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Hikayat Morocco and master Moroccan storyteller Hajj Ahmed Ezzarghani were featured on the Al Jazeera English's Witness program on January 31, 2015 in the documentary A Marrakech Tale.
Hikayat Morocco and master Moroccan storyteller Hajj Ahmed Ezzarghani were featured on the Al Jazeera English's Witness program on January 31, 2015 in the documentary A Marrakech Tale.
Excerpt:
"Oral storytelling has been an integral part of Moroccan culture for over a thousand years. But now the precious art form is disappearing, due to the availability of new forms of entertainment through modern technology. Hajj Ahmed Ezzarghani has been telling stories for over five decades. Now in his 70s, the master storyteller has retired from the chaos of Marrakech's famous square, Jemaa el-Fna. He finds new purpose in teaching young apprentices the skills of the ancient art form. Novice storyteller, Sara Mouhyeddine, dreams of eventually performing in Jemaa el-Fna but soon realises it might be easier said than done in a space traditionally dominated by male performers." Read More |
Watch the documentary A Marrakech Tale by Al Jazeera English in its entirety below:
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MOROCCAN STORYTELLING (AL-HALQA)
The Storyteller of Marrakech (BBC News Magazine, 12 April 2014)
Keeping a Moroccan Tradition Alive, One Tale at a Time (The New York Times, 27 February 2006)
Moroccan storytelling is a part of American professor and Fulbright Grantee Betsy Bolton's larger project called Maghrebi Voices.
Al-Halqa (Documentary film by German filmmaker Thomas Ladenburger) -- Preview and excerpt below.
The Storyteller of Marrakech (BBC News Magazine, 12 April 2014)
Keeping a Moroccan Tradition Alive, One Tale at a Time (The New York Times, 27 February 2006)
Moroccan storytelling is a part of American professor and Fulbright Grantee Betsy Bolton's larger project called Maghrebi Voices.
Al-Halqa (Documentary film by German filmmaker Thomas Ladenburger) -- Preview and excerpt below.
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BOOKS
The Last Storytellers: Tales from the Heart of Morocco by Richard Hamilton (Non-fiction)
The Storyteller of Marrakesh by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya (Fiction)
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