Podcasts about Essaouira

Après une prestation envoutante au festival Tremor en avril 2025 aux Açores au Portugal, Asmâa Hamzaoui et Bnat Timbouktou, pionnières de la scène gnaoua au féminin, s'apprêtent à remonter sur la scène marocaine avec leur deuxième album en date, L'Bnat. Le groupe marocain au succès mondial fusionne rythmes profonds et voix ensorcelantes, en insufflant une dimension féministe et riche de sens à cet art ancestral traditionnellement réservé aux hommes.  Fondé il y a une dizaine d'années, Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou a ouvert la musique gnaoua à une nouvelle ère.  Le groupe ne se contente pas d'interpréter un héritage musical marocain séculaire, il le reprend à bras-le-corps en créant un espace d'expression pour les femmes dans une tradition longtemps cadenassée par les hommes. À sa tête, Asmâa Hamzaoui, chanteuse et joueuse de guembri, un petit luth à trois cordes central à ce style. Elle bouscule les codes, en réinventant une musique séculaire avec une dimension féministe inédite. La formation allie célébration artistique et remise en cause des conventions de genre, ce qui leur vaut une reconnaissance internationale croissante.► Asmâa Hamzaoui et Bnat Timbouktou seront sur scène au festival Gnaoua, à Essaouira, au Maroc les 19 et 20 juin 2025 À lire aussiMusique: où sont les femmes ?  

Après une prestation envoutante au festival Tremor en avril 2025 aux Açores au Portugal, Asmâa Hamzaoui et Bnat Timbouktou, pionnières de la scène gnaoua au féminin, s'apprêtent à remonter sur la scène marocaine avec leur deuxième album en date, L'Bnat. Le groupe marocain au succès mondial fusionne rythmes profonds et voix ensorcelantes, en insufflant une dimension féministe et riche de sens à cet art ancestral traditionnellement réservé aux hommes.  Fondé il y a une dizaine d'années, Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou a ouvert la musique gnaoua à une nouvelle ère.  Le groupe ne se contente pas d'interpréter un héritage musical marocain séculaire, il le reprend à bras-le-corps en créant un espace d'expression pour les femmes dans une tradition longtemps cadenassée par les hommes. À sa tête, Asmâa Hamzaoui, chanteuse et joueuse de guembri, un petit luth à trois cordes central à ce style. Elle bouscule les codes, en réinventant une musique séculaire avec une dimension féministe inédite. La formation allie célébration artistique et remise en cause des conventions de genre, ce qui leur vaut une reconnaissance internationale croissante.► Asmâa Hamzaoui et Bnat Timbouktou seront sur scène au festival Gnaoua, à Essaouira, au Maroc les 19 et 20 juin 2025 À lire aussiMusique: où sont les femmes ?  

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You can also watch this episode on video, where you'll see some of John's fabulous photos! You can find it on our YouTube channel here:A Morocco Travel Itinerary That's Made for Photographers!----Photographer and dedicated world traveller John Hernandez joins Azdean today to share his inspiring travel experience to Morocco, with an emphasis on photography. John recently travelled from Tangier, down through Chefchaouen, Fes (visiting Volubilis on the way), then Marrakech, the High Atlas Mountains, Essaouira and the Agafay Desert. This two week trip gave him enough time to get to know a few different places throughout the country, while not feeling rushed, something helped in turn by flying from Fes to Marrakech and thus saving the six hour drive.John delves into rich cultural interactions, including playing with musicians in the desert, captivating street scenes and amazing street food, staying in stunning riads (particularly in Fes), discovering pleasantly surprising local wine, incredible coffee, fresh olives and olive oil, leather goods and crafts, and picturesque landscapes that are a photographer's dream. A key concern for any photographer or videographer is of course the safety and security of their gear. John felt very safe throughout Morocco, particularly in Fes, which had a more relaxed vibe, and is less subjected to the buzz of motorbikes everywhere. Marrakech is however well-known for this scourge, and Azdean does include a warning to hold your items a little closer when you're in the souks there, lest they get snapped off your shoulder as a scooter whizzes by!Ultimately, John emphasizes the importance of immersing oneself in the local culture to truly appreciate and capture the essence of Morocco through photography. Take the time to chat with locals, wander at your own pace, give yourself free time and flexibility in your itinerary. Hire a local guide with the instructions to really get past the tourist stereotypes and uncover the true story of a place. As John says, "The only way this planet's gonna survive if we can get out of our own way and start connecting with folks from different cultures and learning. Because ultimately we all want the same thing. Cover photo credit: John Hernandez Do you dream of exploring the enchanting land of Morocco?Destination Morocco is your ultimate travel experience for those seeking luxury and adventure. We specialize in crafting bespoke itineraries tailored to your unique tastes and desires.If you're a discerning traveler who values an immersive, curated adventure, visit www.destinationsmorocco.com, and let us bring your dream Moroccan vacation to life.Learn more about Azdean and Destination Morocco.Explore our Private Tours and Small Group Tours!

"The call to prayer carries deep cultural and spiritual significance. This recording from Essaouira captivated me, not just as a religious ritual, but as an acoustic force, inseparably tied to its surroundings. I wanted to explore what happens when this call is taken out of its original space. How does it transform? How does it resonate elsewhere? "My remix places the sound into new, imagined environments. Through layering and sonic shifts, the composition lets the call echo through different spaces—as if moving through cities, buildings, landscapes. The original recording remains untouched, no additional sounds were introduced. "This piece exists between sound preservation and reinterpretation. Field recordings are often seen as fixed documents, tied to a place and time. But sound is never static. It changes with its surroundings, shaped by resonance and space. "As cities shift through tourism and globalization, so do their sounds. How much of a place's original sonic identity remains? And what happens when we hear it outside its familiar context? "This remix is not a deconstruction. It's a tribute—to the deep connection between sound and space." Medina of Essaouira reimagined by Richie Herbst. ——————— This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world's most famous sights. Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage

A day trip to the Port City of Essaouira. Located in the western part of Morocco (a-three-hours drive south of Marrakech), this coastal town is a perfect getaway after the hustle and bustle of Marrakech. A UNESCO Heritage, the Medina of Essaouira is protected by the massive Sea Fort called Sqala. Interestingly, the Fish Market is also one of the set for Game of Thrones for the fictional Astapor. Loads of things going on for such a quaint little town. Beautiful!

Eine himmlische Oase in der Wüste, die herrliche Küstenstadt Essaouira, das magische Fès und viele Geheimtipps zu einem phantastischen Reiseland, das so nah ist, aber so voller Wunder! Von Blicken in die ewige Weite der Sahara bis hin zu Wasserschildkröten unter Palmen - von weißen Bauten, gegen die die Brandung des Atlantik klatscht, bis zu echten Geheimtipps bekommt ihr alles in dieser Episode, dem zweiten Teil unseres Roadtrips durch Nordafrika. Obendrauf schenken wir euch malerische Unterkünfte, kulinarische Highlights und viele Einblicke in das ECHTE Marokko - durch uns und unsere Reise-Freundin Mona Ameziane, die tief verwurzelt ist in Marokko, ihr Herz dort verloren und sogar ein Buch über dieses Land geschrieben hat. Entdeckt mit uns Marokko - alle Highlights und inklusive vieler Tipps, die ihr sonst nirgends findet.Diese Folge entstand mit freundlicher Unterstützung von erlebe: Reisen - einfach näher dran. https://www.erlebe.de/Unsere Werbepartner dieser Folge findet ihr hier: https://www.reisen-reisen-der-podcast.de/werbepartner Noch mehr Reisen Reisen gibt es in unserem Newsletter-Magazin: https://tinyurl.com/3epcheb5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Una prima infarinatura dello Gnawa, un genere unico e nativo del Marocco che, grazie ai suoi ritmi ipnotici, ha conquistato il mondo interoReboot di un articolo uscito sul sito di Medio Oriente e Dintorni il 13 gennaio 2019Iscriviti al canale Telegram per guardare tutta la lista di tutti gli eventi (ad oggi) confermati ed avvisatemi se ne conoscete altri Mentre qui trovate tutti i link di Medio Oriente e Dintorni: Linktree, ma, andando un po' nel dettaglio: -Tutti gli aggiornamenti sulla pagina instagram @medioorienteedintorni -Per articoli visitate il sito https://mediorientedintorni.com/ trovate anche la "versione articolo" di questo podcast. - Qui il link al canale Youtube- Podcast su tutte le principali piattaforme in Italia e del mondo-Vuoi tutte le uscite in tempo reale? Iscriviti al gruppo Telegram: https://t.me/mediorientedintorniOgni like, condivisione o supporto è ben accetto e mi aiuta a dedicarmi sempre di più alla mia passione: raccontare il Medio Oriente ed il "mondo islamico"

De 'Arco', el último disco del cantante brasileño Marcos Sacramento, 'Todo o amor que houver nessa vida' -con Zé Ibarra-, 'Voltei', 'Tonada de luna llena', 'Graça' y 'Guanabara'. Lionel Loueke y Dave Holland han firmado un disco a dúo titulado 'United' con obras del músico africano como 'Essaouira', 'Pure thought', 'Celebration' o 'Chant'. Y del disco 'Samba e amor', dedicado a Chico Buarque por el bajista Jorge Helder, las canciones 'As vitrines', 'Basta um dia' -con la voz de Vanessa Moreno- y 'Ela desatinou' -con la voz de Filó Machado-. Cierra Caixa Cubo con 'Jureta' de su disco 'Modo avião'. Escuchar audio

This episode also has a video version on our YouTube channel, you can find it here: "Travel to Morocco in 2025: Travel Highlights to Help Your Planning"Or stay here for the audio version - your choice!---Morocco had a banner year in 2024, with tourist numbers reaching over 17 million, a number predicted for 2026 and yet reached two years ahead of time.With new air routes getting underway, both international and domestic, and new hotels and luxury brands setting up in the country, Morocco is very much on the up and up. For the first time, it outdrew Egypt as the top destination for travellers in Africa. Tourist numbers are predicted to reach 26 million per year by 2030, the year Morocco co-hosts the World Cup, alongside Spain and Portugal.All of which means, now is the time to go! Azdean and Destination Morocco podcast producer Ted Cragg discuss, in today's episode, what to prepare for in 2025, particularly events and prices that could affect your travels.They highlight some of the numerous large festivals that take place throughout the year, including the Gnawa Music Festival in Essaouira in June, and the Marrakech International Film Festival in December. These are annual events that always draw large crowds, but equally are exciting and prestigious events to witness.Adding to the excitement though in 2025, and in a preview of what's to come 5 years from now, are some major international football/soccer tournaments that will take place in Morocco.The U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will be held from March 30 to April 19, followed by the Women's Africa Cup of Nations from July 5 to 26. Then, FIFA's U-17 Women's World Cup will take place from October 17 to November 8, expanded to 24 teams for the first time.And in the largest of them all, Morocco will host for the second time ever the Africa Cup of Nations, starting towards the end of the year, December 21, 2025 and running to January 18, 2026. This major tournament will be spread amongst six cities across the country: Tangier, Agadir, Rabat, Marrakech, Fez, and Casablanca.Therefore, if you are planning a visit during one of these festivals or tournaments, make sure you do your research! Prices will likely be inflated, and accommodation will be less available and flexible as the dates draw near. Alternatively, knowing when these events are taking place may help you decide exactly when to go, if you would rather avoid the crowds and the hype and go at a quieter pace. Either way, we have lots to look forward to in Morocco in 2025, an exciting year in and of itself, but also a prelude of what to expect for the rest of the decade. Do you dream of exploring the enchanting land of Morocco?Destination Morocco is your ultimate travel experience for those seeking luxury and adventure. We specialize in crafting bespoke itineraries tailored to your unique tastes and desires.If you're a discerning traveler who values an immersive, curated adventure, visit www.destinationsmorocco.com, and let us bring your dream Moroccan vacation to life.Learn more about Azdean and Destination Morocco.Explore our Private Tours and Small Group Tours!

