Inauguration of the Mohamed Saïd Afifi Theatre

It was last Tuesday that the El Jadida Theatre was inaugurated by the Minister of Culture, Mohamed Amine Sbihi, after long months of work. King Mohammed VI decided to name the El Jadida Theatre after the Moroccan Othello, Mohamed Saïd Afifi, a great man of the theatre, humanist and universalist. For its part, the DGCL, the provincial council, the urban commune of El Jadida and the rural commune of Moulay Abdellah had pulled out all the stops to advance the renovation work on this monument, estimated at nearly 7.5 million DH. Seven hundred spectators were present at the inauguration of the Mohamed Saïd Afifi Theatre and many personalities had travelled for the occasion, such as Mjid, Abdelwahab Doukkali, Omar Sayed, Buimid, El Jem, Erraji, Nafali, Hassan Benjelloun, Ezzine, Ajil, Bikr and many others. On this occasion, Mrs. Karima Afifi, the wife of the late Mohamed Saïd Afifi, and her c…