Culture, Creativity & Intercultural Dialogue
Using art, storytelling, theatre, and shared creative experiences to connect young Moroccans across backgrounds and build understanding that no lecture could achieve.
Culture is not decoration. It is how we understand each other.
In a country as culturally layered as Morocco, young people often live side by side with communities they have never spoken to. Amazigh and Arab, urban and rural, Moroccan-born and migrant. The diversity is there, but the dialogue is not. Cultural spaces in Morocco tend to be either elite (galleries, festivals with entry fees) or informal (street culture with no structure). Neither serves the majority of young people.
Medforumm creates structured, accessible cultural spaces where young people from different backgrounds meet, create together, and discover what they share. We use art, photography, storytelling, theatre, and music not as entertainment but as tools for genuine intercultural dialogue.
Our cultural programmes are co-designed with local artists and cultural practitioners. They connect to international Erasmus+ exchanges that bring European and Mediterranean participants into the mix. The result is not a performance for an audience but a process where participants are both creators and learners.
What We Cover
Youth with no artistic background
Mixed Moroccan and migrant groups
Communities exploring cultural heritage
Free for all participants
Certificate upon completion
Rabat · Sale · Casablanca · Kenitra
Our Approach to Culture and Dialogue
Creative Expression
Art, photography, film, writing, music, and theatre are our primary tools. We do not teach art for art’s sake. We use creative practice as a structured method for exploring identity, building empathy, and communicating across differences.
Intercultural Dialogue
Every programme brings together people from different backgrounds. Structured dialogue methods ensure that contact leads to understanding, not just proximity. Facilitators guide conversations that go beyond surface-level exchange.
Co-Creation
Participants are creators, not audiences. Every programme produces something tangible: an exhibition, a film screening, a public performance, a heritage collection. The creative process itself is where the learning happens.
Local Artists
Each programme partners with local artists, musicians, filmmakers, or cultural practitioners who serve as mentors and co-facilitators. This ensures creative quality and connects participants to Morocco’s professional cultural scene.
Accessibility
No artistic skill or experience is required for any programme. Venues are accessible. Materials and equipment are provided. Sessions are delivered in Arabic and Darija with adaptation for multilingual groups.
International Connection
Cultural programmes connect to Medforumm’s Erasmus+ exchanges, bringing European and Mediterranean participants to Morocco and sending Moroccan youth abroad. Local culture meets international perspective.
Under Culture, Creativity & Intercultural Dialogue
Four programmes that use creative practice as a structured tool for intercultural understanding. All delivered in Arabic (MSA and Darija). All free. No artistic experience required.
A series of intercultural storytelling nights, art workshops, and creative exhibitions that bring together young people from different backgrounds across Moroccan cities. Each edition focuses on a theme such as migration, identity, belonging, or home. Participants use art, photography, spoken word, and music as tools for dialogue. The programme partners with local cultural centres, independent artists, and international participants visiting through Erasmus+ exchanges. Each year culminates in an annual exhibition showcasing the best work from all editions.
A documentary storytelling programme where participants learn photography, short film production, and audio storytelling to document the cultural diversity of their own communities. No prior media experience is needed. Participants work in small teams, each producing a short documentary piece about a person, place, or tradition in their neighbourhood. Each cycle ends with a public screening where the community sees itself through the eyes of its own youth.
A heritage and identity programme for young Moroccans exploring their own cultural roots. Participants visit historical sites, interview elders in their communities, and create personal heritage projects (written, visual, or audio). The programme helps young people connect to their identity in a way that is forward-looking, not nostalgic. Each cycle produces a collection of personal heritage stories that are archived and shared publicly, building a growing record of Morocco’s living cultural memory as told by its youth.
A community theatre programme using performance as a tool for social dialogue. Participants create short plays based on real community issues: inequality, migration, gender roles, generational gaps, belonging. No acting experience is needed. The process is collaborative and participatory. Each cycle ends with a public performance followed by an audience discussion where the community responds to what it has seen. Theatre becomes a mirror: the audience watches its own reality performed back to it, and the conversation that follows is where real change begins.
Selection Process
Online Application
Complete a short form with your background, interests, and what you hope to explore. No CV required. No portfolio needed. We are looking for curiosity and willingness, not credentials.
Brief Conversation
A 15-minute informal call with a programme coordinator. We want to understand your interests and ensure the programme fits what you are looking for. This is not an audition.
Selection Criteria
Priority is given to youth with no prior access to cultural or creative programmes, those from underserved communities, and applicants who demonstrate genuine interest in intercultural exchange.
Onboarding
Selected participants receive a welcome pack with the full programme schedule, a list of materials provided, and an orientation session before the first creative workshop.
Alumni Pathway
Certificate and Portfolio
Every graduate receives a Medforumm Certificate of Completion and documentation of their creative work (photos, video, or audio) that they can use as a portfolio for applications or further creative projects.
