Moroccan Artists Protest Exclusion from Major Telecom’s Beach Festival

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Moroccan Artists Protest Exclusion from Major Telecom's Beach Festival

Excluded from the 2024 beach festival organized by Maroc Telecom on the beaches of M’diq, Al Hoceima, Martil, Tangier, Saïdia and Nador, many Moroccan artists denounce and cry out their resentment.

Fatima Zahra Laarousi is dismayed. The singer is trying to understand why she was excluded from the beach festival this year when she almost died during her participation in an edition. While on her way to a show in Martil, a truck hit her, leaving her bedridden in a clinic for several days to receive treatment. "70% of the major festivals, such as Mawazine, the Spiritual Music (Fès), and those held in Tafraout, Rabat, Ifrane, and Taroudant, I have already given concerts there, but this year has been exceptional, because I have not sung on any of their stages," she is surprised to Madar21. Chaimae Abdelaziz is also