The Thousand and One Days of Hajj Edmond
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Fifteen years ago, the Moroccan writer Edmond Amran El Maleh, known as Hajj Edmond, passed away. This philosopher and scholar, born in 1917 into a family of well-to-do Jewish merchants from Essaouira, was also a passionate lover of the plastic arts, a former Communist activist and a campaigner for Moroccan independence. He crossed the century inhabited by two parallel tragedies: the departure of Jews from Morocco and the exodus of Palestinians torn from their land. Simone Bitton dedicates her documentary to this man.
An opportunity to present a new medium in the Mediterranean area: *22-med.
The Mediterranean is fragmented by war, divided by religious identity, and tormented by climatic upheaval. 22-med has set itself the ambitious goal of discovering, understanding and combining all points of view, from within the 22 countries that border its shores. Journalists, scientists, writers and artists write in the 11 languages of the Mediterranean, in search of “a whole world in common”. The figure of Hajj Edmond bears witness to the depth and vitality of these ties that make up the Mediterranean.
Presented by 22-med* and Mucem, in partnership with Les Nouvelles Rencontres d’Averroès
Fifteen years ago, the Moroccan writer Edmond Amran El Maleh, known as Hajj Edmond, passed away. This philosopher and scholar, born in 1917 into a family of well-to-do Jewish merchants from Essaouira, was also a passionate lover of the plastic arts, a former Communist activist and a campaigner for Moroccan independence. He crossed the century inhabited by two parallel tragedies: the departure of Jews from Morocco and the exodus of Palestinians torn from their land. Simone Bitton dedicates her documentary to this man.
An opportunity to present a new medium in the Mediterranean area: *22-med.
The Mediterranean is fragmented by war, divided by religious identity, and tormented by climatic upheaval. 22-med has set itself the ambitious goal of discovering, understanding and combining all points of view, from within the 22 countries that border its shores. Journalists, scientists, writers and artists write in the 11 languages of the Mediterranean, in search of “a whole world in common”. The figure of Hajj Edmond bears witness to the depth and vitality of these ties that make up the Mediterranean.