Marokko ist seit acht Jahren die neue Heimat der Aargauer Jean-Marie Suter und Cornelia Breitschmid. Im Hinterland der Küstenstadt Essaouira haben sie eine Gästevilla gepachtet. Weihnachten feiert man kaum in Marokko. Trotzdem sind Weihnachtsbäume gefragt und kosten viel. Das Aargauer Paar Jean-Marie Suter und Cornelia Breitschmid lebt im Hinterland der Hafenstadt Essaouira in Marokko. Vor acht Jahren haben sie ein grosses Anwesen gemietet und beherbergen Gäste aus aller Welt. Es ist eine Oase umgeben von dicken Mauern, sagt Jean-Marie Suter: «Hier kann man die Seele baumeln lassen, man findet Ruhe und Erholung.» Begnadeter Tabak-Pfeifenbauer Exotisch sind nicht nur die Weihnachtsbäume in Marokko, sondern auch die Tabak-Pfeifenkultur. Jean-Marie Suter baut seit vielen Jahren leidenschaftlich seine eigenen Pfeifen aus edelstem Holz. Es ist Handarbeit durch und durch. Viele Stunden verbringt der 68-Jährige in seiner Werkstatt. Oft kommen Schaulistige vorbe: «Das Pfeifenrauchen kennt man hier kaum. Die Einheimischen schmunzeln, wenn sie mich eine Pfeife rauchen sehen.»

Del nuevo disco del trío brasileño Caixa Cubo, 'Modo avião', la canción que le da título, 'Jureta', 'Osaka' y 'Foguinho'. El beninense Lionel Loueke y el británico Dave Holland firman 'United' con temas como 'Essaouira' o 'Pure thought'. La anglo-canadiense Jill Barber ha grabado en 'Encore!' canciones en francés: 'Ménilmontant', 'La mer', 'Plus je t´embrasse' y 'De temps en temps'. De 'Red bossa', el último disco del pianista danés Steen Rasmussen, 'Tom to Tom', 'Bossa para Joyce' y 'Home'. Despide el pianista brasileño Antonio Adolfo con 'Marcha da quarta-feira de cinzas' de su disco 'Bossa 65'. Escuchar audio

Bruno Berle, cantante y compositor de Alagoas, que actúa mañana y pasado en Madrid y Barcelona, ha publicado este año 'No reino dos afetos 2' con canciones como 'Te amar eterno', 'New hit', 'Sonho', 'É só você chegar' o 'Tirolirole'. Lionel Loueke y Dave Holland firman 'United' con temas como 'Essaouira', 'Pure thought' y 'Transit'. Por los 80 años de Chico Buarque el contrabajista Jorge Helder ha grabado el disco 'Samba e amor' con 'As vitrines', 'O que será', 'Morro dois irmãos', 'Ela desatinou' o 'Brejo da cruz'. Despiden Gaia Wilmer y Jaques Morelenbaum tocando 'Trilhos urbanos' de Caetano Veloso. Escuchar audio

Born and raised on the West Coast of the US, Lucas Peters now makes Tangier his home. He's a travel writer and photographer and the author of the Moon Guide Book for Morocco. Together with his very accomplished wife, Amina, they own and operate Journey Beyond Travel, one of Morocco's most successful, sustainable tour companies.  Lucas' expertise isn't limited to Morocco though. He also wrote Moon Guide Book's Grand European Journeys: 40 Unforgettable Trips by Road, Rail, Sea & More. In November 2024, Lucas is releasing the Moon Guide Book for Sevilla, Granada and Andalusia. When he's not writing or planning remarkable journeys for his clients, Lucas, together with Amina and their two kids, spends time traveling around Morocco, exploring the small towns dotting the national roads, difficult-to-access mountain villages and crumbling kasbahs of the Sahara. On this episode, Lucas shares that in 2009, he bought a one way ticket to Morocco and never left – so he's truly on a one way ticket journey! Also in the conversation, Lucas and Host, Steven Shalowitz, touch on each of the destinations Steven visited on his recent four and a half week journey through Morocco which Lucas orchestrated. They included: Rabat, Tangier, Tetouan, Chefchaouen, Volubilis, Moulay Idriss, Meknes, Fes, Ifrane, Erfoud, the Sahara, the Atlas Mountains, Essaouira, Marrakech and Casablanca.  Plus, the two highlight everything from riads to hammams, Morocco's rich Jewish heritage to Moroccan cuisine, the method to Moroccan aesthetic madness to the proliferation of cats throughout the country, and more. For further information on Lucas, visit: http://lucasmpeters.com. And for curated, bespoke visits to Morocco, Andalusia and select other destinations, visit: http://journeybeyondtravel.com   

Send us a message, what did you think of this episode?We return to our series on the history of the Amazigh (Berber) people, with part three of the conversation between Azdean, co-host Sam and our researcher, Hiba.Our first two episodes covered an overview of Amazigh culture and history ("The Amazigh Chronicles" - The Berber History of Morocco, Part 1), followed by an in-depth look at the various tribes, which stretch across not just Morocco but all of northern Africa ("The Amazigh Chronicles" - The Rich Tapestry of Amazigh Tribes: History, Language, and Customs, Part 2).Today we start to bring things forward and make the links to more modern times, looking at Amazigh influence on art and architecture, language, politics, military and economics, through to the 20th century.Imagine a time when Morocco was the crossroads of the world, when nomadic traders would cross the Sahara to reach Marrakech and Essaouira by land, while western European ships would head for Essaouira as well, and eastern Europeans and Ottomans would stop at Tangier. Morocco was the jumping off point to the Iberian peninsula, the Mediterranean, or alternatively the coastal waters south towards the equator. It's no wonder that language, architecture and even banking systems gained an influence that can still be felt today, far beyond modern Moroccan borders.Gold, salt and olive oil; calligraphy, geometric designs and distinct kasbah strategic design; all these and more passed through this land and collected distinctive new features from the Amazigh people as they did so."Berber" may be the more familiar name, but "Amazigh" is their preferred name, and these indigenous people in their many guises maintain a powerful influence in Morocco to this day. Do you dream of exploring the enchanting land of Morocco?Destination Morocco is your ultimate travel experience for those seeking luxury and adventure. We specialize in crafting bespoke itineraries tailored to your unique tastes and desires.If you're a discerning traveler who values an immersive, curated adventure, visit www.destinationsmorocco.com, and let us bring your dream Moroccan vacation to life.Learn more about Azdean and Destination Morocco.Explore our Private Tours and Small Group Tours!--Join us for our monthly Q&A's! Live on Destination Morocco's YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn pages, the 1st Friday of each month at 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern/10pm Central European time.

Très tôt, le festival a été adopté par le public, qui en a fait son évènement. Il y a un quelque chose de puissant dans ce lien, que nous décrivent les festivaliers.Produit avec le soutien de CIH banque et du Festival Gnaoua et musiques du Monde d'Essaouira

