A new organization has been created to protect Monday November 15 called the Moroccan Coalition for Culture and the Arts, according to the Moroccan news source Menara.
The Coalition met in Casablanca attended by intellectuals and artists from all walks of life – theatre, literature, music, plastic art and cinema. They decided on the creation of an executive structure and a constitution.
Presided by Hassan Neffali, (of the national union of theatre professionals), the executive also includes adjunct presidents Ahmed Alaoui (music union) and Mohamed Loma (art distribution) and Mohamed Souf (writers union), among others.
The Moroccan minister of culture, Mohamed Achaari praised the new venture and said he is looking forward to a blossoming of culture life in Morocco. (albawaba.com)
