Friday, June 23, 2017

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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