{"id":21609,"date":"2021-10-06T17:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T17:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highatlasfoundation.org\/?p=21609"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:07:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T09:07:29","slug":"u-s-and-morocco-launch-partnership-to-preserve-the-kingdoms-diverse-cultural-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/u-s-and-morocco-launch-partnership-to-preserve-the-kingdoms-diverse-cultural-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. and Morocco launch partnership to preserve the Kingdom\u2019s diverse cultural heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Essaouira \u2013 U.S. Embassy Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires David Greene joined H.E. Andr\u00e9 Azoulay, Senior Advisor to H.M. King Mohamed VI, at Bayt Dakira in the Mellah of Essaouira to launch a three-year USAID program aimed at recording and sharing hundreds of stories that capture the Kingdom\u2019s rich multicultural history.<\/p>\n

This $3 million program, called the Religious and Ethnic Minorities Activity (REMA), will involve multiple communities in five cities, namely Fes, Azrou, Marrakech, Essaouira, and Tangier.<\/p>\n

\u201cReligious tolerance is a hallmark of Morocco\u2019s history — from its welcoming of refugees fleeing the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the 15th<\/sup> century to late King Mohammed V\u2019s efforts to protect Jews during World War II.\u00a0 It is also a critical part of the U.S.-Morocco partnership, built and nurtured over two hundred years,\u201d Charg\u00e9 Greene said. \u201cWe learn from each other, including best practices on how to celebrate and preserve the heritage of peaceful coexistence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Also participating in the launch were Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir, President of the High Atlas Foundation, which is implementing the REMA program; Mr. Tarik Ottmani, the newly elected Mayor of Essaouira and President of Association Essaouira Mogador; H.E. Lamia Radi, Ambassador of Morocco to Norway and Iceland and President of the Foundation Memories for the Future; Mr. El Mehdi Boudra, President of Association Mimouna; and Ms. Cherifa Lalla Badr Alaoui, President of Association Miftah Essa\u00e2d pour la Pr\u00e9servation du Patrimoine Marocain.<\/p>\n

“Morocco’s stories of its multicultural\u00a0history are rich and unique,\u201d expressed Dr. Ben-Meir. \u201cThe REMA program’s dedication to recording, preserving, and sharing those stories with the world are invaluable for both our generation and those to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

The High Atlas Foundation will work closely with 70 civil society organizations in select communities, helping them record their oral histories and ensuring that those stories can be shared with future generations through unique educational programs. The program will allow these communities to build broader relationships across the Kingdom and connect to the tourism industry, creating new economic opportunities. The program engages local communities to capture, preserve, and transmit their collective experience and narratives, allowing them to preserve their collective memories.<\/p>\n

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French version Arabic version Essaouira \u2013 U.S. Embassy Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires David Greene joined H.E. Andr\u00e9 Azoulay, Senior Advisor to H.M. King Mohamed VI, at Bayt Dakira in the Mellah of Essaouira to launch a three-year USAID program aimed at recording and sharing hundreds of stories that capture the Kingdom\u2019s rich multicultural history. This $3 million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70,123],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Capture-decran-2021-10-06-183732.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21609"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21634,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21609\/revisions\/21634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}