Make way for the Mediterranean Book Festival

The spiritual city hosts, from April 8 to 14, the eighth edition of the Mediterranean Book Festival which will take place at the "Al Hourria" cultural complex on the theme "Mediterranean Cultures: Multiple Voices." Organized by the "Book Club in Morocco" Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and the urban commune of Fez, this festival is intended as a space for the revitalization of Moroccan culture and the valorization of the country's heritage which is an integral part of the millennial civilization of the Mediterranean rim. This edition will be marked by the awarding of the Fez International Creation Prize 2016 to the plural writer Hassan Nejmi, former president of the Union of Writers of Morocco, as a sign of recognition, consideration, and esteem for his multiple experience in literary, poetic, critical, and media writing open to Mediterranean and universal cultur…