Chefchaouen to Celebrate Moroccan Poetry at 32nd Annual Festival
By Safaa Kasraoui Rabat – The Blue City of Chefchaouen will host the 32nd annual National Festival for Modern Moroccan Poetry on April 7 and 8. The two-day event will bring together emblematic figures...
View ArticleGood Morning – Poem
By Ghizlane Radi – Casablanca After a sleep that lasted too long, After a talk that was thought wrong. My gem woke up in a plastic century, Celebrated her holy anniversary. Goddess of herself and her...
View ArticleWho Am I? – Poem
Safi, Morocco “Who am I?” She burst into a bitter wail; “I am just a heavy burden; I am stale!” You’re the lovely princess of a fairy tale, You‘re the very woman beside the female, **** You are the...
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Unleash The Poet Within You Blossoms Again This Spring
Tunis – A year ago, in the spring of 2014, Aspire to Inspire Tunisia’s event “Unleash the Poet Within You” brought together passionate students, inspiring poets and proud teachers. Gathered with the...
View ArticleThe Quest – Poem
By Nouha Habouria – Tunis The world of its colors is bereft Nobody is here. Everybody has left **** I must start The Quest But where’s the rest? Nobody Neither in the East nor in the West **** I miss...
View ArticleHer Daddy’s Death – Poem
By Hadhami Walhazi – Tunis She visits many old faces. Some of them are quite quiet, Exotic, yet exhausted, With a sorrowful odour, That cannot be identified. **** Those stone-like unknowns Are crying...
View ArticleOftentimes I Wonder – Poem
By Lilia Ben Mansour – Tunis Many stories I had to tell For years in peace I used to dwell How on a single violet night My pleasure can become my plight **** Robbed of all bliss and happiness I saw a...
View ArticleFragile! Poem
By Youssef Naciri On a snowing evening she rose, But I warmed her shades to doze; So, her pride begun to grow, As I rained long to know; To this rose, I was one in her thorns As flesh in her skin and...
View ArticleThe Medina of Fez – Poem
By Mohamed Lebshara The medina of Fes is an old grandmother, cultured, educated, once famed for her great beauty, once very rich. Still she has countless jewels and garments made long ago by the finest...
View ArticleMaha Tazi to Represent Morocco at World Slam Poetry Cup 2021
After winning the Morocco Cup of Slam Poetry (CMSP) 2020, young Moroccan poet Maha Tazi is set to represent Morocco at the Africa Cup of Slam Poetry 2021 (CASP) and the 2021 World Slam Poetry Cup. “I...
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