Marokko – kvinder i dialog over Middelhavet

TID: Tirsdag d. 24. april kl. 19 – 20

STED: Rejseboghandelen Tranquebar, Borgergade 14 (hjørnet af Landgreven), 1300 København K

Tilmelding på forhånd nødvendigt. 35 pladser.

Om mødet:

The Arab Spring – a season for democracy, human rights and personal freedom. But was it an Arab spring for women as well? What are the hopes and dreams of today’s Arab woman?

TID: Tirsdag d. 24. april kl. 19 – 20

STED: Rejseboghandelen Tranquebar, Borgergade 14 (hjørnet af Landgreven), 1300 København K

Tilmelding på forhånd nødvendigt. 35 pladser.

Om mødet:

The Arab Spring – a season for democracy, human rights and personal freedom. But was it an Arab spring for women as well? What are the hopes and dreams of today’s Arab woman?

“You want an example of Moroccan schizophrenia? Here is one: Women who talk about modernity and women rights and look for a rich Muslim man…”
Nadia Lamlili, journalist

The blog: http://frenchmaroccoglobalstories.wordpress.com/
Marokko is a blog-to-theatre project wishing to illuminate the Arab spring from a female, civilian point of view. The project has been developed partly in Denmark, Morocco and online in three stages from Autumn 2011- Spring 2012.

First stage was a series of questions formed and explored by a diverse group of women of Moroccan heritage living in Denmark. Secondly the questions were presented to a female blogger, Nadia Lamlili, situated in Morocco.

January-March 2012 Nadia delivered articles, stories, and photos responding to the interests, concerns, and questions from Denmark. Finaly a performance based on the fresh stories, visual material, and dialogue from the blog. The performance portrays women across the Mediterranean Sea engaged in the topic of reforms in the Arab world.

Why Morocco?
From an international perspective Morocco seems to take the lead amongst the Islamic countries in promoting gender equity and the rights of women. Behind reforms such as the the family law Moudawana from 2004, stands a vast group of individuals and organisations working for women’s rights.

By basing the project on Moroccan women it is our hope to create optimism (first on the internet and later “on stage”) around the subject of an Arab spring for women as well.