Rabat wants to build an image as a cultural city

The city of Rabat, an imperial city classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage site, wants to build a cultural image, writes the weekly "Jeune Afrique" in its latest issue. In an article titled "The capital of Morocco dreams of being an international city of culture and knowledge", the magazine indicates that Rabat already has many cultural assets such as the great National Library, the Mohammed V Theatre, the Bab Rouah exhibition hall, not to mention Mawazine, the Festival with 2.6 million spectators. The publication notes that this cultural dynamic proceeds from the will of HM King Mohammed VI, who wants to make Rabat an international cultural capital, like Paris, Rome, or London. It recalls, to this effect, that a five-year plan of 9.42 billion DH was designed to finance the "Rabat City of Light" project. "One must understand light in the sense of knowledge, radiance, and discovery," e…