Home - Preserving and conveying memory to foster Alterity

About the webinar

Through its Ta’aruf Center , the Rabita Mohammedia Al Ulema is reflecting on how to resolve a number of tensions which have ossified the dialogue between cultures and religions. The issues around memory – how to preserve it and pass it on to the next generations – seem to be a major challenge for our societies in terms of peacebuilding and encouraging open-mindedness to the notion of Alterity.

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Webinar Program

The webinar spans 4 days in the form of seminars and workshops.

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Day 1
Monday 01-25-2021
Day 2
Tuesday 01-26-2021
Day 3
Wednesday 01-27-2021
Day 4
Thursday 01-28-2021

10h00 - 12h45
Opening Session ( speakers and official partners )
By Ms. Kathy Eagen Public Affairs Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Morocco , Mr. Driss El Yazami President of the Council of the Moroccan Community abroad, Ms Lamia Radi President of the Memories for the Future Foundation, M. Jamaâ BAIDA Director of the Archives of Morocco , Mr. Amine Bensaid President of Al Akhawayn University , Dr. Salim M. AlMalik Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), Mr. Firmin Edouard Matoko Director-general of the Africa Department of UNESCO , Mgr Vito Rallo Apostolic Nuncio, Ambassador of the Holy See to the Kingdom of Morocco , Mrs Catherine Foster Program Director for the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) in the Cultural Heritage Center, U.S. Department of State , Ms Amina Bouayach President of the National Council for Human Rights , SEM Serge Berdugo Secretary General of the Council of the Israelite Community of Morocco, Ambassador-at-Large, SEM André Azoulay Advisor to His Majesty King Mohammed VI , Ms. Aicha Haddou Ms Aicha Haddou is Director of the Morocco Interfaith & Peacebuilding Research and Training Centre affiliated to The Rabita Mohammedia of Ulemas, Mr. Ahmed Abbadi Secretary General of the Rabita Mohammadia of Ulemas

Opening Remarks
- M. Ahmed Abbadi, Secretary General, Rabita Mohammadia of Ulemas and / Ms Aicha Haddou, Director, Ta'aruf Center– Morocco Interfaith and Peacebuilding Research and Training Center of the Rabita Mohammedia

Keynote Speeches
- HEM André Azoulay, Advisor to His Majesty King Mohammed VI
- Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General, The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - ICESCO

Institutions and Organizations Representatives
- Ms Amina Bouayach, President, National Council for Human Rights - Morocco
- Mr. Driss Elyazami, President, Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad
- SEM Serge Berdugo, President, Israelite Community Council of Morocco, Ambassador at-large on behalf of the King of Morocco
- Mgr Vito Rallo, Apostolic Nuncio, Ambassador of the Holy See to the Kingdom of Morocco
- Mr. Firmin Edouard Matoko, Assistant Director-General, Priority Africa and External relations, UNESCO
- Ms Catherine Foster,, Program Director, Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF) in the Cultural Heritage Center, U.S. Department of State
- Mr. Amine Bensaid, President, Al Akhawayn University

Partners
- Ms. Kathy Eagen, Public Affairs Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Morocco
- Mr. Jamaa Baida, Director, Archives of Morocco
- Ms Lamia Radi, President, Memories for the Future Foundation
14h30 - 16h15
General introduction to the webinar’s problematic
( The non-transmission of a memory : Toumliline, a case study )
By Mr. My Elabbes MRHARI Vice-President of Meknes Prefecture Council , Rev. Father Abbot Jean-Christophe Yameogo Abbot of the Saint-Benoît de Koubri Abbey (Burkina Faso) , Ms Lamia Radi President of the Memories for the Future Foundation, M. Jamaâ BAIDA Director of the Archives of Morocco , Ms. Aicha Haddou Ms Aicha Haddou is Director of the Morocco Interfaith & Peacebuilding Research and Training Centre affiliated to The Rabita Mohammedia of Ulemas

- Historical framing: The Christian presence in Morocco
Mr. Jamaa Baida, Historian, Director, Archives of Morocco

- Toumliline in Africa: A Testimony
A word from RRev. Father Jean-Luc Molinier, Prior of the Benedictine monastery of Bouaké (Ivory Coast)
Rev. Father Jean-Christophe Yameogo, Abbot of the Saint-Benoît of Koubri Abbey (Burkina Faso)

- Video projection “Toumliline” FMA - Archives of Morocco

- Toumliline : A common local Heritage
Mr. Mrhari My Elabbes, Vice-President, Meknes Prefecture Council.

