With the mission of promoting Arab culture, the festival invited singers Natacha Atlas (Egypt), Emel Mathlouthi (Tunisia), Souad Massi (Algeria), Oum (Morocco), and also choreographer Hervé Koubi, comedian Redouane Bougheraba and storytellers Jihad and Layla Darwiche.
Created in 2006 by UNi’SONS, the Arabesques festival works on enhancing Arab artists' visibility and promoting intercultural dialogue. It is the most important festival in Europe dedicated to arts of the Arab world.
The festival offers a multidisciplinary program combining music, theater, storytelling, cinema, dance, calligraphy… to promote the culture of the region from its traditional artistic expressions to its contemporary ones.
Program of the festival: here.