Africa in the spotlight at the 9th International University Theatre Festival

Initiated by the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University of Fès, this cultural and artistic event will see the participation of a dozen foreign countries, particularly Arab and African ones. Several theatrical plays will be presented this year by troupes from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, Côte d'Ivoire, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Palestine, and Qatar. The festival will be crowned by the Grand Prize of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ben Humaid Al Nuaimi, President of the Ajman Theatre in the United Arab Emirates, and the Prize of the Kuwaiti researcher Fahd Essalim for theatrical directing. The festival programme also includes a series of cultural and artistic activities and a meeting of the executive committee of the Arab Association for the Safeguarding of Theatre, which will be chaired by Morocco, in addition to the meeting of the Arab University Theatre Network. This editio…