“Today's Morocco is a prime example of what a great peaceful coexistence and international cooperation can be with an Arab country.” Eli Gabay, an Israeli-born lawyer and current president of the oldest continuously active synagogue in the United States, comes from a distinguished family of Jewish leaders who have fostered Jewish communities across Morocco, Israel, and the U.S. Now residing in Philadelphia, Eli and his mother, Rachel, share their deeply personal story of migration from Morocco to Israel, reflecting on the resilience of their family and the significance of preserving Jewish traditions. The Gabay family's commitment to justice and heritage is deeply rooted. Eli, in his legal career, worked with Israel's Ministry of Justice, where he notably helped prosecute John Ivan Demjanjuk, a Cleveland auto worker accused of being the notorious Nazi death camp guard, "Ivan the Terrible." Jessica Marglin, Professor of Religion, Law, and History at the University of Southern California, offers expert insights into the Jewish exodus from Morocco. She explores the enduring relationship between Morocco's Jewish community and the monarchy, and how this connection sets Morocco apart from its neighboring countries. —- Show notes: How much do you know about Jewish history in the Middle East? Take our quiz. Sign up to receive podcast updates. Learn more about the series. Song credits:  Pond5:  “Desert Caravans”: Publisher: Pond5 Publishing Beta (BMI), Composer: Tiemur Zarobov (BMI), IPI#1098108837 “Suspense Middle East” Publisher: Victor Romanov, Composer: Victor Romanov; Item ID: 196056047 ___ Episode Transcript: ELI GABAY: Standing in court and saying ‘on behalf of the State of Israel' were the proudest words of my life. It was very meaningful to serve as a prosecutor. It was very meaningful to serve in the IDF.  These were highlights in my life, because they represented my core identity: as a Jew, as a Sephardic Jew, as an Israeli Sephardic Jew. These are the tenets of my life. MANYA BRACHEAR PASHMAN: The world has overlooked an important episode in modern history: the 800,000 Jews who left or were driven from their homes in the Middle East and North Africa in the mid-20th century. Welcome to the second season of The Forgotten Exodus, brought to you by American Jewish Committee. This series explores that pivotal moment in history and the little-known Jewish heritage of Iran and Arab nations. As Jews around the world confront violent antisemitism and Israelis face daily attacks by terrorists on multiple fronts, our second season explores how Jews have lived throughout the region for generations – despite hardship, hostility, and hatred–then sought safety and new possibilities in their ancestral homeland. I'm your host, Manya Brachear Pashman. Join us as we explore untold family histories and personal stories of courage, perseverance, and resilience from this transformative and tumultuous period of history for the Jewish people and the Middle East.  The world has ignored these voices. We will not. This is The Forgotten Exodus.  Today's episode: leaving Morocco. MANYA: There are three places Eli Gabay calls home: Philadelphia, the city where he has raised his children; Morocco, the land where his parents Rachel and Amram were born and his ancestors lived for generations; and Israel, his birthplace and original ancestral homeland. Eli has been on a quest to honor all those identities since he left Israel at the age of 12. ELI: On my father's side, they were all rabbis. On my mother's side, they were all businesspeople who headed synagogues. And so, my grandfather had a synagogue, and my other grandfather had a synagogue. When they transplanted to Israel, they reopened these synagogues in the transition camp in Be'er Sheva. Both families had a synagogue of their own. MANYA: For the past five years, Eli has served as president of his synagogue--the historic Congregation Mikveh Israel, America's oldest continuous synagogue, founded in Philadelphia in 1740. Descended from a long line of rabbis going back generations, Eli is a litigation attorney, the managing partner of a law firm, a former prosecutor, and, though it might seem odd, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Nicaragua in Philadelphia. But the professional role that has brought him the most acclaim was his time in the 1980s, working for Israel's Ministry of Justice, decades after the Holocaust, still trying to hold its perpetrators accountable. CLIP - ‘THE DEVIL NEXT DOOR' TRAILER: Charges were filed today against John Demjanjuk, the 66-year-old Ukrainian native, who's accused of being a Nazi death camp guard named Ivan the Terrible. The crimes he was accused of… MANYA: We'll tell you more about that later. But first, we take you to the Jerusalem Israeli Gift Shop in northeast Philadelphia, a little slice of Israel on the corner of Castor Avenue and Chandler Street. [shofar sounds] Every day, amid the menorahs and shofars, frames and mezuzahs, Eli's 84-year-old mother Rachel Gabay, the family matriarch and owner of thisJudaica shop, is transported back to the place where she grew up: Israel. ELI: My father was a teacher all his life, and my mother [shofar sounds] runs a Jewish Judaica store that sells shofars, you can hear in the background. RACHEL: It's my baby. The store here became my baby. CUSTOMER: You're not going to remember this, but you sold us our ketubah 24 years ago. RACHEL: Yeah. How are you, dear? ELI: Nice. CUSTOMER: We're shopping for someone else's wedding now. RACHEL: Oh, very nice… For who? CUSTOMER: A friend of ours, Moshe, who is getting married and we wanted to get him a mezuzah. MANYA: For Rachel, Israel represents the safety, security, and future her parents sought for her when in 1947 they placed her on a boat to sail away from Morocco. By then, Casablanca had become a difficult place to be Jewish. Israel offered a place to belong. And for that, she will always be grateful. RACHEL: To be a Jew, to be very good… ELI: Proud. RACHEL: Proud. I have a country, and I am somebody. ELI: My father's family comes from the High Atlas Mountains, from a small village called Aslim.The family arrived in that area sometime in 1780 or so. There were certain events that went on in Morocco that caused Jews from the periphery and from smaller cities to move to Casablanca. Both my parents were born in Morocco in Casablanca. Both families arrived in Casablanca in the early 30s, mid 30s. MANYA: Today, the port city of Casablanca is home to several synagogues and about 2,000 Jews, the largest community of Morocco. The Museum of Moroccan Judaism in suburban Casablanca, the first museum on Judaism in the Arab world, stands as a symbol of the lasting Jewish legacy in Morocco. Indeed, there's been a Jewish presence in what is considered modern-day Morocco for some 2,000 years, dating back to the early days of the establishment of Roman control.  Morocco was home to thousands of Jews, many of whom lived in special quarters called “Mellah,” or Jewish ghetto. Mellahs were common in cities across Morocco. JESSICA: Morocco was one of the few places in the Islamic world where there emerged the tradition of a distinctive Jewish quarter that had its own walls and was closed with its own gates. MANYA: Jessica Marglin is a professor of religion, law, and history at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on the history of Jews and Muslims in North Africa and the Mediterranean. JESSICA: There's a bit of a debate. Were these quarters there to control Jews and force them to all live in one spot and was it a sort of form of basically repression? Or was it a way to protect them? The first mellah, the one in Fez is right next to the palace. And so there was a sense that the Jews would be closer to the Sultan or the Sultan's representative, and thus more easily protectable. It could be interpreted as a bad thing. And some Jews did see it as an unfair restriction. But I would say that most Jews didn't question the idea that Jews would live together. And that was sort of seen as natural and desirable. And there was a certain kind of autonomous jurisdiction to the mellah, too.  Because Jews had their own courts. They had their own butchers. They had their own ovens. Butchers and ovens would have been kosher. They could sell wine in the mellah. They could do all these things that were particular to them. And that's where all the synagogues were. And that's where the Jewish cemetery was, right? It was really like a little Jewish city, sort of within the city. MANYA: Unlike other parts of the Middle East and North Africa where pogroms and expulsions, especially after the creation of the state of Israel, caused hundreds of thousands of Jews to abruptly flee all at once – spilling out of countries they had called home for centuries – Jews chose to leave Morocco gradually over time, compared to the exodus from other Arab countries.  JESSICA: When I teach these things, I set up Morocco and Iraq as the two ends of the spectrum. Iraq being the most extreme, where Jews were really basically kicked out all at once. Essentially offered no real choice. I mean, some did stay, but it was choosing a totally reduced life.  Versus Morocco, where the Jews who left did so really, with a real choice. They could have stayed and the numbers are much more gradual than anywhere else. So there was a much larger community that remained for years and years and years, even after ‘67, into the ‘70s.  Even though they kept going down, it was really, it was not like Iraq where the population just falls off a cliff, right? It's like one year, there's 100,000, the next year, they're 5,000. In Morocco, it really went down extremely gradually. And that's in part why it's still the largest Jewish community in the Arab world by far. MANYA: Morocco's Jewish history is by no means all rosy. In all Arab countries, antisemitism came in waves and different forms. But there are several moments in history when the Moroccan monarchy could've abandoned the Jewish population but didn't. And in World War II, the Moroccan monarch took steps to safeguard the community. In recent years, there have been significant gestures such as the opening of the Jewish museum in Casablanca, a massive restoration of landmarks that honor Morocco's Jewish past, including 167 Jewish cemeteries, and the inclusion of Holocaust education in school curricula. In 2020, Morocco became one of four Arab countries to sign a normalization agreement with Israel, as part of the U.S.-backed Abraham Accords, which allowed for economic and diplomatic cooperation and direct flights between the two countries. MANYA: Oral histories suggest that Jews have lived in Morocco for some 2,000 years, roughly since the destruction of the Second Temple. But tangible evidence of a Jewish presence doesn't date as far back. JESSICA: The archaeological remains suggest that the community dates more to the Roman period. There was a continual presence from at least since the late Roman period, certainly well before the Islamic conquests. MANYA: Like other parts of the Middle East and North Africa, Jews in Morocco were heavily concentrated in particular artisanal trades. Many were cobblers, tailors, and jewelers who adorned their creations with intricate designs and embellishments. Gemstones, carved coral, geometric designs, and symbols such as the Hamsa to bless the wearer with good fortune and protect them from the evil eye. JESSICA: And there were certain areas where they kind of were overrepresented in part because of stigmas associated with certain crafts for Muslims. So gold and silver jewelry making in certain parts of Morocco, like in the city of Fez, Jews were particularly overrepresented in the trade that made these gold threads, which are called skalli in Moroccan Arabic, and which are used to embroider sort of very fancy clothing for men and for women. Skalli for instance, is a very common last name for Jews.  MANYA: Jessica notes that in the 12th and 13th Centuries, Morocco came under the rule of the Almohad caliphate, a fundamentalist regime that saw itself as a revolutionary reform movement. Under the Almohad dynasty, local Christians in North Africa from Morocco to Libya all but disappeared.  Jews on the other hand stayed. She suspects Morocco developed its own version of crypto-Jews who superficially converted to Islam or at least lived outwardly as Muslims to survive.  JESSICA: There's probably more of a sense of Jews had more experience of living as minorities. Also, where else were they going to go? It wasn't so obvious. So whatever conversions there were, some of them must have stuck. And there are still, for instance, Muslim families in Fez named Kohen . . . Cohen. MANYA: Jews chose Morocco as a place of refuge in 1391, when a series of mob attacks on Jewish communities across Spain killed hundreds and forcibly converted others to Christianity. As opposed to other places in Europe, Morocco was considered a place where Jews could be safe. More refugees arrived after the Alhambra Decree of 1492 expelled Jews from Spain who refused to convert. That is when Eli's father's side of the family landed in Fez.  ELI: Our tradition is that the family came from Spain, and we date our roots to Toledo, Spain. The expulsion of the Jews took place out of Spain in 1492 at which time the family moved from Spain to Morocco to Fez. MANYA: At that time, the first mellahs emerged, the name derived from the Arabic word for salt. Jessica says that might have referred to the brackish swamps where the mellah were built.  JESSICA: The banning of Jews from Spain in 1492 brought a lot of Jews to North Africa, especially Morocco, because Morocco was so close. And, you know, that is why Jews in northern Morocco still speak Spanish today, or a form of Judeo Spanish known as Haketia. So, there were huge numbers of Iberian Jews who ended up throughout Morocco. And then for a long time, they remained a kind of distinctive community with their own laws and their own rabbis and their own traditions. Eventually, they kind of merged with local Jews. And they used Spanish actually, for decades, until they finally sort of Arabized in most of Morocco. ELI: My father's family, as I said, comes from a small town of Aslim. The family arrived in that area sometime in 1780 or so after there was a decree against Jews in Fez to either convert to Islam or leave. And so in a real sense, they were expelled from that region of Fez. There were Jews who arrived throughout the years after different exiles from different places. But predominantly the Jews that arrived in 1492 as a result of the Spanish expulsion were known as the strangers, and they integrated themselves in time into the fabric of Moroccan Jewry.  MANYA: For Eli's family, that meant blending in with the nomadic Amazigh, or indigenous people of North Africa, commonly called Berbers. Many now avoid that term because it was used by European colonialists and resembles the word “barbarians.” But it's still often used colloquially.  ELI: Aslim is in the heart of Berber territory. My father's family did speak Berber. My grandfather spoke Berber, and they dressed as Berbers. They wore jalabia, which is the dress for men, for instance, and women wore dresses only, a head covering.  Men also wore head coverings. They looked like Berbers in some sense, but their origins were all the way back to Spain. MANYA: In most cases across Morocco, Jews were classified as dhimmis, non-Muslim residents who were given protected status. Depending on the rulers, dhimmis lived under different restrictions; most paid a special tax, others were forced to wear different clothes. But it wasn't consistent.  ELI: Rulers, at their whim, would decide if they were good to the Jews or bad to the Jews. And the moment of exchange between rulers was a very critical moment, or if that ruler was attacked. MANYA: The situation for Jews within Morocco shifted again in 1912 when Morocco became a French protectorate. Many Jews adopted French as their spoken language and took advantage of educational opportunities offered to them by Alliance Israélite Universelle. The borders also remained open for many Jews who worked as itinerant merchants to go back and forth throughout the region.  JESSICA: Probably the most famous merchants were the kind of rich, international merchants who dealt a lot with trade across the Mediterranean and in other parts of the Middle East or North Africa. But there were a lot of really small-time merchants, people whose livelihood basically depended on taking donkeys into the hinterland around the cities where Jews tended to congregate.  MANYA: Rachel's family, businesspeople, had origins in two towns – near Agadir and in Essaouira. Eli has copies of three edicts issued to his great-grandfather Nissim Lev, stating that as a merchant, he was protected by the government in his travels. But the open borders didn't contain the violence that erupted in other parts of the Middle East, including the British Mandate of Palestine.  In late August 1929, a clash about the use of space next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem led to riots and a pogrom of Jews who had lived there for thousands of years. Moroccan Jews also were attacked. Rachel's grandfather Nissim died in the violence. RACHEL: He was a peddler. He was a salesman. He used to go all week to work, and before Thursday, he used to come for Shabbat. So they caught him in the road, and they took his money and they killed him there.  ELI: So my great-grandfather– RACHEL: He was very young. ELI: She's speaking of, in 1929 there were riots in Israel, in Palestine. In 1929 my great-grandfather went to the market, and at that point … so . . . a riot had started, and as my mother had described, he was attacked. And he was knifed. And he made it not very far away, all the other Jews in the market fled. Some were killed, and he was not fortunate enough to escape. Of course, all his things were stolen, and it looked like a major robbery of the Jews in the market. It gave the opportunity to do so, but he was buried nearby there in a Jewish cemetery in the Atlas Mountains. So he was not buried closer to his own town. I went to visit that place. MANYA: In the mid-1930s, both Amram and Rachel's families moved to the mellah in Casablanca where Amram's father was a rabbi. Rachel's family ran a bathhouse. Shortly after Amram was born, his mother died, leaving his father to raise three children.  Though France still considered Morocco one of its protectorates, it left Morocco's Sultan Mohammad V as the country's figurehead. When Nazis occupied France during World War II and the Vichy regime instructed the sultan to deport Morocco's Jews to Nazi death camps, he reportedly refused, saving thousands of lives. But Amram's grandmother did not trust that Morocco would protect its Jews. Following the Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt, the Axis Powers' second attempt to invade North Africa, she returned to the Atlas Mountains with Amran and his siblings and stayed until they returned to Casablanca at the end of the war.  ELI: There was a fear that the Nazis were going to enter Morocco. My father, his grandmother, took him from Casablanca with two other children and went back to Aslim in the mountains, because she said we can better hide there. We can better hide in the Atlas Mountains. And so my father returned, basically went from Casablanca to the Atlas Mountains to hide from the coming Nazis. MANYA:  In 1947, at the age of 10, Amram went from Casablanca to an Orthodox yeshiva in England. Another destination for Jews also had emerged. Until then, no one had wanted to move to British-controlled Palestine where the political landscape and economic conditions were more unstable.  The British restricted Jewish immigration making the process difficult, even dangerous. Additionally, French Moroccan authorities worked to curb the Zionist movement that was spreading throughout Europe. But Rachel's father saw the writing on the wall and took on a new vocation. RACHEL: His name is Moshe Lev and he was working with people to send to Eretz Yisrael. MANYA: A Zionist activist, Rachel's father worked for a clandestine movement to move children and eventually their families to what soon would become Israel. He wanted his children, including his 7-year-old daughter Rachel, to be the first. RACHEL: He worked there, and he sent everybody. Now our family were big, and they sent me, and then my sister went with my father and two brothers, and then my mom left by herself They flew us to Norvege [Norway].  MANYA: After a year in Norway, Rachel was taken to Villa Gaby in Marseille, France, a villa that became an accommodation center for Jews from France who wanted to join the new State of Israel. There, as she waited for a boat to take her across the Mediterranean to Israel, she spotted her brother from afar. Nissim, named for their late grandfather, was preparing to board his own boat. She pleaded to join him. RACHEL: So we're in Villa Gaby couple months. That time, I saw my brother, I get very emotional. They said ‘No, he's older. I told them ‘I will go with him.' They said ‘No, he's older and you are young, so he will go first. You are going to stay here.' He was already Bar Mitzvah, like 13 years.  I was waiting there. Then they took to us in the boat. I remember it was like six, seven months. We were sitting there in Villa Gaby. And then from Villa Gaby, we went to Israel. The boat, but the boat was quite ahead of time. And then they spoke with us, ‘You're going to go. Somebody will come and pick you up, and you are covered. If fish or something hurts you, you don't scream, you don't say nothing. You stay covered.  So one by one, a couple men they came. They took kids and out. Our foot was wet from the ocean, and here and there they was waiting for us, people with a hot blanket. I remember that. MANYA: Rachel landed at Kibbutz Kabri, then a way station for young newcomers in northern Israel. She waited there for years without her family – until one stormy day. RACHEL: One day. That's emotional. One day we were sitting in the living room, it was raining, pouring. We couldn't go to the rooms, so we were waiting. All of a sudden, a group of three men came in, and I heard my father was talking. His voice came to me. And I said to the teacher, taking care of us. I said ‘You know what? Let me tell you one thing. I think my father is here.' She said ‘No, you just imagination. Now let's go to the rooms to sleep.'  So we went there. And all of a sudden she came to me. She said, ‘You know what? You're right. He insists to come to see you. He will not wait till morning, he said. I wanted to see my daughter now. He was screaming. They didn't want him to be upset. He said we'll bring her because he said here's her picture. Here's her and everything. So I came and oh my god was a nice emotional. And we were there sitting two or three hours. My father said, Baruch Hashem. I got the kids. Some people, they couldn't find their kids, and I find my kids, thanks God. And that's it. It was from that time he wants to take us. They said, No, you live in the Ma'abara. Not comfortable for the kids. We cannot let you take the kids. The kids will stay in their place till you establish nicely. But it was close to Pesach. He said, we promise Pesach, we bring her, for Pesach to your house. You give us the address. Where are you? And we'll bring her, and we come pick her up. JESSICA: Really as everywhere else in the Middle East and North Africa, it was the Declaration of the Independence of Israel. And the war that started in 1947, that sort of set off a wave of migration, especially between ‘48 and ‘50. Those were the kind of highest numbers per year. MANYA: Moroccan Jews also were growing frustrated with how the French government continued to treat them, even after the end of World War II. When the state of Israel declared independence, Sultan Mohammad V assured Moroccan Jews that they would continue to be protected in Morocco. But it was clear that Moroccan Jew's outward expression of support for Israel would face new cultural and political scrutiny and violence.  Choosing to emigrate not only demonstrated solidarity, it indicated an effort to join the forces fighting to defend the Jewish state. In June 1948, 43 Jews were killed by local Muslims in Oujda, a departure point for Moroccan Jews seeking to migrate to Israel. Amram arrived in Israel in the early 1950s. He returned to Morocco to convince his father, stepmother, and brother to make aliyah as well. Together, they went to France, then Israel where his father opened the same synagogue he ran in the mellah of Casablanca. Meanwhile in Morocco, the Sultan's push for Moroccan independence landed him in exile for two years. But that didn't last long. The French left shortly after he returned and Morocco gained its independence in March 1956. CLIP - CASABLANCA 1956 NEWSREEL: North Africa, pomp and pageantry in Morocco as the Sultan Mohamed Ben Youssef made a state entry into Casablanca, his first visit to the city since his restoration last autumn. Aerial pictures reveal the extent of the acclamation given to the ruler whose return has of his hope brought more stable conditions for his people. MANYA: The situation of the Jews improved. For the first time in their history, they were granted equality with Muslims. Jews were appointed high-ranking positions in the first independent government. They became advisors and judges in Morocco's courts of law.  But Jewish emigration to Israel became illegal. The immigration department of the Jewish Agency that had operated inside Morocco since 1949 closed shop and representatives tasked with education about the Zionist movement and facilitating Aliyah were pressed to leave the country. JESSICA: The independent Moroccan state didn't want Jews emigrating to Israel, partly because of anti-Israeli, pro-Palestinian sentiment, and partly because they didn't want to lose well-educated, productive members of the State, of the new nation. MANYA: Correctly anticipating that Moroccan independence was imminent and all Zionist activity would be outlawed, Israel's foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, created the Misgeret, which organized self-defense training for Jews across the Arab countries. Casablanca became its center in Morocco. Between November 1961 and the spring of 1964, the Mossad carried out Operation Yakhin, a secret mission to get nearly 100,000 Jews out of Morocco into Israel. JESSICA: There was clandestine migration during this period, and a very famous episode of a boat sinking, which killed a lot of people. And there was increasing pressure on the Moroccan state to open up emigration to Israel. Eventually, there were sort of secret accords between Israelis and the Moroccan King, which did involve a payment of money per Jew who was allowed to leave, from the Israelis to the Moroccans.  MANYA: But cooperation between Israel and Morocco reportedly did not end there. According to revelations by a former Israeli military intelligence chief in 2016, King Hassan II of Morocco provided the intelligence that helped Israel win the Six-Day War. In 1965, he shared recordings of a key meeting between Arab leaders held inside a Casablanca hotel to discuss whether they were prepared for war and unified against Israel. The recordings revealed that the group was not only divided but woefully ill-prepared. JESSICA: Only kind of after 1967, did the numbers really rise again. And 1967, again, was kind of a flashpoint. The war created a lot of anti-Zionist and often anti-Jewish sentiment across the region, including in Morocco, and there were some riots and there were, there was some violence, and there was, again, a kind of uptick in migration after that. For some people, they'll say, yes, there was antisemitism, but that wasn't what made me leave. And other people say yes, at a certain point, the antisemitism got really bad and it felt uncomfortable to be Jewish. I didn't feel safe. I didn't feel like I wanted to raise my children here.  For some people, they will say ‘No, I would have happily stayed, but my whole family had left, I didn't want to be alone.' And you know, there's definitely a sense of some Moroccan Jews who wanted to be part of the Zionist project. It wasn't that they were escaping Morocco. It was that they wanted to build a Jewish state, they wanted to be in the Holy Land. ELI: Jews in Morocco fared better than Jews in other Arab countries. There is no question about that. MANYA: Eli Gabay is grateful to the government for restoring many of the sites where his ancestors are buried or called home. The current king, Mohammed VI, grandson of Mohammed V, has played a significant role in promoting Jewish heritage in Morocco. In 2011, a year after the massive cemetery restoration, a new constitution was approved that recognized the rights of religious minorities, including the Jewish community.  It is the only constitution besides Israel's to recognize the country's Hebraic roots. In 2016, the King attended the rededication ceremony of the Ettedgui Synagogue in Casablanca.  The rededication of the synagogue followed the re-opening of the El Mellah Museum, which chronicles the history of Moroccan Jewry. Other Jewish museums and Jewish cultural centers have opened across the country, including in Essaouira, Fes, and Tangier. Not to mention–the king relies on the same senior advisor as his father did, Andre Azoulay, who is Jewish.  ELI: It is an incredible example. We love and revere the king of Morocco. We loved and revered the king before him, his father, who was a tremendous lover of the Jews. And I can tell you that in Aslim, the cemetery was encircled with a wall and well maintained at the cost, at the pay of the King of Morocco in a small, little town, and he did so across Morocco, preserved all the Jewish sites. Synagogues, cemeteries, etc.  Today's Morocco is a prime example of what a great peaceful coexistence and international cooperation can be with an Arab country. MANYA: Eli is certainly not naïve about the hatred that Jews face around the world. In 1985, the remains of Josef Mengele, known as the Nazis' Angel of Death, were exhumed from a grave outside Sao Paulo, Brazil. Eli was part of a team of experts from four countries who worked to confirm it was indeed the Nazi German doctor who conducted horrific experiments on Jews at Auschwitz. Later that decade, Eli served on the team with Israel's Ministry of Justice that prosecuted John Ivan Demjanjuk, a retired Cleveland auto worker accused of being the notorious Nazi death camp guard known as “Ivan the Terrible.” Demjanjuk was accused of being a Nazi collaborator who murdered Jews in the gas chambers at the Treblinka death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. In fact, Eli is featured prominently in a Netflix documentary series about the case called The Devil Next Door. CLIP - ‘THE DEVIL NEXT DOOR' TRAILER: …Nazi death camp guard named Ivan the Terrible. The crimes that he was accused of were horrid.  The Israeli government is seeking his extradition as a war criminal. And that's where the drama begins.  MANYA: Demjanjuk was convicted and sentenced to death, but the verdict was later overturned. U.S. prosecutors later extradited him to Germany on charges of being an accessory to the murder of about 28,000 Jews at Sobibor. He was again convicted but died before the outcome of his appeal. ELI: Going back to Israel and standing in court and saying ‘on behalf of the State of Israel' were the proudest words of my life. It was very meaningful to serve as a prosecutor. It was very meaningful to serve in the IDF. These were highlights in my life.  They represented my core identity: as a Jew, as a Sephardic Jew, as an Israeli Sephardic Jew. These are the tenets of my life. I am proud to serve today as the president of the longest running synagogue in America. MANYA: Eli has encountered hatred in America too. In May 2000 congregants arriving for Shabbat morning prayers at Philadelphia's Beit Harambam Congregation where Eli was first president were greeted by police and firefighters in front of a burned-out shell of a building. Torah scrolls and prayer books were ruined. When Rachel opened her store 36 years ago, it became the target of vandals who shattered her windows. But she doesn't like to talk about that. She has always preferred to focus on the positive. Her daughter Sima Shepard, Eli's sister, says her mother's optimism and resilience are also family traditions. SIMA SHEPARD: Yeah, my mom speaks about the fact that she left Morocco, she is in Israel, she comes to the U.S. And yet consistently, you see one thing: the gift of following tradition. And it's not just again religiously, it's in the way the house is Moroccan, the house is Israeli. Everything that we do touches on previous generations. I'm a little taken that there are people who don't know that there are Jews in Arab lands. They might not know what they did, because European Jews came to America first. They came to Israel first. However, however – we've lived among the Arab countries, proudly so, for so many years. MANYA: Moroccan Jews are just one of the many Jewish communities who, in the last century, left Arab countries to forge new lives for themselves and future generations.  Join us next week as we share another untold story of The Forgotten Exodus. Many thanks to Eli, Rachel and Sima for sharing their family's story.  Too many times during my reporting, I encountered children and grandchildren who didn't have the answers to my questions because they'd never asked. That's why one of the goals of this project is to encourage you to ask those questions. Find your stories. Atara Lakritz is our producer. T.K. Broderick is our sound engineer. Special thanks to Jon Schweitzer, Nicole Mazur, Sean Savage, and Madeleine Stern, and so many of our colleagues, too many to name really, for making this series possible.  You can subscribe to The Forgotten Exodus on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts, and you can learn more at AJC.org/theforgottenexodus.  The views and opinions of our guests don't necessarily reflect the positions of AJC.  You can reach us at theforgottenexodus@ajc.org. If you've enjoyed this episode, please be sure to spread the word, and hop onto Apple Podcasts or Spotify to rate us and write a review to help more listeners find us.

