Jajouka is an ancient village perched above a long valley in the blue Djebala foothills of the Rif Mountains in northern Morocco. The village is home to the Master Musicians of Jajouka as well as the...

In a recent interview with African Writing Online, Laila Lalami, a Moroccan-American author, elaborates on her educational upbringing. Lalami grew up speaking Moroccan Arabic, but it was not until...

In the late 19th century two remarkable Scots , James Valentine (1815-1879) based in Dundee and George Washington Wilson (7 February 1823 - 9 March 1893) in Aberdeen came to Morocco to take some of...

The 6th Festival of young Gnawa musicians takes place at Essaouira 4 to 7 August. The director of the festival is Abderrahim El Bertai and all the concerts and performances will be free and open to...

Eminent artists, scholars and musicologists came together in Assilah Festival in Morocco to discuss Music in the World of Islam reports Middle East on Line The conference, organised by the Abu Dhabi...

The founder of Morocco's first contemporary dance group takes a taboo-breaking look at the world of Morocco's wedding dancers. Her work is part of a German festival that aims to cross national...

The EU Delegation in Morocco has issued a Call for Proposals for Cultural Activities to be carried out within the country in 2010, writes Maha Karim for Global Arab Network. For the 2010 calls, the...

He was born in 1956 at Roche -sur-Yon in the Vendée which is the home of many famous artists and his roots in the Vendéé have always been important to him. He studied sculpture and applied arts and...

He was born in Fes in 1944 and moved to Tangiers where he discovered French literature in the municipal library. He studied and taught philosophy and then moved to France where he studied psychiatry....

The book signing will take place during the vernissage at the Tindouf Gallery at 6.30pm on the 8th May in the presence of the writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, the artist Claudio Bravo and the photographer...