culture

Fez, 14-16 July

Programme of the Forum

Amazighity and Cultural Diversity in the Face of Extremism

Friday, July 14

17:00:   Arrival of participants

17:30:   Opening of the Forum and the Festival  

             Opening remarks

19:00 Tribute to the Honourable Mohammed Kabbaj

18: 30   Keynote 1: «The Weaving of languages" (in French)

                                    Hubert Haddad (Writer)

19:20 Reception and a Tour of Expositions

Saturday, July 15

Morning

9:00 – 9:30

Room 1

              Keynote 2:   Criticism of Extreme Reason

                                       Maati  Kabbal (Institute of Monde Arabe, Paris)

                                         Moderator: Fatima Sadiqi

9 :30 – 10 :30

Room 1

First Session:      Insights on Some Apects of the Amazigh Culture in North Africa

                                  Moderator: Issa Ait Belize

Speakers:  

Jilali Saib (Mohamed V University, Rabat)

Meryam Demnati (Amazigh Observatory of Rights and Freedoms, Rabat)

Madina Touré (Nouakchot University, Mauritania)

Slimane Douih (Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez)

10:30 – 11:00 Debate

11:00 – 11:30

               Keynote 3:

Enemies, Allies or Competitors?
Islamist-Amazigh Movement Relations in Morocco and Algeria

                             Michael J. Willis (Oxford University, United Kingdom)

                               Moderator: Moha Ennaji

11 : 30 – 11 : 50   Coffee break

Room 1

11 : 50 – 12 :50

Second Session : Reflections on the Theories of Cultural Studies and                        

                                  Globalization

                                    Moderator:  Alfonso de Toro

Speakers :  

Mohamed Taifi (University of Virginia, USA)

Issa Aït Belize (Moroccan-Belgian Writer, Brussels)

Bouthaina Ben Kridis (University of Carthage, Tunisia)

Alberto Tonini (University of Florence, Italie)

12: 50 – 13: 15 Debate

15:30 – 16:15  

Room 1

Third Session:          Literature, Art and Cohabitation

Moderator: Abdelkader Ben Hammadi

Speakers :

Enza Palamara (François Rabelais University, Tours, France)

Ali Fertahi (Moulay Slimane University, Béni-Mellal)

Juliane Tauchnitz (University of Leipzig, Germany)

16:15 –16 :45  Debate

16 :45 – 17 :15

                              Keynote 4: Alfonso de Toro (University of Leipzig,  

                                                     Germany)                                        

                                           Culture as a Weapon against Extremism

      Moderator : Jilali Saib

17:15 – 18:05   Coffee break

18 :05- 19 :35  

Room 2

Parallel Session: Painting Workshop on "Fighting Extremism"
Hosted by Khadija Madani Alaoui and Tarek Sadki (University of Fez)

18 :05 - 18:50  

Room 1

Fourth Session:   Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and Extremism

                                  Moderator:   Juliane Tauchnitz

Speakers:

Nizar Kader (Lebanon)

Fatima Sadiqi (International Institute for Langues and Cultures, Fez)

Belkacem Boumedini (Mustapha STAMBOULI University, Mascara, Algeria)

Nebia Dadoua Hadria (CRASC. Oran, Algeria)

18:50 -19:20 Debate

Sunday, July 16th

9 :00 – 11 :00

Room 2

Parallel Session: Story-telling Workshop on "Fighting Extremism"
Facilitated by: Jean-Marie Simon (Stories lighter, France and Mohammed El Alami, University of Fez)

Room 1

9 :00 – 10 :00

Fifth Session:   Amazigh, Religion and democracy

                               Moderator: Meryam Demnati

Speakers:

Johan Goud  (University of Utrecht, Holland)

Yahya Belaskri (France)

Moha Ennaji (International Institute for Langues and Cultures, Fez)

10 :00 – 10:30  Debate

10 :30  - 11 :00

                     Keynote 5: Equality values in Amazigh Culture

                 Ahmed Assid (Amazigh Observatory of Rights and Freedoms, Rabat)

Moderator: Mohamed Nedali

11 :00 – 11:20  Coffee break

11 :20 – 12:35

Sixth Session:     Radicalization of Youth and Extremism

                                Moderator : Nizar Kader

Speakers:

Abdelkader Benali (Moroccan-Dutch writer)

Bruce Maddy-Weitzman (Senior Research Fellow)

Jean-Marie Simon (France)

12:35 - 13: 05   Debate

13: 05 – 13:35   Programmed speech: Saad Eddine Ibrahim (Ibn Khaldoun

                               Center, Egypt)

                              Cultural Diversity in the Middle East and North Africa

                              Moderator: Abdelkader Benali

13:35 – 13:55 Poetry reading: Mohamed Nedali, Bassou Oujebbour, Saida

                           El Kabir, Asmae Belkasmi, Khadija Madani Alaoui

Moderator: Mohammed Moubtassime

13:55      Recommendations and closing

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

MUSICAL CONCERTS IN BAB MAKINA

21:30 - 23:30

Friday, July 14, 2017

- AICHA TACHINWIT  (Morocco) -  BALLET FLAMENCO MONICA ARRABAL (Spain) - SAID SENHAJI (Pictured above) (Morocco)

Saturday, July 15th, 2017

-GROUPE AHIDOUS TAHLA (Morocco) -HASSAN BERKANI (Morocco) - IBTISSAM TISKET (Pictured left)(Morocco)

Sunday, July 16th, 2017

-HADDA OUAKKI (Morocco) - LAURA CONTI (pictured above) (Italy) -ABDELHAFID DOUZI (Morocco)

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