The new festival in the city of Essaouira was inaugurated on 4 March with a concert bringing together Jews and Muslims to celebrate Moroccan living together. Between Andalusian music, melhoun, gharnati, chgouri, and Sufi songs, the inauguration ceremony paid tribute to the writer Katia Brami Azoulay, in recognition of her efforts for the cultural life of Essaouira.
The festival continues with numerous concerts, but also an important colloquium on "The common spiritual history of Jews and Muslims in Morocco".
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