Electro dub oriental entre Angers et Essaouira en passant par du oud et du saz d'Anatolie. Nos 1ers invités sont Alright Mela Feat. Jaouad El GarougeAprès avoir développé pendant 10 ans le projet Markus & Shahzad avec le chanteur pakistanais de qawwali Shahzad Santoo Khan, Markus et Cheb Xavi crée en 2021 un duo électro dub oriental inspiré par la tape music des années 70.Les musiciens se croisent souvent en tournée mais n'échangent finalement rarement plus de quelques mots d'usage.Entre Jaouad El Garouge, chanteur gnawa et joueur de guembri originaire du Maroc et le duo angevin Alright Mela, la rencontre s'est faite simplement et encore plus naturellement l'envie de partager la scène. Alright Mela est une expression qui signifie « Tout va bien ! » à Malte (s'écrit « orrajt mela »), un pays à la culture métissée arabo-européenne, expression qui synthétise bien leur musique et, comme un mantra, exprime l'espoir d'un monde meilleur.Autour de textes forts sur des thématiques contemporaines (la migration, les guerres, la discrimination, la pauvreté dans les grandes mégalopoles, ...), leur musique invite à la réflexion mais également à la transe.Ancrés par des beats électroniques envoûtants et des synthés oldies hallucinés, le oud et le guembri sonnent la révolte pour que les chansons d'Alright Mela donnent une irrésistible envie de danser le poing levé.Le trio s'est échappé par la Méditerranée et a puisé dans ses inspirations au gré des rencontres pour explorer de nouvelles contrées sonores entre Europe, Maghreb et Moyen-Orient, et invite à fouler le dance floor au beau milieu d'une rose des vents orientés « Global Guinche ». Titres interprétés au grand studio- Aswad & Abyad Live RFIT- asamoh, extrait de l'EP- Tfayyel Live RFI.Line Up : Cheb Xavi, programmation, claviers ; Markus, oud et Jaouad El Garouge, guembri, chant.Son : Mathias Taylor, Benoît LetirantEP Tasamoh (Daydream Music 2024)Concert 16 octobre 2024 Mama festival.Site - Facebook - YouTube. Puis nous recevons Ruşan Filiztek pour la sortie de l'album Exils (De la Mésopotamie à l'Andalousie).Joueur de saz, le luth à manche long de l'Asie Mineure, chanteur, musicologue, Ruşan Filiztek a beaucoup marché par les musiques, de son Anatolie natale à l'Istanbul de l'adolescence, puis à l'Irak et à la Syrie dont il a arpenté les musiques, avant d'arriver en Europe par l'Andalousie et de prendre la route de Paris. « Cet album ne pouvait se faire que là où tous ces musiciens sont rassemblés », dit-il : car Exils déploie un tissage d'amitiés et de complicités qui dépasse les contours de ce que l'on appelle d'habitude un groupe – le guitariste flamenco François Aria, le percussionniste Juan Manuel Cortes, le flûtiste celtique Sylvain Barou, le joueur de duduk arménien Artyom Minasyan, la violiste Marie-Suzanne de Loye, la chanteuse grecque Dafné Kritharas, la chanteuse flamenca Cécile Evrot, les bassistes jazz Leïla Soldevila et Emrah Kaptan. Tous vivent à Paris, incarnant le double sens du mot sürgün en turc, qui signifie à la fois l'exil et le plan, la pousse, la bouture que l'on plante dans une nouvelle terre. Comme Ruşan, leur exil les a enracinés ailleurs. « Ce ne sont pas seulement des musiciens avec lesquels je travaille. Je vis avec eux. » Et, par ces amitiés, Ruşan passe par les portes laissées ouvertes d'une culture à l'autre, par les ponts visibles seulement par ceux qui écoutent. B. Dicale. Titres interprétés au grand studio- Bisk Live RFI - Kubar Yarê Esmerê, extrait de l'album- Nomades Live RFI. Line Up :  Rusan Filiztek : chant, oud, saz ; François Aria : guitare flamenco et Leïla Soldevila : double basse.Son : Mathias Taylor, Benoît Letirant.Album Exils (De la Mésopotamie à l'Andalousie) (Accords Croisés 2024).Site - Facebook.

