Opened on July 14, the national program "Summer 2021" ended on August 21. A total of 150,000 children and adolescents took part in these local animation activities initiated by the Department of Youth and Sports of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports , in partnership with the National Federation of Holiday Camps.
Archaeological remains and structures have been discovered at the Foundouk Al Kaa in the center of the medina of Salé . This was during the development work that has been undertaken there as part of the rehabilitation and enhancement project of this old medina (2019-2023).
The Minister of Tourism, Nadia Fettah Alaoui chaired on Wednesday the board of directors of the Moroccan National Tourist Office ( ONMT ). At this meeting, which was also attended by Othman El Ferdaous, Minister of Culture, the office presented the assessment of a year 2020 focused on the resilience of the national tourism sector and its relaunch.
After more than 14 months of closure, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Moroccans will finally reconnect with the big screen. The announcement was made by the Moroccan Chamber of Cinemas, which nevertheless deplores not having been warned, in order to prepare a warm welcome for movie lovers.
After 14 months of closure, cinema operators are calling for the very imminent reopening of these cultural spaces. They sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture to this effect.
Websites close to the Algerian regime are working to "steal" Moroccan productions of the Malhoun, an intangible, civilizational and cultural heritage of the kingdom that is about to be inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Moroccan men of letters, artists, intellectuals and academics denounce this act.
The province of Ouarzazate represents a famous tourist destination at the national and international level. This is what the Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui , indicated on Tuesday.
More than 25,000 archaeological pieces belonging to Morocco and seized in France in 2005 and 2006 during three customs checks have been returned to it. The announcement was made by the Minister of Culture, Othman El Ferdaous, during the ceremony to present the repatriated heritage collection to Morocco.
Heavily impacted by the coronavirus, small craftsmen, VSEs, SMEs and other craft cooperatives have experienced a significant drop in their activity. To relaunch this sector, a provider of foreign exchange, a campaign has been launched to encourage Moroccans to consume local crafts.
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs led a delegation to Morocco from November 20 to 23. Marie Royce and her team came to negotiate a potential agreement that would limit the import of certain archaeological and ethnographic objects from Morocco to the United States, according to a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Rabat.
A sad sight is that of the cinema halls. Due to the lack of a real policy of heritage preservation, those in Casablanca are falling into ruin, making us regret the times when these architectural gems brought joy to so many generations of film lovers.
In a video posted on Instagram, Latifa Raâfat denounces the mismanagement of the grant that the Ministry of Culture has decided to grant to artists in order to help them during this health crisis. The video of the Moroccan singer also criticizes the fact that Saâd Lamjarred has been excluded from this grant.