- Toumliline : A School for dialog and citizenship and a case study of the non-transmission of a memory
Ms Lamia Radi, President, Memories for the Future Foundation

Moderator : Ms Aicha Haddou, Director, Ta'aruf Center– Morocco Interfaith and Peacebuilding Research and Training Center
20h00 - 22h00
Film screening « Les cloches de Toumliline / The bells of Toumliline »
By Mr. Habib Samrakandi Anthropologist, scientific advisor of the film, director of the Revue Horizons Maghrébins - Le Droit à la Mémoire - Presses Universitaires du Mirail , Mr. Mohammed Hamid Director of the film "Les cloches de Toumliline" (The Bells of Toumliline) , M. Jamaâ BAIDA Director of the Archives of Morocco

Film screening « Les cloches de Toumliline / The bells of Toumliline »

Debate with the film Director , Mr. Hamid Derrouich et Mr. Mohammed Habib Samrakandi, Anthropologist, scientific advisor for the film, Director of Horizons Maghrébins - Le Droit à la Mémoire journal (Presses Universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse) Moderator : Mr. Jamaa Baida,Director, Archives of Morocco

10h30 - 13h00
Workshop 1 Memory : How can we reinvent International Encounters in Africa?
By M. Stephen Trevathan Mr. Stephen Trevathan, Lecturer in Philosophy and Comparative Religion at Al Akhawayn University, Ms Zakya Daoud Journalist, writer , Mr. Adrien Delmas Director of the Centre Jacques Berque , Ambassador Yusuf Abdulrahman Nzibo National President of the Supreme Council of Muslims of Kenya , Mr. Manoël Pénicaud Anthropologist CNRS. Specialist Louis Massignon and interreligious dialogue , Mr. Mahamat Abba Ousman Senior Lecturer, expert in the direction of Culture and Communication ICESCO, former Deputy Director of the National Museum of Cameroon, Mr. Driss Khrouz Intellectual , Ms Lamia Radi President of the Memories for the Future Foundation

General Framework : Mr. Driss Khrouz,, Intellectual

Speakers

1. Mr. Manoël Pénicaud, Anthropologist (CNRS), Louis Massignon and interreligious dialog specialist
2. Mr. Mahamat Abba Ousman,, Senior Lecturer, ICESCO Culture and Communication Division expert, former Deputy Director, National Museum of Cameroon
3. Ms Zakya Daoud, Journalist, Writer
4. Mr. Yusuf Abdulrahmane Nzibo, National President of the Supreme Council of Muslims of Kenya
5. Mr. Stephen Trevathan, Lecturer in Philosophy and Comparative Religion at Al Akhawayn University

Debate

Moderator : Ms Lamia Radi , President, Memories for the Future Foundation
Rapporteur : Mr. Adrien Delmas, Director, Centre Jacques Berque
14h30 - 17h00
Workshop 2 Transmission Part 1 : How do we mobilize history and heritage in the present debate over alterity, including spiritual alterity ?
By Ms. Samia Hathroubi Former activist in the inter-religious community, PhD student in sociology of religions at UCD Univesity College of Dublin, Mr. Patrice Brodeur Mr. Patrice Brodeur, Associate Professor, the Institute of Religious Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Montreal, Senior Advisor, the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in Vienna , Mr. Driss Maghraoui Mr. Driss Maghraoui, Associate Professor of history and international relations at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn University , Mr. Bakary SAMBE Director of the Timbuktu Institute - African Center for Peace Studies, Dakar , Ms. Zakia Haddouch Communication consultant and journalist, H.E.M. Filippe Savadogo President "Dialogue without Borders", Former Minister of Culture, Burkina Faso , Father Vincent Feroldi Director of the National Service for Relations with Muslims (SNRM) of the French Bishops' Conference , Mr. Driss El Yazami President of the Council of the Moroccan Community abroad

General Framework : Mr. Driss Elyazami, President, Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad

Prise de parole

1. Mr. Bakary Sambe, Director, Timbuktu Institute - African Center for Peace Studies, Dakar
2. Mr. Driss Maghraoui, Professor, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Al Akhawayn University
3 Rev. Vincent Feroldi, Director, National Service for Relations with Muslims (SNRM - French Bishops & Conference)
4. H.E.M Filippe Savadogo, President "Dialogue without Borders", Former Minister of Culture, Burkina Faso
5. Ms. Samia Hathroubi , Former activist in the inter-religious community, PhD student in sociology of religions at UCD Univesity College of Dublin
Discussant: Mr. Patrice Brodeur, Associate Professor, the Institute of Religious Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Montreal, Senior Advisor, the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in Vienna.