Electro dub oriental entre Angers et Essaouira en passant par du oud et du saz d'Anatolie. Nos 1ers invités sont Alright Mela Feat. Jaouad El GarougeAprès avoir développé pendant 10 ans le projet Markus & Shahzad avec le chanteur pakistanais de qawwali Shahzad Santoo Khan, Markus et Cheb Xavi crée en 2021 un duo électro dub oriental inspiré par la tape music des années 70.Les musiciens se croisent souvent en tournée mais n'échangent finalement rarement plus de quelques mots d'usage.Entre Jaouad El Garouge, chanteur gnawa et joueur de guembri originaire du Maroc et le duo angevin Alright Mela, la rencontre s'est faite simplement et encore plus naturellement l'envie de partager la scène. Alright Mela est une expression qui signifie « Tout va bien ! » à Malte (s'écrit « orrajt mela »), un pays à la culture métissée arabo-européenne, expression qui synthétise bien leur musique et, comme un mantra, exprime l'espoir d'un monde meilleur.Autour de textes forts sur des thématiques contemporaines (la migration, les guerres, la discrimination, la pauvreté dans les grandes mégalopoles, ...), leur musique invite à la réflexion mais également à la transe.Ancrés par des beats électroniques envoûtants et des synthés oldies hallucinés, le oud et le guembri sonnent la révolte pour que les chansons d'Alright Mela donnent une irrésistible envie de danser le poing levé.Le trio s'est échappé par la Méditerranée et a puisé dans ses inspirations au gré des rencontres pour explorer de nouvelles contrées sonores entre Europe, Maghreb et Moyen-Orient, et invite à fouler le dance floor au beau milieu d'une rose des vents orientés « Global Guinche ». Titres interprétés au grand studio- Aswad & Abyad Live RFIT- asamoh, extrait de l'EP- Tfayyel Live RFI.Line Up : Cheb Xavi, programmation, claviers ; Markus, oud et Jaouad El Garouge, guembri, chant.Son : Mathias Taylor, Benoît LetirantEP Tasamoh (Daydream Music 2024)Concert 16 octobre 2024 Mama festival.Site - Facebook - YouTube. Puis nous recevons Ruşan Filiztek pour la sortie de l'album Exils (De la Mésopotamie à l'Andalousie).Joueur de saz, le luth à manche long de l'Asie Mineure, chanteur, musicologue, Ruşan Filiztek a beaucoup marché par les musiques, de son Anatolie natale à l'Istanbul de l'adolescence, puis à l'Irak et à la Syrie dont il a arpenté les musiques, avant d'arriver en Europe par l'Andalousie et de prendre la route de Paris. « Cet album ne pouvait se faire que là où tous ces musiciens sont rassemblés », dit-il : car Exils déploie un tissage d'amitiés et de complicités qui dépasse les contours de ce que l'on appelle d'habitude un groupe – le guitariste flamenco François Aria, le percussionniste Juan Manuel Cortes, le flûtiste celtique Sylvain Barou, le joueur de duduk arménien Artyom Minasyan, la violiste Marie-Suzanne de Loye, la chanteuse grecque Dafné Kritharas, la chanteuse flamenca Cécile Evrot, les bassistes jazz Leïla Soldevila et Emrah Kaptan. Tous vivent à Paris, incarnant le double sens du mot sürgün en turc, qui signifie à la fois l'exil et le plan, la pousse, la bouture que l'on plante dans une nouvelle terre. Comme Ruşan, leur exil les a enracinés ailleurs. « Ce ne sont pas seulement des musiciens avec lesquels je travaille. Je vis avec eux. » Et, par ces amitiés, Ruşan passe par les portes laissées ouvertes d'une culture à l'autre, par les ponts visibles seulement par ceux qui écoutent. B. Dicale. Titres interprétés au grand studio- Bisk Live RFI - Kubar Yarê Esmerê, extrait de l'album- Nomades Live RFI. Line Up :  Rusan Filiztek : chant, oud, saz ; François Aria : guitare flamenco et Leïla Soldevila : double basse.Son : Mathias Taylor, Benoît Letirant.Album Exils (De la Mésopotamie à l'Andalousie) (Accords Croisés 2024).Site - Facebook.

La musique des gnaoua, avant de monter sur scène, se jouait dans des lilas, ces cérémonies de transe qu'on vous présente dans ce podcast fiévreux.Produit avec le soutien de CIH banque et du Festival Gnaoua et musiques du Monde d'Essaouira

En jammant il y a trente ans avec les musiciens de Led Zeppelin dans un album au succès mondial, il a ouvert la porte à des centaines de fusion, comme un pionnier.Produit avec le soutien de CIH banque et du Festival Gnaoua et musiques du Monde d'Essaouira

Cette capacité à se mélanger aux autres cultures, c'est une particularité de la musique des gnaoua qui donne son sel au festival. Mais comment ca marche ?Produit avec le soutien de CIH banque et du Festival Gnaoua et musiques du Monde d'Essaouira

Ici, même la tradition évolue, et Asmae Hamzaoui a réussi à se frayer un passage parmi les maitres de l'art gnaoui. Elle nous raconte comment.Produit avec le soutien de CIH banque et du Festival Gnaoua et musiques du Monde d'Essaouira

RENCONTRE AVEC SARAH VANNIER De passage sur Essaouira, je suis allé rencontrer Sarah Vannier qui a décidé de s'installer sur place et de développer des activités en lien avec les chevaux et la sophrologie. Découvrez son histoire et ses rêves, en tant que franco-marocaine, née d'un couple mixte, qui décide de quitter Bordeaux pour venir vivre au Maroc, dans le pays de sa mère.

