🔗 FRAGMENTED IMAGES:
Home Away From Home
An exhibition by Hiba Dahibi
As part of Mai de la Photo
OPENING
Saturday, 16ᵗʰ May 2026
4 pm at LE 18
In this project, Hiba Dahibi takes us on a poignant photographic journey into the heart of mourning: how do we go on living with grief, memories, and the present? On her second foray into the exhibition format, her work combines fragments of photographic and textual memories that first took shape as a zine during her residency in Marseille last spring.
This autofictional form, it is all about this fragile balance, the tension between distance and closeness, the feelings, memories of what we want to keep as well as what we are trying to abandon. Familiar places become painful places, while the elsewhere becomes a land of welcome.
What emerges are bits and pieces: moments, textures and absences. A kind of emotional residue that needs no complete story to exist, where coherence is deliberately fractured to evoke the instability of memory.
🕸️ORGANIC KNOWLEDGE
The Spider: Savior, Killer and The Creator
CLOSING PROGRAMME
Thursday, 30th April 2026
7.30 pm - 8.30 pm
at LE 18 Marrakech
Join us for an evening of poetry and performance with local poets and artists who participated in the program Organic Knowledge. Poetry serves as a living, relational medium of the « Tout-Monde » where the spoken word resists the fixed, the written, the category, and instead affirms the opacity, the disruption, the errantry as modes of meaning production within the diasporic experience.
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This project is implemented with the support of Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) through a grant from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC, Heinrich Böll Foundation.
@afac.fund@hbsrabat
Local partners: LE 18, L’blend, Rue de Tanger
Principal Researcher: Yemoh Odoi
Curator: Maud Houssais
Photo credit : Jalal Oddabe @oddy.see
𖤓 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐰 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚 𖤓 WE ARE BACK 𖤓
BUILDING_BRIDGES EDITION
🚨Marrakech, 17th to 19th of April🚨
@le18marrakech
free events
Beautiful poster made by @kabirahachimi
With the aim of forging links between the continents known as the “South” and the diaspora known as the “North,” the program has been structured around this new edition, <Building_Bridges>. This time, the event will take place in two phases. The first one will be in Marrakech from April 17–19, followed by a second phase in Lausanne from May 1–3, serving as a follow-up to the workshops and screenings in Morocco. We are delighted to be joined by three new collectives that each contribute to highlighting art and ideas in their respective regions: <Aceh Film Festival> (Indonesia), <250 Cine-Club> (Rwanda), <ASU Collective> (Switzerland) As a reminder, <Film w Glissa> is a film club and festival aimed at providing a platform for distribution and collaboration for independent cinema from the so called “Global South”. Thus, the program is designed to serve as a <crossroads of ideas> on the challenges and solutions facing independent creation in our regions.
@acehfilmfest@asu.collective@250cine_club
✨ BRAVE NEW FUTURES – Meet the participants (PART 1) ✨
Brave New Futures: MENA Strategic Imagination Labs is a 24-month experiment in bold thinking, radical creativity, and collective transformation.
Rather than a traditional capacity-building program, it is a shared process of co-learning, co-envisioning, and co-creation – shaped by the collective brilliance of the group.
Over two years, we’ll explore how imagination, art, hope, and creative play can unlock new approaches to civic work and systems change.
From a pool of over 100 outstanding applicants, we’ve brought together a cohort of 15 visionary civic organizations from across the MENA region.
Meet the first five orgs, and the brilliant people behind them:
@interference_light_art & @aymen___gharbi@actforhope & @cindymizher@havenforartists & @dayna_ash@thinktanger & @hhichambouzid@le18marrakech & @kholotista
🚀 Catch our next two posts to see the rest of the amazing organizations joining us.
🔗 Or check out our website for more details – link in bio!
We are happy to announce the open call for the third edition of the Artivism program, organized by the Olive Writers in collaboration with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Rabat and in partnership with LE 18 Marrakech.
Artivism Camp is a fully funded, four-day program designed for emerging Moroccan artists seeking to professionalize their artistic practice while reflecting on the role of art in fostering more open, just, and sustainable societies. The program will feature workshops addressing multiple aspects of the professionalization of artistic practice to strengthen participants’ skills, complemented by talks with experienced practitioners and a visit to a cultural space.
Where: LE 18 Marrakech
When: 24th to 27th April 2026
Application deadline: 10th April 2026 (midnight)
Target participants: Emerging Moroccan artists
To apply: Complete the form via the link in our bio.
Poster design: Kaoutar Lamini
يسعدنا أن نعلن عن افتتاح باب التّسجيل للدّورة الثّالثة من برنامج «أرتيفيزم»، الذي تنظمه جمعيّة كتّاب الزّيتون بالشّراكة مع مؤسّسة فريدريش ناومان للحرّية بالرّباط وبالتعاون مع فضاء (LE 18) بمرّاكش.
«أرتيفيزم» هو برنامجٌ يمتدّ لأربعة أيّام ومدفوع التّكاليف بالكامل، مصمّم للفنّانين والفنّانات المغاربة النّاشئين الذين يسعون إلى إضفاء الطّابع الاحترافيّ على ممارستهم الفنّية مع التّفكير في دور الفن في تعزيز مجتمعاتٍ أكثر انفتاحًا وعدالةً واستدامةً. وسيتضمن البرنامج ورش عمل تتناول جوانب متعددة من تطور الممارسة الفنية نحو الاحترافية بهدف تعزيز مهارات المشاركين، إلى جانب محاضرات مع ممارسين متمرسين وزيارة إلى أحد المساحات الثقافية.
