Sharjah International Book Fair: workshops for children highlight Moroccan heritage

Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 6:24 p.m.

— DNES : Hajar Raddi —
Sharjah – The Moroccan pavilion at the 43rd Sharjah International Book Fair, scheduled to close on Sunday, organized a children’s program to introduce the Kingdom’s cultural heritage to younger visitors.

Thanks to workshops on Moroccan crafts, this program offered the children of the Salon a memorable experience with the aim of raising their awareness of the importance of heritage preservation.

Workshops focused on the art of storytelling also allowed these children to discover stories inspired by Moroccan oral tradition. The storyteller Hind Saadi thus transported the youngest on an imaginary journey through Moroccan cities with her tale “Arij’s journey in joyful Morocco”, a work designed to captivate the imagination of the youngest by mixing symbols , colors and animations.

In a statement to MAP, the Moroccan explained that the art of storytelling plays a crucial role in the development of children’s memory and imagination, by encouraging them to visualize the events narrated.

Placed under the theme “The Morocco of cultures in Sharjah of the book”, the Moroccan pavilion within the Salon offers a rich cultural program with no less than 107 events bringing together around a hundred writers, authors and publishers and covering various cultural, artistic and literary fields, in addition to a series of sessions dedicated to the discovery of Moroccan cuisine.

The pavilion also allows the public to discover Moroccan heritage through conferences, plays, artistic exhibitions, round tables, as well as workshops for children on decoration and weaving. Around 4,000 titles from 25 Moroccan publishing houses are exhibited there.