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TANGIER, Morocco

ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ partners with Moroccan Association of Ibn Battuta for festival in Tangier

Scene from festival in 2016. Photo courtesy of the Moroccan Association of Ibn Battuta
Scene from festival in 2016. Photo courtesy of the Moroccan Association of Ibn Battuta

The ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ’s campus in Tangier, Morocco is partnering with the Moroccan Association of Ibn Battuta with for its annual International Festival of Ibn Battuta held in Tangier from November 9 – 12, 2017 titled β€œTravelers, Ambassadors of Peace.” The festival is named after the famous 14th-century scholar and traveler, Ibn Battuta, a native of Tangier.

The partnership is intended to make the festival a meeting place between students and researchers. According to a press release, the organization’s president, Mohamed Dekkak, believes partnerships with universities are a critical component of the festival’s success.

β€œWe are honored to partner with a university like ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ to host this international event,” said Dekkak. β€œΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ is already playing a major role in promoting dialogue, tolerance and peace in our region.”

Aziz Benami, founding president of the Moroccan Association of Ibn Battuta, stated that ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ’s involvement with the festival with help to promote both Morocco and the city of Tangier. β€œΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ will be better known around the world as a result of its leadership,” added Benami.

β€œThis is a wonderful opportunity for our students,” commented Anouar Majid, Ph.D., vice president for global affairs and managing director of ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ’s Tangier Campus. β€œOur students in Tangier get to experience a whole range of high-caliber international activities that are hard to do in Maine. A video of a ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ student promoting the event is already being seen around the world.”

Participants and volunteers from 35 countries are expected to attend the three-day event. Activities will include scientific meetings, panel discussions and conferences about respecting universal values in order to improve international ties and a Carnival that will tour the city of Tangier in an atmosphere of joy and liveliness, which ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ students will participate in.

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Poster for the event
Poster for the event

About the ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ

The ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.