I
N V I T A T
I O N
4th edition - Fez Festival of Sufi Culture
in Fez. MOROCCO
17th April - 24th April
Click
here to View Festival Pics :
http://kgn786.com/forum/index.php/topic,9234.0.html
Dear
Friends and respected Elders ,hope you all have been doing
fine and have the blessings of the blesseds.
Mashallah ,its such a beautiful feeling everytime i write
to you all with an announcement and news from Ajmer Sharif
- the blessed seat of Chishty Sufi Order in South Asia.
We
are happy to share the details of the participation of
Chishty Sufi Sama Ensemble - The Shahi Qawwals of Dargah
AjmerSharif through Chishty Foundation - Ajmer Sharif
in the 4th Edition of International Fez Festival of Sufi
Culture and Fez Forum 2010.
4th edition of the Fez Festival of Sufi Culture and the
Fez Forum “Giving a Soul to Globalisation”.
The
4th edition of this Festival will take place in Dar Batha,
Riads and Andalous Gardens in Fez. “Mystic and Poetry”
and a reflection on “the common goods of humanity”
will be the topics of this next edition. Exchanges of
ideas, self-expression through poetry, music and arts
will be their frames. This year poetry will be honoured.
We rely on it to enlarge our conscience, our thoughts
and help us to have another view of society. A society
in which a combination of political scheme and search
for beauty could give birth and inspire practical achievements:
Poetics of civilization (as would call it Edgar Morin
who we are so happy to welcome again this year)
SATURDAY 17 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture of Introduction (Medarsa Bouananiyya)
: « What is Sufism ? » by Faouzi Skali.
16.00-18.00 Round table(Musée Batha) : «
For a poetry of civilization » Presentation : Bensalem
Himmich (Minister of Culture - Morocco) Round table :
Edgar Morin (French sociologist and philosopher, highly
skilled Director at the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific
Research, France)
Bariza Khiari (a French socialist senator in Paris (Ile-de-France)
Nahal Tajddod (member of the world team CNRS and writer
of several books on history – Iran/France)
Jean Claude Carrière (writer and scriptwriter-
France)
Mohammed Berrada (former Minister of Finance and Moroccan
Ambassador in Paris, professor of economics, Morocco)
21.00 Concert (Musée Batha) : « Ecstatic
chants » - Shaykh Habboush - Jalal Eddine Weiss
(Syria –Turkey - France)
SUNDAY
18 APRIL 2010 :
09.00-10.00 Round table (Medersa Bouananiyya) : «
Therapy of the soul » by Eric Geoffroy (Writer,
specialized in Islam and Sufism - France)
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Medersa Bouananiyya) : « Spiritual
Chivalry (Futuwwa) : a path for our times ? » by
Jaafar Kansoussi (intellectual, specialized in Sufism-
Morocco) and Nick Pearson (Chairman of the Temenos Academy
– United Kingdom)
16.00-18.00
(Musée Batha) :
1st
Part : Nahal Tajddod and Jean Claude Carrière :
« The Birds’ Conference » by Farid Eddin
Attar (France – Iran)
2nd Part : Karima Skalli and Haj Younès –
Tribute to Abu al Hassan Ash Shusturi
21.00 Concert (Musée Batha) : The Chishty Sufi
Sama Ensemble (Shahi Qawwals ) from Ajmer Dargah Sharif
(India) by Chishty Foundation- Ajmer Sharif
MONDAY
19 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Medersa Bouananiyya) : « Figures
of a living Shaykh : Sidi Hamza Al Qadiri Al Boutchichi
»by Mountasser Hamada (writer and journalist –
Morocco), Abdelfettah Sbaï (writer, scholar –
Morocco) and Faouzi Skali
16.00-18.00 Concert (Musée Batha) : Maqâmât
: Music and Sufi Chants from China(China)
21.00 Samaa Evening (Musée Batha) : Hassani chants
of the Tariqa Boutchichiyya from Laâyoune (Morocco)
TUESDAY
20 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Mystic
and poetry in Ibn Arabi » by A. Filali (Academic
- Morocco), Cecilia Twinch (speaker in Ibn Arabi Society
, Oxford –United Kingdom) , Ahmed El Kheligh (journalist
on TV channel 2M and on radio Médi 1, specialized
in Sufism- Morocco) and David Hornsby (member of «
Ibn Arabi Society », Oxford - United Kingdom)
16.00-18.00
Lecture (Musée Batha) : « The manuscripts
of Tombouctou »
Abdelkader Haïdara (scholar, collector and owner
of
a private collection of manuscripts - Mali)
Abdul
Laraw (collector and owner of a private collection of
manuscripts, specialized in techniques to preserve manuscripts
- Mali)
Ismaël Diadé Haïdara (lecturer, university
teacher in Granada - Mali)
Souada Maoulainine (Lecturer specialized in Sufism, Morocco)
Marie-Odile Delacour (Journalist and writer-France)
Jean-René Huleu (French journalist- France)
Yahia
Abou El Farah (director of « institut des études
africaines » in Rabat - Morocco)
Fatima Harrak (researcher in « institut des études
africaines » in Rabat - Morocco)
21.00
Samaa Evening (Musée Batha) :
1st Part : Tariqa Charqawiyya (Morocco)
2nd Part : Tariqa Darqawiyya – Taybah Group (Syria/France/Morocco)
WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 2010 :
8.30-09.30 Lecture(Bibliothèque Qarawiyyine) :
« The Sufi manuscripts of the Qaraouiyine »
by Abdellah El Ouazzani (Professor, writer and presenter
of a TV programme on 2M dedicated to Islamic issues, Morocco)
10.00-12.00
Lecture (Medersa Bouananiyya) : « Spirituality and
social changes »
Alain Chevillat (director – founder of the University
« Terre du Ciel, knowledge and wisdom in the world”
-France)
Yacine Demaison (Lecturer, educationalist– France)
Bernard
Ginisty (Philosopher, former director of « Témoignage
Chrétien », co-founder of ATTAC -France)
Aoua Ly-tall (sociologist, founding President of African
Women’s Network – Canada/West-Africa)
16.00-18.00 Workshop (Musée Batha) :
1st
Part : « Poetry in a garden » with the participation
of Mustapha Said « Rubaiyat Al Khayyâm »
(Egypt)
2nd Part : « The path of flavours, how to feed one’s
soul, one’s body » Christine Bouguet-Joyeux
(gastronome, dietician -France)
21.00 Samaa Evening (Musée Batha) :
1st Part : Tariqa Wazzania (Morocco)
2nd Part : Tariqa Siqilliyya Khalwatiyya (Morocco)
THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « the
day of the earth » Environmentalism : an art of
living or a practical urgent need ?
