A vibrant tribute to "founding women"

The 22nd edition of the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music will be organised from 6 to 14 May with a special tribute to "founding women", who have always left their mark on the History of the Kingdom.This edition, organised under the High Patronage of H.M. King Mohammed VI, will be an opportunity to pay tribute to these builder women through an original creation and artists from several countries, notably the Moroccans Samira Said and Hindi Zahra, the Iranian Sahar Mohammadi, the Iraqi Farida Muhammad Ali, the Malian Oumou Sangare, or even the Reunionese Christine Salem and the Brazilian Virginia Rodrigues.Explaining the choice of this theme, Abderrafih Zouiten, president of the Esprit de Fes Foundation, organiser of the Festival, stressed that the contemporary history of Morocco has been marked by the continuity of the determining role of women in the life of the country with a major e…