المكان: فضاء LE 18 بمرّاكش
التّاريخ: من 24 إلى 27 أبريل 2026
آخر موعد للتّقديم: 10 أبريل 2026 (منتصف الليل)
المشاركون/المشاركات المستهدفون: الفنانون والفنّانات النّاشئات المغاربة.
للتّقديم: المرجو ملء نموذج الاستمارة عبر الرّابط الموجود في (bio).
تصميم الملصق: Kaoutar Lamini
🎥SCREENING & DISCUSSION
With Tareq Khalaf @tareqkhalaf12
Friday, April 3
8pm - 10pm
🎞️ Azziza: In a Cherished Land
‘film in progress’
At the heart of Ramallah, a family orchard tended for seven generations is stewarded by Tareq’s 93-year-old great-aunt, Azziza. After Tareq’s father departs to the United States amid the genocide on Gaza, Tareq takes on the role of caretaker. Azziza asks him to prune her trees before she dies, but as the political situation deteriorates, she pleads with him to leave for safety.
In America, Azziza’s sister Nabiha shares her regret of 50 years in exile, pushing Tareq to return. He does, fulfilling Azziza’s wish as she faces her final harvest, leaving him her memories and a promise to care for her trees.
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Tareq is a filmmaker, educator, and cultural producer based in Ramallah, Palestine. His research in urbanism focuses on the disappearance of agrarian livelihoods and rooted forms of belonging to place.Tareq has used film, socially engaged art and sculpture to address geographic fragmentation and the alienating impacts of settler colonial violence in Palestine.
⚡ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - MOHAMED BOURIRI
@mohamedbouriri@halaqat_project
During his residency at LE 18, and under Halaqat Program, Mohamed is developing a research around his current project On Her Back, a contemporary dance project that explores the visible and invisible weight a human carries for their loved ones. On Her Back honors a gesture seen across the Atlas Mountains: mothers carrying heavy loads, day after day, so that their families can continue moving.
Mohamed invites Omar Bourich and Imane Kabli to research together through movement, repetition, and endurance, exploring the act of carrying weight in different ways, working with the back as a central axis, using real weight, partner work, and continuous movement to reach states of vulnerability and transformation.
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Mohamed Bouriri is a Moroccan dancer and choreographer who has been dancing since childhood in the streets of Casablanca. He is the co-founder of Cie Wethelions and founder of Movewithus, a free, open movement initiative born in Marrakech that became a space of meeting and exchange for people of different ages, backgrounds, and experiences. He has also collaborated with multiple companies and choreographers internationally. His work values sincerity over virtuosity.
S1. @salaheddine.elbouaaichi
S2. Stefanieloos
S3. Detours festival
S4. D-Caf festival
Warmest Eid wishes from the LE 18 team!
May this special time be filled with togetherness and endless blessings for you and your loved ones. 🤲🤍
We’ll be closed for the festive break and will welcome you back on Tuesday, March 24th.
Tajine courtesy of Hassan Bouyabrine @darbellarj
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Throwback to the public program of the exhibition following the second edition of the Organic Knowledge residency, with the interventions of Khalid Abid, Khadija El Abyad, Amina Belghiti, Chinonso Emehlu, Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa, Camille Lévy Sarfati, Faustin Linyekula, Ibtissam Rafai, Yemoh777s, Dorice Zika.
In memory of Kenza, Cécile Kouomé and Simon Bedimo.
Don’t miss out on the exhibition Organic Knowledge
The Spider: Savior, Killer and The Creator running until the 3rd May 2026.
The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 7 pm (10:30 am to 4 pm Ramadan Time).
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This project is implemented with the support of Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) through a grant from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC, Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Local partners: LE 18, L’blend, Rue de Tanger
Principal Researcher: Yemoh Odoi
Curator: Maud Houssais
📷 @oddy.see
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Views from Organic Knowledge
The Spider: Savior, Killer and The Creator
A project by The Minority Globe, curated by Maud Houssais
The exhibition presents the outcomes of the second edition of Organic Knowledge residency program with: Khadija El Abyad - Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa, Morad Montazami - Camille Lévy Sarfati, Amina Belghiti - Faustin Linyekula, Yemoh777s, Grocco.
Organic Knowledge: The Spider: Savior, Killer and The Creator, remains open from Tuesday to Saturday 10 am to 7 pm (10:30 am to 4 pm Ramadan Time) until 3 May.
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This project is implemented with the support of Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) through a grant from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC, Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Local partners: LE 18, L’blend, Rue de Tanger
Principal Researcher: Yemoh Odoi
Curator: Maud Houssais
📷 @salaheddine.elbouaaichi
#MARRAKECHsFFBestOf first stop: Marrakech
We will be delighted to share with you four short films from our #MARRAKECHsFF2025 selection during a collective ftour.
🎬'A Short Film About Kids' by @iahandal Palestine 🎬 'DarHome' by @elbelghitisalmaa Morocco 🎬 'A Mother Goes To The Beach' by @pedrohasrouny Portugal
🎬 'A Mirror To Sell' by @hicham1amal Morocco
📍 @le18marrakech
🗓 14 March — 6:30 PM
🥪 Bring your own snack #ShortFilm #MarrakechCinema #MarrakechEvents