Il fallait bien commencer cette série de podcasts en tendant le micro à celui qui est au centre de toutes les attentions, en lui demandant de nous inviter dans son monde. Produit avec le soutien de CIH banque et du Festival Gnaoua et musiques du Monde d'Essaouira

À 17h00, retrouvez « Le 17h00 d'Hélène Maquet ». "Le Classico" de Sébastien Ministru : "Des souris et des hommes" de John Steinbeck, Prix Nobel de Littérature en 1962. En Californie, dans les années 1930, deux amis travaillent rudement de ranch en ranch pour gagner modestement leur vie en dépit de la crise économique qui sévit dans tout le pays. George est un homme petit à l'esprit vif qui s'est promis de veiller sur Lennie, un grand gaillard simple d'esprit ayant la fâcheuse manie de se fourrer dans le pétrin. Ces deux amis, que tout oppose en apparence, partagent le même rêve : économiser suffisamment pour posséder une petite ferme et y vivre comme des rentiers.Des souris et des hommes conte l'histoire d'une amitié touchante devenue mythique. "La La Langue" de Joëlle Scoriels : Comment j'ai raté mon été à Essaouira ? À partir de 16h00, Jérôme Colin et ses chroniqueurs vous offrent toute l'actualité culturelle : cinéma, musique, littérature, théâtre… Toujours avec une touche d'humour. Après Bagarre dans la Discothèque, le jeu musical décalé, Jérôme reçoit un grand invité et, dans la dernière demi-heure, avec Hélène Maquet, Julie Morelle et les chroniqueurs, ils vous emmènent dans la bonne humeur vers la nouvelle émission d'info de fin de journée. 1h30 de plaisir intelligent. Merci pour votre écoute Entrez sans Frapper c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 16h30 à 18h sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Entrez sans Frapper sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/8521 Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

durée : 01:00:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit - Dans ce deuxième volet de "Villes mondes" d'Abdelwahab Meddeb consacré à Essaouira au Maroc, nous retrouvons ses habitants, ainsi que divers spécialistes et passionnés qui nous parlent de la ville, de son environnement et de sa richesse culturelle. - invités : Alberto Ruy-Sánchez Romancier, fondateur de la revue Artes de Mexico; André Azoulay Conseiller du roi du Maroc; Françoise Atlan Cantatrice

durée : 01:00:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit - Avec ce premier volet de "Villes mondes" consacré à Essaouira au Maroc, en compagnie de ses habitants, de spécialistes et de passionnés, Abdelwahab Meddeb nous invite à découvrir différents aspects de cette ville portuaire, séduisante par son architecture et sa diversité culturelle. - invités : André Azoulay Conseiller du roi du Maroc; Salima Naji Architecte et anthropologue; Françoise Atlan Cantatrice; Alberto Ruy-Sánchez Romancier, fondateur de la revue Artes de Mexico

Simon Sebag Montefiore is a prize-winning historian and bestselling author, and he shares an abundance of travel secrets with Tanya Rose this week. Simon shares the hotel in Italy you should avoid, top tips for finding the best coffee wherever you're visiting and why his best meal was in a shack in Romania. Plus, Simon offers a substantial list of hotel recommendations across the world, the sinister story of eating with a dentist turned warlord and where you can find the best negroni in London. Don't forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube.PLACES MENTIONED:Moscova Hotel, MoscowJerusalem, IsraelThe King David, JerusalemThe American Colony, JerusalemTbilisi, GeorgiaBorgo Egnazia Hotel, Southern ItalyThe Carlyle New YorkHotel Sacher, ViennaMandarin Oriental Ritz, MadridHotel Alfonso XIII, SevilleCiragan Palace Kempinski, IstanbulThe Peninsula, IstanbulHotel Hassler RomaPożegnanie z Afryką Cafe (Out of Africa) Krakow, PolandVilla Maroc, Essaouira, MoroccoMamounia Hotel, Marrakesh, Morocco Royal Mansour Marrakech Hotel, MoroccoMauritania, Northwest AfricaRomaniaVerdura, SicilyMediterraneo, LondonBatumi, GeorgiaSokhumi, the Republic of AbkhaziaGhana, West AfricaHotel Kavkaz, CzechiaSoho Beach House, Miami Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of music lovers make their way to Carhaix in Brittany for the “Vieilles Charrues”. This year France 24's Jennifer Ben Brahim joins them to bring us the highlights. She tells us how EDM giant David Guetta had festivalgoers dancing late into the night and ran through the big international names headlining at the four-day event: PJ Harvey, Sting, Simple Minds and Kings of Leon. We also check out a show in Paris that walks us through the history of breakdance and meet the women changing the face of Morocco's Gnawa music scene in Essaouira. 

Arbeiten mit Blick aufs Meer und Eintauchen in das wuselige Treiben in den Souks der Medina von Essaouira – das waren die beiden Hauptqualitäten meiner Workation-Woche in Essaouira in Marokko. Die herrliche Altstadt direkt am Atlantik ist Unesco Weltkulturerbe, hat vielfältige Gastronomie und Freizeitangebote und ein ganz besonderes Flair. Bei Touristen schon lange ein Geheimtipp, ist Essaouira ein perfektes Workationziel und kommt eindeutig auf die Liste meiner Empfehlungen.  Themen:  Medina: was die Altstadt von Essaouira so besonders macht  Meer: die kraftvolle Energie von Wind und Wellen ist allgegenwärtig  Möwen: so nah wie selten – Mitbewohner auf der Dachterrasse ständig im Überflug Markt: das bunte Treiben in einer fremden Welt Morgenroutine: „Comme toujours?“ – wie sich Ankommen anfühlt Marokko: freundliche Menschen und fremde Bräuche  Learnings: Von langen Busfahrten und klügeren Reiserouten.    Weitere Infos zu Workations in Essaouira finden Sie auf meiner Website https://www.stefandietz.com/essaouira. Hier gibt es Fotos, Videos und Empfehlungen für die eigene Workation in Essaouira in Marokko.    Weitere Infos zu Workation gibt es hier: https://stefandietz.com/workation/ - außerdem die Anmeldung für den eigenen Workation-Newsletter.     Inspiration und Unterstützung für gelungene Workations gesucht? Gerne melden. Wir unterstützen bei Fragen wie:  Wie gestaltet man Workations produktiv und gewinnt wirklich die versprochene Lebensfreude?  Wie führt man Workations im Unternehmen clever ein und nutzt die transformative Kraft dieser besonderen Form flexiblen Arbeitens?   

Bienvenue à tous les auditeurs de Beurn Out pour cet épisode hors-série exceptionnel où nous plongeons au cœur du 25e Festival Gnaoua à Essaouira au Maroc. Ce festival n'est pas seulement une célébration de la musique, mais une immersion totale dans une culture riche et un état d'esprit unique. Pendant trois jours inoubliables, des artistes venus des quatre coins du monde se rassemblent pour partager la scène, offrant des performances époustouflantes qui allient tradition et modernité.En explorant le festival, j'ai découvert que le Gnaoua va bien au-delà de simples rythmes et mélodies. C'est une culture de tolérance et d'humilité, incarnée par les Maalams, ces maîtres de la musique Gnaoua. Ils transmettent non seulement des sonorités envoûtantes mais aussi des valeurs profondes, créant ainsi une expérience musicale et humaine hors du commun.Le festival est également un lieu de fusion, où le Gnaoua rencontre d'autres genres musicaux, donnant naissance à des collaborations surprenantes et innovantes. Ces échanges culturels et artistiques enrichissent non seulement la scène musicale mais aussi l'âme de chaque participant.Rejoignez-moi pour cet épisode spécial où je partage mes rencontres, mes découvertes et des extraits exclusifs des performances live. Laissez-vous transporter par la magie du Festival Gnaoua et plongez avec moi dans cet univers fascinant qui unit les cœurs et les esprits.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Buenas vibraciones, húmedas sensaciones, cuerpos surfeando la ola. “ El deporte de los principes polinesios que se desarrolló en la gran época de la California de finales de lo 50, principios de los 60 y ha pasado al corazoncito de todos los que sueñan con cabalgar una ola pequeñita al atardecer...” me cuenta Luis Gonzalez, fundamentalista confeso del surf clásico. “Wipe Out”, “Pipeline” o la saga de los Beach Boys al completo con “The Warmth of the Sun” como su favorita, me dicen, en la BSO De Tarifa a Hawai pasando por Essaouira, “la ciudad del viento”, a la que mi “Mogador"dedicada, La playa, el sol, la tabla y tu en busca de la ola perfecta. El resto puede esperar. Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.

Buenas vibraciones, húmedas sensaciones, cuerpos surfeando la ola. “ El deporte de los principes polinesios que se desarrolló en la gran época de la California de finales de lo 50, principios de los 60 y ha pasado al corazoncito de todos los que sueñan con cabalgar una ola pequeñita al atardecer...” me cuenta Luis Gonzalez, fundamentalista confeso del surf clásico. “Wipe Out”, “Pipeline” o la saga de los Beach Boys al completo con “The Warmth of the Sun” como su favorita, me dicen, en la BSO De Tarifa a Hawai pasando por Essaouira, “la ciudad del viento”, a la que mi “Mogador"dedicada, La playa, el sol, la tabla y tu en busca de la ola perfecta. El resto puede esperar. Puedes hacerte socio del Club Babel y apoyar este podcast: mundobabel.com/club Si te gusta Mundo Babel puedes colaborar a que llegue a más oyentes compartiendo en tus redes sociales y dejar una valoración de 5 estrellas en Apple Podcast o un comentario en Ivoox. Para anunciarte en este podcast, ponte en contacto con: mundobabelpodcast@gmail.com.

Una nueva edición dedicada completamente a nuevos discos que nos llevan de África a Europa, con aires etíopes, nigerianos, malienses, sudafricanos y marroquíes, para después pasar a Francia, Italia, Escandinavia y Polonia. A new edition entirely dedicated to new records that take us from Africa to Europe, with Ethiopian, Nigerian, Malian, South African and Moroccan airs, before moving on to France, Italy, Scandinavia and Poland. – Atse Tewodros Project – Set nat – Maqeda – Beautiful Nubia and the Roots Renaissance Band – Egun nla – Ṣonṣo – Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper – Ninkoy – Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper – Abdel Benaddi – Bouriama – A dream in Essaouira – L’Étrangleuse – Le remède – Ambiance argile – Camilla Barbarito – Keckes / Tutti frutti / A megfogom az ordogod – Cargo sentimento popolare d’assalto – Mojna – Blixtlynt – Väntenätter – Maria Pomianowska & Friends – Oberek pandemiczny – Dance of suka – (Mojna – Ljusnar – Väntenätter) 📸 Ballaké Sissoko & Derek Gripper

Tajine, pastilla, zaalouk, harira, boulfef, rfissa, khlii, sans parler des innombrables couscous dont d'ailleurs nous ne parlerons pas pour mieux nous concentrer sur des recettes plus méconnues: la cuisine marocaine est l'une des plus variés du Maghreb et plus largement du continent africain. En compagnie de notre cheffe originaire de Casablanca Laila Aouba et de notre chroniqueuse Marina Bounoure qui a récemment fait une escapade entre Marrakech et Essaouira : partons à la découverte du vaste patrimoine culinaire marocain

Ecoutez Les auditeurs du bout du monde avec Eric Brunet du 20 mai 2024

Das Gnaoua-Festival von Essaouira in Marokko ist eines der größten Musikfestivals auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent. Es bietet einen Mix aus der mystischen Gnaoua-Musik Westafrikas und Jazz, Rock und Weltmusik. Im Jahr 2024 feiert das Festival sein 25-jähriges Bestehen. Audiotraveller Henry Barchet hat das Festival mit dem portugiesischen Musikjournalisten Juan Santos besucht. Die jährlichen Termine und teilnehmenden Künstler finden Sie auf der Internetseite Home - Essaouira Gnaoua Festival 2024 | World Music (festival-gnaoua.net)

