The Three Cultures Foundation organises a tribute in Tangier to Mohamed Chukri in three languages

The Three Cultures Foundation and the Riad Sultan cultural and artistic space are organising a tribute to one of the essential voices of Maghrebi literature, the Moroccan writer Mohamed Chukri, on the 20th anniversary of his death and as part of the Month of Morocco, on Saturday 18 November at 7.30 p.m. in Tangiers in three languages.

The event will feature a conversation with the Arabist Rocío Rojas-Marcos, author of the biography Mohamed Chukri: hambre de escritura (Zut, 2021), where we will analyse the figure of this author from different perspectives and will be moderated by the librarian Olga Cuadrado. It will be followed by a reading, in Arabic and Spanish, of excerpts from the play Man of Naked Bread, by the playwright Zoubeir Ben Bouchta. With the participation of Ali Tajiti in the Spanish version. Photographs of Mohamed Chukri by the photographer Rachid El Ouattassi will also be projected.

Riad Sultan Space 

Rue Riad Sultan, Tangier