The French Minister of Culture begins her visit to the Sahara regions with a stopover in Tarfaya, she will subsequently open a French Cultural Center in Laâyoune and an annex of the Institute of Cinema Professions in Dakhla.
The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, becomes the first French minister in office to make an official visit to the Moroccan Sahara. This historic visit will see the signing of several bilateral agreements and the launch of the first French cultural center in the southern provinces. Arrival in Rabat, this Monday, for “a trip placed under the sign of artistic creation and cultural industries, three months after the state visit of President Emmanuel Macron”, announced the minister on her X account (ex-Twitter). The challenge, she continues, “is the implementation of the ambitious road map between the two countries, Morocco and France, in the cultural field.” The minister began this visit by decorating the Moroccan stylist Fadila Elgadi, “committed to the transmission of know-how and who worked in particular with Yves Saint-Laurent,” indicates the minister in a post on According to the agenda of her visit, Rachida Dati will go this Monday to Tarfaya, where she will visit the famous Casamar as well as the Saint-Exupéry Museum, in homage to the writer-aviator who marked the history of this region. She will then travel to Laâyoune, where she will visit the Mohammed VI Library to attend the official launch of the Alliance Française. It is a cultural center intended to strengthen the presence of French language and culture in the region. Her visit to the southern provinces will continue in Dakhla, where she will inaugurate an annex of the Higher Institute of Cinema Professions. Tuesday February 18, the minister will take part, this time in Rabat, in activities dedicated to the video game industry at the International University of Rabat. She will then have a bilateral meeting with her Moroccan counterpart, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaïd, the opportunity to discuss the prospects for cultural cooperation between the two countries.
