Writers Unlimited / Center for Cross Cultural Learning

Ways of Dialogue - Morocco 2016

Mon 16 May - Fri 20 May 2016

From 16 to 20 May, four authors will travel with Writers Unlimited in Morocco, for a tour to Rabat, Kinitra and Fez. Nelleke Noordervliet, Andrej Kurkov (Ukraine), Ngwatilo Mawiyoo (Kenia) and Bejan Matur (Turkey) will perform together with Moroccan poets and writers. From Morocco the participating writers are Abdelhay Moudden, Najib Bounahai, Mourad Mkinsi, Raieb Belghazi, Taoufik Essakhane, Souad Slaoui, Adellatif Khayati, Youssef Tibesse, Sadiq Rddad, Khalid Bekkaoui, Mohamed Achaari (winner International Prize for Arabic Fiction), Youssouf Amine Elalamy and Abdelfettah Kilito. From Lebanon the author Iman Humaydan will join the programme.The performances will be for general audiences, and in secondary schools and universities. 'Ways of Dialogue' is the central theme of the tour. Topics in the programmes will be the different traditions in the countries of origin of the authors of sharing power and decision making. Authors will be reading from their own work, and from their literary heritage. This is the first of a series of five tours in the Arabic region. It is a co-production with the Centre for Cross Cultural Learning in Rabat.

Retrospect

Tuesday 17 May 2016

16:00 - 18:00

Ecole de Gouvernance et d'Economie - Rabat

When Ideas Change

The shifts in the political positions that we are undergoing in the last few years: rise of extremisms and fundamentalisms, decline of the left, mounting nationalisms; can they be interpreted through …

Wednesday 18 May 2016

14:00 - 16:00

Factulty of Letters, Dhar el Mehraz - Fez

Travelling Ideas

A programme in Fez University. Ideas have always travelled, of course. Is globalization and glocalization impacting the nature, the content, the directions, the impact...) of the travelling ideas in …

Thursday 19 May 2016

09:30 - 11:30

Center for Cross Cultural Learning - Conference Room - Rabat

Authority and Dialogue

A panel discussion, including readings by the participating authors. On what basis can we identify the souces of 'authority' in a dialogue across nations? Morality? Expertise? International Law? …

15:30 - 17:30

Chaos and Dialogue

Can the rapid changes occurring in the world since the early 21st century (financial crises, the Arab Spring and its aftermaths, the Ukrainian crisis, refugees, terrorism...) be qualified as chaos? …

Friday 20 May 2016

16:30 - 18:30

Center for Cross Cultural Learning - Conference Room - Rabat

Declic: Prospects of Dialogue in Post Chaos Time

How were the dialogues between the antagonistic parties and ideas reconceived in the post chaotic times in the past? What are our prospects today for a post-chaotic world? How can we prepare for it …