Moroccan academic Hisham Aidi, a professor at Columbia University in the United States, won many prizes for his books, in which he discussed the relationship between art and politics.
Born in Brooklyn but in love with Morocco, American pianist and Jazz composer Randy Weston lived in Rabat and Tangier, fusioning his music with the Gnawa folklore. On Saturday he died, leaving behind a heritage that links Morocco to the States.
For Nora Toutain, music found the way to her heart since her early childhood. The young Moroccan artist who currently lives in Montreal is about to graduate university with a music degree in hand and a first EP coming soon.