The "Al-Muniya" Association of Marrakech for the revival and preservation of Morocco's heritage is organising the fifth edition of the Sufi Meetings and Music (Samaâ Marrakech) from 29 April to 3 May. According to its initiators, this Festival, in which researchers, university professors, and national and international specialists will take part, aims to preserve a global artistic, cultural, and spiritual heritage through meetings, Sufi chants, and music, and to make the Ochre City a high place of East-West cultural mediation. Organised around the theme "Spirituality of Islam: paths of openness, moderation, and love", this event proposes to address one of the essential foundations of Sufism, namely knowledge and love, through conferences, salons, and traditional music concerts.

These meetings will take the form of conference-debates on themes relating to the spiritual and Sufi heritage, which has a real impact on Arab-Muslim culture and more particularly on the history of Morocco. The 2015 edition of "Samaâ Marrakech" will also pay tribute to the cultural memory of the "Koutoubiyines" through the celebration of a prestigious American publishing house, "Fons Vitae" (Source of Life), and its director Aicha Virginia Gray Henry, an eminent personality in the Anglo-Saxon world known in particular for her eloquent background in comparative mysticism in religious sciences and art history. The book arts will not be left out, as they will be honoured through the celebration of the treasures of the libraries of Timbuktu (Mali) in tribute to Sheikh Baba Tomboucti, who was among the Ulema of Marrakech at the end of the sixteenth century. The fifth Sufi Meetings have also reserved a prime spot for concerts of both spiritual and traditional music, which will be performed by illustrious ensembles representing Morocco, Tunisia, Bosnia, and Pakistan.