Kenza Sefrouı

An ever lasting fighter, Aadel Essaadani is one of the key contributors to cultural life in Casablanca. Through his diverse experiences he has nourished a strong vision of the important role of culture.

A group of associations give a second life to the old Casablanca Abattoirs (Slaughterhouse), transforming it into the first cultural site of the Arab world. Space is given to the young urban cultures.

Tilila, one of the first shelters for women victims of violence, highlights the contradictions persisting in the Moroccan judicial system.

2008: 4 years have passed since the reform of the Family Code. Casablanca, a population of 3.5 million (officially), economic capital and melting pot of ancient resident and rural populations who have come to seek employment, of middle classes … Amal, Leyla, Ikram, Ghanya, Amina and Kawtar live their twenties here. Their priority: to work.