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18 December 2020 

Mazal Tov/Mabrouk to Association Essaouira-Mogador and its Founder & President, Mr. André Azoulay, Senior Advisor to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and recipient of the ASF’s 2017 Pomegranate Award for Lifetime Achievement, on the resilience of the Souiri spirit and the spectacular success of the 2020 Festival des Andalousies-Atlantiques. Moved online as a result of COVID-19, the virtual edition of the Festival exhibited its original dynamic and featured world-class artists. Even better, thousands of more people around the world were able to experience the emotion of Jews and Muslims in Essaouira sharing the vitality and warmth of their mixed Moroccan heritage amidst the architectural wonders of Dar Souiri, Bayt Dakira, and El Minzeh. If you missed the live performances, streams of the 2020 Festival are available here.

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