Gulf Daily News
A TASTE of Morocco is available in Bahrain, with the opening of a new cultural section at the Bahrain National Library.
The library, located at the Isa Cultural Centre, now features a Moroccan Corner equipped with more than 1,300 books supplied by the Moroccan Embassy.
Isa Culture Centre board of trustees chairman Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa and Moroccan Ambassador Ahmed Rashid Khatabi opened the new section yesterday.
Meanwhile, Isa Cultural Centre executive director Dr Khaldoun Aba Hussein and Moroccan National Library director Dr Idris Kharuz signed a Memorandum of Understanding on intellectual and cultural exchange.
A Days of Moroccan Culture event is now underway at the centre, featuring a variety of performances from lectures to poetry readings and concerts.
A concert by a female troupe from Tetwaan, Morocco, will bring music from the historic region of Al Andalus to life tonight at 8pm.
It will be followed tomorrow with a lecture at 11am on the Portuguese presence in Morocco and Bahrain, delivered by Rabat-based College of Arts and Humanities vice-dean Dr Abdulraheem Binhada. At 8pm, Moroccan poet Wafa Al Omrani will read a selection of her poetry.
The event will end on Thursday with a repeat performance by the female troupe at 8pm. All events are free and open to the public.
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