Festival Day 5 – Thursday 23 January

VENUES AND EVENTS

World Storytelling Café

• 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Masterclass: Storyweave. Maria Gillen.

• 12:00 PM – 1.30 PM: Masterclass: Intangible Heritage, Khalid Moujtahid, Rachel Smith.

• 2:00 PM – 3.30 PM: Compassion for animals in story. Momo Heiss, Rona Barbour, Sara Mohyeddin, Khadijah Hassala and Story Round.

• 4:00 PM – 7.0 PM Stories of Reconciliation. Liz Weir, Jim Brule Kung Jaadee, Nadia Ouchgour, Nadia Belghiti, Mohamed Rguibi.

• 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM: Tricksters and Sages, Heroes, Heroines and villains: Iris Skipworth, Danni Cullen, Nissrin Assamouni, Anass AL Kassimi, Imane Trari, Kaoutar Ibrahimi, Nadera Rebbah, followed by Story Round.

Les Etoiles de Jemaa el-Fnaa

• Piano Room  10:00 AM – 12:00 AM: Stories from our grandparents (for children) Rachel Smith, Eamonn Keenan, Youness AL-Azzalia, Mehdi Lahdidi, Hafida Hamoud.

• Douiria  10:00 AM – 12:00 AM: Masterclass: Roots and Renewal, Telling stories of cultural healing, Storytelling as a tool for cultural preservation. Baba C, Kung Jadee, Maysoun, Usha Venkatraman, Mehdi EL Ghali, Hichem Derouich, Zouhair Khaznaoui, Ilham EL Manssour, Zakia Lyoubi.

 • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Richard Hamilton -The Last Storytellers:  Discussion and book signing.

• 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Conference: Morocco, where cultures meet: Latifa Amghar, Mohamed Harit, Fiona Dowling, Veronique de Miomandre, Fatima Zohra Iflahen.

• 8:00 PM onward: Hot and Cold Stories. Hjorleifur Steffanson, Sef Townsend &  Brahim Daldali, Gurav Madan & Hanae Korchi, Dawn Ellis, Baden Prince, Mohamed Karam, Amanda Ake.

Riad Star (roof terrace)

• 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Dance your story: Lucie Andersen-Wood, Maddie Hill

Jemaa el-Fnaa

HIKAYATHON:

24 hours of storytelling including

6:00 PM Sunset Show: Who is Mama Africa, where is Mama Africa.  Story round with Baba C. Baden Prince, Ousmane Faye, Samantha Everitt, Omar Belaarej

Café Clock

• 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Tribute to Haj Ahmed Ezzarghani:  Starting with an Al Jazeera movie.  John Row,  Zouhair Khaznaoui, Mohammed Koucham, Mohamed Nouichi , Mehdi EL Ghali, Sara Mohyeddin.

Henna Cafe

A full programme of Storytelling at Henna Cafe from 12.00 to 8.00 PM