We conclude our cultural tour of Morocco with a performance of Gnaoua (also spelled Gnawa) music, recorded live on location at a Merzouga desert camp and at a Marrakech restaurant.In between performances, Azdean sits down with Mohamed, a musician and member of the Gnaoua performers in Qser el Khamliya, a small village just south of Merzouga. Mohamed started playing when he was eight years old, and gives us some background on the roots of Gnawa music, created by slaves and nomads from Sub-Saharan countries. The music was meant to express the suffering of slaves and their longing for freedom, and evolved into a deep religious expression of the Muslim faith. The contemporary Gnawa festivals in Essaouira and Merzouga stem from the agricultural rhythm of generations of harvests, the point where abundance and peace could be celebrated. Modern-day events typically coincide with Eid al-Adha celebrations that are timed with cycles of the moon, and take place roughly 11 days earlier in each subsequent year. However, Gnaoua music and live performances are easy to find year-round in Morocco, particularly in the south. Our samples in this episode of both desert camps and urban restaurants are good examples of this. Your guide or riad owner will help you find the best locations to witness Gnaoua in person, don't hesitate to ask!Khemliya, MerzougaEnding Gnawa music recorded live at Safran Marrakech restaurant. Do you dream of exploring the enchanting land of Morocco?Destination Morocco is your ultimate travel experience for those seeking luxury and adventure. We specialize in crafting bespoke itineraries tailored to your unique tastes and desires.If you're a discerning traveler who values an immersive, curated adventure, visit www.destinationsmorocco.com, and let us bring your dream Moroccan vacation to life.Learn more about Azdean and Destination Morocco.Download the stunning Destination Morocco magazine!Follow the podcast and help us grow.Join us for our monthly Q&A's! Live on Destination Morocco's YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn pages, the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9am Pacific/12noon Eastern/6pm Central European time.

We continue our exploration of Berber/Amazigh culture with a visit to Telouet, a small village deep in the High Atlas Mountains, known for its kasbah, trekking and beautiful scenery. Azdean met with local guide and historian Ali Ahdadi to delve into Berber influence in the area and activities for travellers passing through.Telouet is a bit off the beaten path, hence why it was largely a secret until recently. But in reality it's only a 2.5 hour drive from Marrakech, an hour south to Aït Benhaddou, and another half hour from there down to Ouarzazate. The roads are largely saled and well maintained, and to compensate for the twisty switchbacks there are stunning views of valleys and snow-capped mountains along the way.Ali guides us through his personal experiences growing up in Telouet, from his family's ancestral craft of blacksmithing to the evolution of Berber communities, highlighting the unique blend of Jewish and Berber cultures steeped in the region's history. Having left to go to university in Marrakech and working around Morocco, he appreciates even more being able to come back home and make a living in this quiet area with fresh air and a peaceful pace of life.At the same time, Azdean and Ali talk about some of the major events that are starting to put Telouet on the map, including the Atlas Mountain Cycling Race that passes through town, bringing around 200 riders on a traverse from Marrakech to Essaouira. Ali's anecdotes about mountain climbing and the importance of development and visibility of Telouet's history and culture paint a vivid image of a place poised on the cusp of tourism transformation. Moreover, you'll learn about Telouet's historical importance as a rich salt source, the health benefits of this mineral in both the culinary and medicinal spheres, the profound connection to esteemed painters like Jacques Majorelle, and the significance of the area as a link between Africa and Europe.It's an episode filled with warmth, a delightful conversation with a local guide well-known to the trekking community. Don't forget to pack your sense of wonder for this captivating instalment of Destination Morocco – your gateway to the traditions and innovations of the Amazigh heartland.TelouetGuide Ali AhdadiMusic credits: Edward Karl Hanson / Moroccan Marketplace / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com Do you dream of exploring the enchanting land of Morocco?Destination Morocco is your ultimate travel experience for those seeking luxury and adventure. We specialize in crafting bespoke itineraries tailored to your unique tastes and desires.If you're a discerning traveler who values an immersive, curated adventure, visit www.destinationsmorocco.com, and let us bring your dream Moroccan vacation to life.Learn more about Azdean and Destination Morocco.Download the stunning Destination Morocco magazine!Follow the podcast and help us grow.Join us for our monthly Q&A's! Live on Destination Morocco's YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn pages, the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9am Pacific/12noon Eastern/6pm Central European time.

Almost three months into the Israel-Hamas war, correspondent Lesley Stahl returns to the region and speaks with a freed Israeli hostage ​in her first interview since spending more than 50 days in captivity by Hamas in Gaza. Stahl visits the remnants of her family's home in the kibbutz following the Oct. 7 attacks and speaks with the survivor and her relatives. A year-long investigation by 60 MINUTES examines what might be the greatest art heist in history: the theft of thousands of sacred stone, bronze and gold artifacts from religious sites across Cambodia. Correspondent Anderson Cooper reports on Douglas Latchford, the British dealer who masterminded the looting amidst genocide, civil war and political turmoil and sold to the world's wealthiest collectors and most prestigious museums. Cambodia's government has spent the last ten years tracking it all down and wants their history and heritage brought home. Correspondent Bill Whitaker traces the musical legacy of Gnawa music that for centuries was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco during the Middle Ages. Those ancient rhythms helped give rise to the American Blues. Today, Gnawa is exploding in popularity. Whitaker joins hundreds of thousands of music fans to travel to the Ground Zero of Gnawa: the seaside town of Essaouira on Morocco's Atlantic coast. Whitaker meets Gnawa masters and the Western musicians who join them for a taste of the Moroccan Blues.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

De l'île de La Réunion, en passant par Stevie Wonder ou l'île-de-France, nos invités enjambent les esthétiques et les frontières. Fabrice Martinez présente Stev'In My Mind dans la #SessionLive. Christine Salem et Dj Click parlent de leur album commun Mon Rési. #SessionLive Fabrice Martinez présente en 5tet la genèse du projet Stev'In My Mind.Genèse par Fabrice Martinez : Cela commence souvent par une rencontre. Celle du batteur Romaric Nzaou se fait à Pointe Noire, au Congo. On se découvre une admiration commune pour Stevie Wonder et sa discographie des années 1970.C'est l'étincelle qui rend possible un rêve d'enfant : je me lance alors dans une écriture nourrie des rythmes traditionnels africains.Le projet s'élargit à une équipe de choc empruntée à Alpha Blondy, Manu Dibango ou encore Alain Bashung. Stev'in My Mind était né. Et avec lui un nouveau rêve : Stevie Wonder foulant sa terre d'adoption ghanéenne, que l'on accueille au son de A Seed's A Star dans une rythmique de rumba congolaise, de kilombo, makossa, zebola...Titres interprétés au Grand studio- Black Man Live RFI voir vidéo - Boogie on Reggae Woman, extrait de l'album Stev'In My Mind- Do Yourself A Favor Live RFI.Line Up : Fabrice Martinez : trompette & bugle, Raymond Doumbe : guitare basse, Julien Lacharme : guitare, Bettina Kee : claviers et Romaric Nzaou : batterie.Son : Mathias Taylor, Benoît Letirant.► Album Stev'In My Mind (Collectif la Boutique 2023).Stev'In My Mind Africolor 2022 voir clip. Puis nous recevons Christine Salem et Dj Click pour la sortie de Mon Rési.Les rythmes maloya et blues de Christine Salem rencontrent les machines de Dj Click, le pionnier de la scène Global Bass.Christine Salem vous fixe de son regard, un regard franc, de ceux qui ne mentent pas. Si, selon l'expression consacrée, « les yeux sont le miroir de l'âme », les siens racontent, son caractère comme son itinéraire. Constamment à l'affût des chansons à naître, car celles-ci peuvent surgir n'importe quand, n'importe où. Il faut alors savoir les saisir dans l'air.Dj Click a directement déchiffré cette manière de donner vie aux chansons, la transe, l'hommage aux ancêtres et même le blues (une première pour lui). Ce disque surprend par la variété de ses couleurs. L'âme de La Réunion, est amplement représenté par du maloya, du blues, de l'électro, de l'urban et même de la nourriture pour DJs.Comme Christine, Dj Click, le pionnier de la scène Global Bass, déteste la routine. On l'imagine aux confins du Rajasthan avec des joueurs de tablas ; il trace la route avec des musiciens tziganes du côté de Bucarest. On le perd à Essaouira sur un air de gnawa ; on le retrouve à Sevilla en pleine fiesta gitana. Surnommé Dj tout terrain, référence internationale en matière de métissage musical, DA, producteur sur son label No Fridge, il a produit une trentaine d'albums dans son studio et réalisé de stupéfiants remixes comme ceux de Manu Chao, Watcha Clan, René Lacaille, Mahala Raï Banda, Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan, Sofiane Saidi, Burhan Öçal, La Caravane Passe, High Tone, Issa Bagayogo, Zuco 103, Trad.Attack!, Rachid Taha…Explorateur infatigable armé de son studio mobile, Dj Click a enregistré Christine Salem en mars 2023, à la recherche de tempo et de spiritualité. Alors bien sûr, le maloya en créole, ou en swahili, la langue des aïeux, cimente cette collaboration. Mais aux fondements de ses chansons, il y a le blues, cette musique née de la terre, des douleurs et de l'histoire. Le chant de Christine incarne, à lui seul, ce style, « Mersi létèrnel mon kèr ».Titres joués : Malouwé (Cilaos Mix), La vie s'en va, Mama We, Malouwé (version acoustique) extraits de Mon Rési.► Album Mon Rési (No Fridge / The Orchard 2023).

Unearth the mesmerizing allure of Morocco, as Sam, our Destination Morocco insider, guides us through the highlights of a typical Northern and Southern Tour.In this episode of Destination Morocco, we put particular emphasis on the entrance fees to these famous sights and attractions, including which ones are free. Sam is careful to convert from Moroccan Dirhams into US Dollars which, as it turns out, is a pretty straightforward process.Our route takes us from Marrakech to Essaouira, then Casablanca, Rabat, Fès, Meknes, Ouarzazate and the Atlas Studios, Merzouga Desert, the Canyons of the south, hiking villages of the High Atlas Mountains, particularly Midelt, then back to Tangier, Chefchaouen and neighboring Akchour.We deliver insider tips and insights into these must-see sights that are sure to make your Moroccan adventure truly unforgettable. And beyond just the regular tourist highlights, we tap into activities and options, their costs and how much time they take, for when you have more than just a day or two at a particular stop. One can absolutely spend 3 or 4 days in Merzouga or Chefchaouen, Tangier or Rabat, and find lots to discover and explore. These are the cultural immersions and off-the-beaten-path secrets that most tourists don't get to.We conclude this episode on a poignant note, as Sam shares his deeply moving experience delivering aid to villages affected by the recent earthquake. His heartfelt retelling of the gratitude expressed by the locals is a powerful reminder of the spirit of community and resilience in Morocco. We'll continue to have more earthquake updates over the coming weeks, as Morocco gets back on its feet. But in the meantime, the most important message is: come! Come visit Morocco, bring your energy, enthusiasm and curiosity. Nothing will help recovery more than having your presence with us.You can donate to Destionation Morocco's earthquake relief here:https://destinationsmorocco.com/relief Do you dream of exploring the enchanting land of Morocco?Destination Morocco is your ultimate travel experience for those seeking luxury and adventure. We specialize in crafting bespoke itineraries tailored to your unique tastes and desires.If you're a discerning traveler who values an immersive, curated adventure, visit www.destinationsmorocco.com, and let us bring your dream Moroccan vacation to life.Learn more about Azdean and Destination Morocco.Download the stunning Destination Morocco magazine!Follow the podcast and help us grow.

