Generacion de la amistad, the first bilingual Spanish-French anthology of contemporary Saharawi poetry bringing together the voices of eight great poets. Through a selection of their most beautiful poems, this book tells of the exile of the Saharawi people in the refugee camps of Tindouf in Algeria, but also the exile in Cuba, home to...
Read moreThe Saharawi-Moroccan War (1975-1991) was defined by the regional struggle between Morocco and Algeria for leadership in the Maghreb as well as by international Cold War tensions. This context influenced both the Western Sahara conflict as well as the social and political emancipatory project of the Saharawi national liberation movement, whose aim was to establish...
Read moreMeeting wednesday June 28, 2017 from 18h30 to 20h30 with : Khadija Mohsen-Finan, Political scientist, professor and researcher in international relations at the University of Paris-I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, member of the information site Orient XXI, author of the book Le Maghreb dans les relations internationales (CNRS edition, 2011). Olfa Ouled, lawyer at the Court. She is one of the...
Read moreIn the framework of the so-called Barcelona process, the European Union concluded several bilateral agreements with Morocco aimed to deepen their economic integration. The 2000 Association agreement European Union–Morocco is the general legal framework for the development of relationships among the two parties. In this context, the recent Agreement on reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural...
Read moreSpain retired from Western Sahara in 1976 without having fulfilled the obligation to completely decolonize the territory. Forty years later, the question remains. Morocco continues to occupy the territory, without any international recognition. The Polisario Front has created a Saharawi state in exile and demands the self-determination referendum that was promised by the UN. The international...
Read moreCall for papers for the book "L'Algérie au présent" edited by Karima Dirèche (Director of the Institute for Research on Contemporary Maghreb (IRMC)). Proposals for contributions (a title and a half-page abstract) are expected until 30 June 2017. They are to be sent to Karima.direche@irmcmaghreb.org and to romain.costa@irmcmaghreb.org. http://www.facebook.com/IRMC.Tunis/posts/1438173832909036
Read moreThe objectives of the Congress : Encourage young researchers, doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows To make known the research centers and associations (Diwan, Halqa, Samah, AGIS) working on the field Bring together researchers from different backgrounds to overcome the compartmentalization of research teams To enable research themes to be tackled jointly by specialists from different...
Read moreLast publication of our late colleague, Pierre Bonte Bonte Pierre, 2016, Les récits d’origine. Contribution à la connaissance du passé ouest-saharien (Mauritanie, Maroc, Sahara Occidental, Algérie et Mali), Paris, Karthala En s’inspirant de l’analyse structurale des mythes, Pierre Bonte propose une méthode de traitement des « récits d’origine » ouest-sahariens dont le statut est resté…
Read moreDocumentary film, retracing the history of the Sahrawi refugee camps and the floods that hit them in October 2015. Film directed by Francesco CORREALE and Jean Philippe CORBELLINI with the support of the Val de Loire Human Sciences House (USR 3501), the CITERES laboratory (UMR 7324) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). https://www.canal-u.tv/video/msh_val_de_loire/los_campamentos_de_refugiados_saharauis_una_historia_de_resiliencia_las_inundaciones_de_octubre_2015.20831
Read moreThe Forum of Research on the Arab and Muslim World (FIMAM) celebrates its twentieth meeting on 23 and 24 November 2017 in Casa Árabe, Madrid. With the purpose of commemorating this anniversary, which coincides, in turn, with the celebration of the ten years of the launch of Casa Árabe, the meeting will be preceded by…
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