Kamal Oudghiri (engineer in telecommunications at the
NASA – Morocco/USA)
Caroline Chabot (Journalist« Acts and Meaning »
- France)
Nicholas Moller (president of Global Institute for new
energy technologies GIFNET - Denmark)
Fattouma Benabdenbi (sociologist and founder-member of
the Moroccon Association for women’s enterprise,
Espod – Morocco)
Salamatou Sow (Professor - Niger)
Abdalaziz
Eddebbarh (scientist, theologian - Morocco/USA)
16.00-18.00
Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Love stronger than
death » by Professor H. Joyeux (professor at the
faculty of medicine in Montpellier, initiated the series
of lectures on “health, love and sexuality”,
writer-France) and Fanny Abadi (a psychotherapist, founder
of the international ethic Centre and of the humanitarian
ethic Association- France)
21.00
Concert (Musée Batha) :
1st Part : Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (Bangladesh)
2nd Part :« Al Munfarija » Samaa of Fez –
Haj Mohammed Bennis (Morocco)
FRIDAY 23 APRIL 2010 :
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Films
and spirituality » - « Cinema and search for
meaning » by Nabil Ayouche (Film director-Morocco)
16.00-18.00 Cultural café (Musée Batha)
: « Art and spirituality » with the participation
of Zeyba Rahman (Project Director, Muslim Worlds and Chairwoman,
World Music Institute, New York), Amadou and Mariam (Malian
Singers), Setsuko Klossowska from Rola (Japanese Painter),
), Christopher Merrill (journalist/ director, Iowa University,
International Writing Program, USA), Nadir Mohammed Aziza
(General Director of the Foundation Mediterranean Observatory
in Roma– Morocco/Italy), Mohammed Chabbab (researcher
at the University - Morocco), Brahim Tijani (spiritual
leader- Morocco) and Frédéric Calmès
(musician, storyteller – France/Morocco)
21.00 Concert (Musée Batha) : « Maqamat of
desire of God » Hussain Al Aadhamy (Iraq –
Jordany)
SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2010 :
09.00-10.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Ibn
Batouta’s Quest » by Said Taghmaoui (French
American actor, native of Morocco - Morocco)
10.00-12.00 Lecture (Musée Batha) : « Reconsidering
development »
Assia
Bensalah Alaoui (Moroccan roving ambassador, professor
of law, Morocco)
Patrick
Viveret (referendum adviser at the national audit office,
philosopher and essayist in alter-globalization - France)
Majid
Rahnema (writer, former Minister of Science & Higher
Education in Iran and professor at the American University
of Paris – France/Iran)
Katherine
Marshall (professor at Georgetown University, Director
of the Forum world leader faith and development -USA)
Alia
Al Dalli (representative resident of the PNUD in Morocco–
Iraq)
Mats Karlsson (director of the department Maghreb, North
Africa and Middle East of the World Bank – Suede)
16.00-18.00 Round table (Musée Batha) : «
Islam and the West : tracks of light »
Mahmoud Hussein (common pseudonym for two writers : Baghgat
Elnadi and Adel Rifaat - France/Egypt)
Denis Gril (islamologist writer, specialised in Ibn Arabi
– France)
Zeyba
Rahman
Hassan
Abou Ayoub (former Minister, roving ambassador –
Morocco)
Maati Kabbal (writer and journalist -Morocco)
Abdou Hafidi (political scientist, presenter of the program
« Islam » on France 2)
Saad Khiari (writer, involved in several programs for
the dialogue of religions and cultures- France)
Abdussamad Antonio Romero (fondateur de la faculté
des études andalouses, leader social et politique
– Espagne)
21.00 Concert (Hôtel Jnan Palace) : « Spiritual
Noubas » Great voices of Moroccan Samaa with Mohammed
Briouel (Morocco)
Information
et registration :
Association du Festival de Fès de la Culture Soufie
www.festivalculturesoufie.com
contact@festivalculturesoufie.com
T : 05 35 65 39 52 / 53
F : 05 35 65 44 67
Avenue Moulay El Kamel, Cité Mimosas, Imb 6, Appt
3, Fès MAROC
May Allah always Smile upon you all ,Ameen.
Peace
,Blessings n Dua's from Ajmer Sharif
www.chishtyfoundation.org
Haji
Syed Salman Chishty
S/o
Late S.M.Usman Chishty Sb.
Chishty Manzil ,Jhalra Street ,
Dargah ,Ajmer
Sharif ,
Post Box # 50
Rajasthan ,India.
Cell # + 91-9829174973
Tel
: +91-145-2429473
+91-145-5131786