Debate

Moderator : Mr. Driss Elyazami, President, Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad
Rapporteur : Ms Zakia Haddouch,, Communication Consultant

10h30 - 13h00
Workshop 3: Transmission (Part 2) : How could the transmission of a spiritual and intellectual heritage contribute to building an open citizenship?
By Ms Mahdia Siari Ms Mahdia Siari, Project Manager, International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas- ALIPH, Ms. Zakia Haddouch Communication consultant and journalist, Ms Mariz Tadros Professor of Politics and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and Director of the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) , Mr. Mohammed Naciri Geographer- El Idrissi Project: Restoring a collective identity by reconstructing ancient filiations , Ms Zhor Rehihil Curator of the Museum of Moroccan Judaism , Mr. Michael A. Toler Aga Khan Documentation Center Program Manager, MIT Library, Program Director for the Al Musharaka Initiative of the National Institute of Technology and Liberal Education , Rev. Jean Koulagna Biblical theologian, Director of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology in Morocco -Al Mowafaqa

General Framework Ms Zhor Rehihil , Curator of the Museum of Moroccan Judaism (Casablanca)

Speakers

Rev Jean Koulagna, Biblical Theologian, Director of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology in Morocco -Al Mowafaqa

Projects presentation on Memory Transmission

El Idrissi Project: Restoring a collective identity by reconstructing ancient filiations
Mr. Mohammed Naciri, Geographer and Mr. Grigori Lazarev, Socio-Geographer

Coptic Heritage in Egypte
Ms Mariz Tadros,, Professor of Politics and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Director of the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID)

ALIPH Foundation
Ms Mahdia Siari, Project Manager, International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas

Aga Khan Documentation Center
Mr. Michael Toler, Program Manager, MIT Library, Program Director, Al Musharaka Initiative , National Institute of Technology and Liberal Education

Debate

Moderator : Ms Zhor Rehihil, Curator, Museum of Moroccan Judaism (Casablanca).
Rapporteur : Ms Zakia Haddouch , Communication Consultant
14h30 - 17h00
Workshop 4 Youth/Future : Consulting with young leaders on issues of citizenship, alterity, conveying memory and identity
What means are available to them in order to claim ownership over these issues?
By Alftera Center of the Rabita Mohammadia des Ulemas , Moga’Jeunes , Mimouna Association , Filmmakers without Borders , The High-Atlas Foundation , AMs Jihad Bnimoussa Psychologist and CEO of InspireCorp, Ms Fatima-Zahra Ma-el-ainin Psychologue, Ms. Laaziza Dalil Vice-President - Mimouna Association, Rev. Karen Thomas Smith President of the Evangelical Church in Morocco , Mr. Driss Khrouz Intellectual , Ms Lamia Radi President of the Memories for the Future Foundation, Ms. Aicha Haddou Ms Aicha Haddou is Director of the Morocco Interfaith & Peacebuilding Research and Training Centre affiliated to The Rabita Mohammedia of Ulemas, Mr. Ahmed Abbadi Secretary General of the Rabita Mohammadia of Ulemas

Ms Aziza Bzami, President, Alftera Center of the Rabita Mohammedia of Ulemas

Speeches and Discussion

• Young Leaders of Alfetra Center of the Rabita Mohammedia of Ulemas :

- Khadija Acharki
- Fatima zahra Berry
- Fatiha Ghazi
- Saad Sadek
- Hamza Ed-deryasi

• Mimouna Association : Maroua Echarkaoui
• Filmmakers without Borders Association : Salma Belghiti
• « Moga’ Jeunes » Association : Otmane Mazzine
• High Atlas Foundation : Hajiba Boumasmar
• Interfaith Alliance of Al Akhawayn University : Aiman Mrizig / Rihab Hadhoudi

Resource persons:

1. Rev. Karen Thomas Smith, Advisor to Interfaith Student Alliance- Al Akhawayn University
1. Ms Fatima-Zahra Ma-el-ainin, Psychologist

Moderators : Ms Aicha Haddou Director, Ta'aruf Center– Morocco Interfaith and Peacebuilding Research and Training Center,, / Ms Jihad Bnimoussa,Psychologist and CEO of InspireCorp, Ms Laaziza Dalil, Vice-President - Mimouna Association
Rapporteur : Ms Myriem Khrouz, General Secretary, Friends of the Museum of Moroccan Judaism

About the webinar

Webinar Program

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Opening Session ( speakers and official partners )

General introduction to the webinar’s problematic ( The non-transmission of a memory : Toumliline, a case study )

Film screening « Les cloches de Toumliline / The bells of Toumliline »

Workshop 1 Memory : How can we reinvent International Encounters in Africa?

Workshop 2 Transmission Part 1 : How do we mobilize history and heritage in the present debate over alterity, including spiritual alterity ?

Workshop 3: Transmission (Part 2) : How could the transmission of a spiritual and intellectual heritage contribute to building an open citizenship?

Workshop 4 Youth/Future : Consulting with young leaders on issues of citizenship, alterity, conveying memory and identity What means are available to them in order to claim ownership over these issues?

Synthesis and recommendations for implementation

General introduction to the webinar’s problematic
( The non-transmission of a memory : Toumliline, a case study )

Workshop 4 Youth/Future : Consulting with young leaders on issues of citizenship, alterity, conveying memory and identity
What means are available to them in order to claim ownership over these issues?