Sometimes you need to make a detour. We had planned to continue our Italian theme this week with a visit to Rome, but we couldn't arrange an interview in time. Instead, we're heading to Paris, for the first of two episodes on bourbon in the City of Light. We visit the Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Musée Rodin, Eiffel Tower, La Maison du Whisky, Vin et Whisky, The Whisky Shop, Mayfair Garden, Santa Carne and Essaouira. Plus, we explain how a Parisian booze merchant changed the way many of us enjoy bourbon,  the classically American spirit.  Follow us on Instagram @bourbonabroad and visit BourbonAbroad.com for photos and links and to subscribe to our newsletter, the Bourbon Abroad Bulletin.Support the Show.

You've heard him share his passion for Morocco, tell stories of his childhood and Berber culture, interview riad owners and restauranteurs, and chat with his own clients who have been to Morocco over the past couple years, including even podcast producer Ted.In all that time, our host Azdean has been at home, in Houston, patiently waiting for his turn to go back. Countless times since 2019, plans have fallen through, reservations have changed, intended trips have been pushed back. 2021 became 2022, and then 2023, making it four long years since he had seen family and friends, visited his home village, wandered the medina of Marrakech and sipped tea at his favorite hangout overlooking the Jemaa el-Fnaa square.Today marks the beginning of Azdean and family's long-awaited return to their home country. Leaving from Houston, they must first make a stopover in Frankfurt, Germany, before connecting a few hours later to their flight to Casablanca. It is from Frankfurt that we catch up with Azdean, including a cameo from Imran, sharing with us live this special moment for them that has finally arrived.Feel the palpable excitement as Azdean talks about the plans for their return, the reunions and introductions, and the plans to document it all for the podcast. In the coming weeks, we'll be visiting Berber villages and hearing the Ahwash style of drumming and dancing, heading back to Essaouira to check in on Xavier at his stunning riad and to visit the vibrant fish market, and touring the souks of Marrakech to chat with shop owners and tour guides.This and so much more. Camera and audio crews will be accompanying Azdean throughout Morocco to document a typical Destination Morocco tour, showcasing the best of what the country has to offer.We wish Azdean and his family a safe and happy return to their native land, and Destination Morocco podcast will be there throughout the adventure.Do you dream of exploring the enchanting land of Morocco? Destination Morocco is your ultimate travel experience for those seeking luxury and adventure. We specialize in crafting bespoke itineraries tailored to your unique tastes and desires. If you're a discerning traveler who values an immersive, curated adventure, visit www.destinationsmorocco.com, and let us bring your dream Moroccan vacation to life.Learn more about Azdean and Destination Morocco. Download the stunning Destination Morocco magazine!Follow the podcast and help us grow.

In Watch Us Dance—Leïla Slimani's effervescent new novel—we rejoin the Belhaj family in 1968 a dozen years into the life on an independent Morocco. Amine and Mathilde have completed their journey from peasant farmers to paid-up members of the local bourgeoisie. Their daughter Aicha is in Strasbourg training to be a Doctor. They have just built a private swimming pool, and Amine is exploiting his position of a man of power to have extramarital affairs across the city.But these are turbulent times: students and workers, in cities all over the world, are in revolt, the consumer society is being born, and the Americans are preparing to put a man on the moon.And then there are the hippies, many of whom are washing up on the shores around in Essaouira hoping to expand their minds, and avoid the draft, during their stay in this Moroccan port.Watch Us Dance, throbs with life and colour, and Leila Slimani navigates between the macro and the micro with extraordinary authorial dexterity. It's a novel that somehow sweeps readers up in the tides of history, while never shifting their attention from the minutiae of grievances, but also affections, that criss-cross every family.Buy Watch Us Dance: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/product/7955500/watch-us-danceLeïla Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture. Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1981, she lives in Paris with her French husband and their two young children.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel Feeding Time here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/product/7209940/biles-adam-feeding-timeListen to Alex Freiman's Play It Gentle here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a first for Destination Morocco, we take you along on an authentic, immersive walking tour of the beautiful coastal city of Essaouira, in a preview of more great live content to come this year. Walk with us as we explore the Medina, the ramparts, fishing harbour and market, artisan craftworks, and learn how the pluralistic, welcoming spirit of Essaouira made it a haven for multiple religions and languages, all living side by side. The audio is raw, authentic and captured on-site. You'll hear street music, waves crashing, seagulls hunting for scraps, footsteps down quiet alleys and traders selling their wares. It's a genuine example of the type of local tour you can expect when you go with Destination Morocco.Podcast producer Ted Cragg and his family has the chance to visit Morocco themselves in February of this year. Ted chatted with Azdean about it on our March 15 episode, particularly from the angle of travelling in Morocco with young kids. Essaouira was the final stop on their tour, and being a quieter, more laid-back place, it presented a perfect opportunity to do this live recording of their walking tour. As in Fès, Meknes, Rabat and Marrakech, the tour was led by a local guide, in this case Ait Bahadou Zaid, a veteran of Essaouira tours and a guide who typically escorts groups of 40-50 people at a time. However, being a Destination Morocco tour, Ted and family had Zaid for a private tour, and you'll hear the full range of interactive questions and personalized commentary. As Ted explains, as a listener himself, it was the pinch-me moment he had dreamed of since learning about Essaouira in Episode 7. Of all the fabulous sights in Morocco, it was this small oceanside city with its sweeping sandy beach, moderate climate and relaxed feel that was the place he was most excited to see.To capture its charm and spirit was the goal of this episode, and it will undoubtedly inspire you to go and discover it yourself.This Episode is sponsored by:Travel Anywhere - One stop for all your travel needs.https://www.travelanywhere.travel/Resources Mentioned in this episode:Essaouira, MorrocoEpisode Blog post with more photos of the tour.Episode 7, "Discover Essaouira, Morocco's Coastal Gem"Episode 30, "Family Travel in Morocco"Follow, Share and Participate:Learn more about the show on our Podcast WebsiteFind beautiful pictures on our Instagram!Help people find us: Leave a Review in Apple PodcastsHelp us grow: Rate us on SpotifyBecome a Guest on the Show!Visit Destination Morocco Travel Agency

Marrakech is often the top destination in mind for travellers planning a trip to Morocco, and in today's episode Azdean is joined by Destination Morocco's Operations Manager, Sam, live from Marrakech, to chat about all kinds of activities and recommendations that make a visit there more complete.The central square, Jemaa el-Fnaa, the Bahia Palace, the medina and the Majorelle Gardens are all wonderful starting points. What are some options though after you've spent some quality time in those places, and are ready to see more?Marrakech is a great home base for everything from day hikes in the Atlas Mountains, to exciting desert activities in Agafay, hot air balloon rides from the nearby plains or a day trip to Essaouira. Or you can stay in town and check out the many fascinating museums, which shine a light on Berber culture. Food tours and cooking classes are another great option to keep you busy. Find some new skills to take home with you and make your own tagines!We learn about some of the types of street food you can find, how hot air ballooning fits into your schedule, what to expect and how strenuous the hiking in the Atlas Mountains is, where to find Berber and Jewish cultural sites in Marrakech, the differences between the nearby Agafay Desert and the more remote Merzouga camps in the Sahara Desert, the best time to visit Aït Benhaddou, and whether you should stay overnight in Essaouira.It's a fun conversation with our man on the ground in Marrakech, bringing this vibrant city closer to home for our listeners.Here are some of the activities we cover today:Taking a Moroccan cooking class or cooking tourGoing on a food tour, and/or a street food tour specificallyEnjoying an early morning hot air balloon rideVisiting Berber villages in the Atlas MountainsHiking in the mountainsDiscovering four of the premier museums in MarrkechVisiting the Sahara Desert and kasbahsMaking a side trip to EssaouiraGetting out to the Agafay DesertThis Episode is sponsored by:Travel Anywhere - One stop for all your travel needs.https://www.travelanywhere.travel/Resources Mentioned in this episode:Ep. 10: Balloon Rides over Marrakech and MountainsImlil (the popular Atlas hiking starting base)Aroumd (another Atlas hiking base) Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) Berber Museum at Majorelle GardensTiskiwin Museum, MarrakechPhotography MuseumDar El Bacha MuseumTaghazout, fishing and surfing spot near AgadirFollow, Share and Participate:Learn more about the show on our Podcast WebsiteFind beautiful pictures on our Instagram!Help people find us: Leave a Review in Apple PodcastsHelp us grow: Rate us on SpotifyBecome a Guest on the Show!Visit Destination Morocco Travel Agency

Podcast listeners! Destination Morocco is offering a special 8 day guided tour with Azdean, from October 17 to 24, at over $700 off the total price.Click here: 8 Day Morocco Imperial Trip for podcast listeners.Reserve now (link)!On today's episode, Azdean chats with a colleague from the travel industry, Laura Ericson, who organizes small guided tours to exotic destinations like Colombia and Peru.Laura was recently on her first trip to Morocco, scouting future tours there, and her enthusiasm and evocative storytelling inspired Azdean to invite her on the podcast to share what she learned.A big part of the experience of Morocco is the journey itself around the country, the rapidly changing scenery and complete shifts in landscape and people. Laura pointed out to her guide, "I feel like I'm in a movie scene!" To which he replied, "You are!" Many popular films and shows have been made in Morocco, and you can tour everything from the Atlas Studios to the streetscapes of Essaouira, following in their footsteps. Laura shares stories from her journey through Marrakech, Fès and in particular, the Sahara desert, where the shifting sands create a constantly changing landscape. It was actually raining through most of her time in the Sahara, and they even got trapped on the wrong side of a flooded road, and had to figure their way out.The Berber locals, friendly and welcoming as always, were keen to show their camps in the desert, and Laura reflects on how remarkable this life is in this day and age.And then there's the silence: the eerie yet beautiful silence of the desert. It is a peaceful place that inspires reflection and contemplation, as you ride a camel to go watch the sunset.Laura shares her experiences as a woman travelling, whether solo or with a friend, and being prepared for what can happen. How to blend in and not look like a tourist, and how to be assertive and confident. She and Azdean chat about important safety tips and advice, and the merits of guided trips to places like Morocco, giving you safety and security, a chance to become friends with someone local, and even saving you money in the long run.You're about to learn:How glad Laura was to have chosen to stay two nights in the Sahara instead of just one.The experience of a Sahara desert tour by 4x4, on no roads.How Fèz is great for shopping and finding unique local artisan crafts, maybe even better than Marrakech.The story of how Laura was having breakfast, on her riad's rooftop terrace, put her foot down on what she thought was a rock, but it was in fact their pet turtle!This Episode is sponsored by:Travel Anywhere - One stop for all your travel needs.https://www.travelanywhere.travel/Resources Mentioned in this episode:Laura on InstagramFollow, Share and Participate:Learn more about the show on our Podcast WebsiteFind beautiful pictures on our Instagram!Help people find us: Leave a Review in Apple PodcastsHelp us grow: Rate us on SpotifyBecome a Guest on the Show!Visit Destination Morocco Travel Agency

Hear about travel to the Atlantic coast of Morocco from Casablanca, thru Essaouira, to Agadir as the Amateur Traveler talks to Amanda Ponzio-Mouttaki  from marocmama.com about this country she calls home.