Academia Arabesca
 – a cultural venue

 

WELCOME TO ACADEMIA ARABESCA

Academia Arabesca is a cultural oasis with the much-needed calm that makes creativity flourish. We invite you to relax from the stress of the West in a peaceful oriental setting, finish your book, work on your doctoral thesis, write poetry, paint, meditate or just rest and be among all the beautiful things in the house.

For almost half a century, we have been delighted to experience how beneficial creative encounters are, for study and research as well as artistic inspiration. All the research and study groups, artists and performers who have visited us over the years have repeatedly attested to this. We are located in Stockholm, Marrakech and the Sahara desert.

RESEARCH, INSPIRATION & CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS

The core of Academia Arabesca’s activities is based on creative and open cooperation with other cultural associations, the general public, the educational system and the media, in order to spread a deeper and broader knowledge and understanding of the different cultural expressions in North Africa and the Middle East, with the aim of promoting peace, democracy and multicultural cooperation.

HOSTING VISITORS FROM A MULTITUDE OF COUNTRIES

Since the beginning of our intercultural activities in 1989, we have had the pleasure of collaborating and receiving thousands of member guests, both individuals and participants in group events from all over the world,  the majority of them originating from the Nordic countries:

Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Icelan and also numerous members from UK, USA, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Morocco. 

But member guests and visitors have also  come from Greece Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauretania, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Haiti, Argentine, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.   

COLLABORATING WITH INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 

Our institutes in Marrakech and Stockholm have archives with documents and photos of our collaborations since more than 30 years with representatives of the following universities, colleges, cultural institutions, museums, civil society associations, international NGOs etc.

International: NSMS Nordic society for Middle Eastern Studies, ICTM, (International Council for Traditional Music), CID (International Dance Council), ICH (Intangible Cultural Heritage) at UNESCO.

Sweden: Utbildningsradion (UR), Migrationsverket, Kriscentrum för Kvinnor, Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the Universities in Lund, Stockholm and Umeå, Textilhögskolan Borås. Capellagårdens textilutbildning, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Kulturverkstan Göteborg, (YH-utbildning till internationella kulturprojektledare), Stockholms Stadsteater, Dansgruppen Akitos, Gångsätra gymnasium, Dansmuseet Rolf de Maré, Musikmuséet, Carina Ari foundation, Associations of Rosendal, Re-Orient, Lundensia etc.

Finland: Åbo (Turku) Akademi, Kuopio Festivals and exhibtions.

Denmark: Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, Copenhagen.

Iceland: University of Iceland. Austria Schools of Oriental Dance.

France: IMA (Institut du Monde Arabe), UNESCO in Paris.

Germany: Several Universities, Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen.

Berlin: Schools of Oriental Dance, Art therapy groups.

Italy: Association SHARE, Rome.

Spain: La Fundación Tres Culturas, Sevilla, La Fundacion El Legado Andalusia Granada.

UK: Aga Khan International University London, Colleges, Schools of Oriental dance.

USA: University of California, Berkeley, Georgetown University,GLB, (Global learning across Borders), Dance company Anar Dana, Seattle 

Morocco: Marrakech L’Association Al-Muniya Cadi Ayyad University, La Maison de culture, Musée de la Musique, Musée de l ́Eau, Musée de l ́Art Culinaire, Musée de la Femme, Musée de la Photographie, Les amis du Jardin Majorelle, Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Musée des Confluences, the Association of Culture, Biennale of Contemporary Arts in Africa and MiddleEast, Instituto Cervantes, Lessane Arabi Center, Arts Academy, Fédération marocaine des troupes du théâtre professionnel, several boarding and secondary schools. Essaouira Cultural House Dar Souiri, Conservatoire de la Musique, Berberlands-Ecoturism. Tanger Arabic Language Immersion School. Rabat. BNRM (Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc), IRCAM (Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe), CCCL (Center for Cross Cultural Learning), Instance équité et réconciliation. Agadir Ibn Zohr University. Meknes University Moulay Ismail. Tetouan L´école supérieure des Arts e Mètiers Ouarzazate Atlas studios, Film Museum, Regional Ministry of Culture. Errachidia-Tinejdad Centre Tarik Ibn Zyad, Musée Ethnographique Lalla Mimouna. Province Zagora Café Littéraire, Association Phoenix, Atelier Bannour, Joudour Sahara,Musée d´Oulad Driss Collaborations with Festivals Maroc: in Marrakech (FNAP), Festival de l’art du
jardin, Festival des rencontres et des musiques soufies, Festival Awal’n Art, On marche, in Agadir (Timitar) , Layoune (Rawafid Azawane), Tarfaya (Petit Prince), Merzouga, in M´hamid el Guizlane (Festivals des Nomades, Taragalte, Zamane), Festival des Gnaouas, Des Andalousies Atlantiques, Festivals in Beni-Mellal, Zagora,(Films transhariens, Ecotourism, Traditional Dances) in Tadla, El Ksiba, Keelaat M´gouna, Moussems de Tantan, d´Imilchil, Algeria Pan-African Festival. Tunisia Festival Carthage, National Conservatory of Music.