Become a Creative Facilitator
Graduates with strong facilitation skills are invited to train as creative workshop leaders for the next cycle, building experience in cultural facilitation and non-formal education.
Erasmus+ Priority Access
Programme alumni receive priority consideration for Medforumm’s Erasmus+ opportunities, including intercultural youth exchanges, creative training courses, and European Solidarity Corps placements.
Creative Network
All graduates join a network of young Moroccan creatives connected through Medforumm, with access to future exhibitions, screenings, performance opportunities, and collaborative projects.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality
Pre and Post Assessment
Every participant completes a self-assessment at the start and end measuring intercultural competence, creative confidence, and sense of cultural belonging.
Session Feedback
After each workshop, participants rate creative relevance, facilitator quality, and personal engagement. Facilitators adjust upcoming sessions based on this feedback.
3-Month Follow-Up
Three months after completion, our team contacts every graduate to track continued creative practice, intercultural engagement, and participation in cultural or community activities.
Annual Impact Report
All data is compiled into an annual report shared publicly. We report honestly, including what did not work and what we plan to improve in the next cycle.
Moments That Matter
Create something that matters.
No artistic experience needed. No fees. No auditions. All programmes are delivered in Arabic and Darija. Bring your curiosity and your story. We provide the rest.
Apply as Participant →Want to partner with us?
We collaborate with cultural organisations, NGOs, galleries, schools, and international partners on intercultural dialogue and creative youth projects. If you are looking for a community-based cultural partner in Morocco, let us talk.
Partner With Us →Culture, Creativity & Intercultural Dialogue
Using art, storytelling, theatre, and shared creative experiences to connect young Moroccans across backgrounds and build understanding that no lecture could achieve.
Culture is not decoration. It is how we understand each other.
In a country as culturally layered as Morocco, young people often live side by side with communities they have never spoken to. Amazigh and Arab, urban and rural, Moroccan-born and migrant. The diversity is there, but the dialogue is not. Cultural spaces in Morocco tend to be either elite (galleries, festivals with entry fees) or informal (street culture with no structure). Neither serves the majority of young people.
Medforumm creates structured, accessible cultural spaces where young people from different backgrounds meet, create together, and discover what they share. We use art, photography, storytelling, theatre, and music not as entertainment but as tools for genuine intercultural dialogue.
Our cultural programmes are co-designed with local artists and cultural practitioners. They connect to international Erasmus+ exchanges that bring European and Mediterranean participants into the mix. The result is not a performance for an audience but a process where participants are both creators and learners.
What We Cover
Youth with no artistic background
Mixed Moroccan and migrant groups
Communities exploring cultural heritage
Free for all participants
Certificate upon completion
Rabat · Sale · Casablanca · Kenitra
Our Approach to Culture and Dialogue
Creative Expression
Art, photography, film, writing, music, and theatre are our primary tools. We do not teach art for art's sake. We use creative practice as a structured method for exploring identity, building empathy, and communicating across differences.
Intercultural Dialogue
Every programme brings together people from different backgrounds. Structured dialogue methods ensure that contact leads to understanding, not just proximity. Facilitators guide conversations that go beyond surface-level exchange.
Co-Creation
Participants are creators, not audiences. Every programme produces something tangible: an exhibition, a film screening, a public performance, a heritage collection. The creative process itself is where the learning happens.
Local Artists
Each programme partners with local artists, musicians, filmmakers, or cultural practitioners who serve as mentors and co-facilitators. This ensures creative quality and connects participants to Morocco's professional cultural scene.
Accessibility
No artistic skill or experience is required for any programme. Venues are accessible. Materials and equipment are provided. Sessions are delivered in Arabic and Darija with adaptation for multilingual groups.
International Connection
Cultural programmes connect to Medforumm's Erasmus+ exchanges, bringing European and Mediterranean participants to Morocco and sending Moroccan youth abroad. Local culture meets international perspective.
Under Culture, Creativity & Intercultural Dialogue
Four programmes that use creative practice as a structured tool for intercultural understanding. All delivered in Arabic (MSA and Darija). All free. No artistic experience required.
A series of intercultural storytelling nights, art workshops, and creative exhibitions that bring together young people from different backgrounds across Moroccan cities. Each edition focuses on a theme such as migration, identity, belonging, or home. Participants use art, photography, spoken word, and music as tools for dialogue. The programme partners with local cultural centres, independent artists, and international participants visiting through Erasmus+ exchanges. Each year culminates in an annual exhibition showcasing the best work from all editions.
A documentary storytelling programme where participants learn photography, short film production, and audio storytelling to document the cultural diversity of their own communities. No prior media experience is needed. Participants work in small teams, each producing a short documentary piece about a person, place, or tradition in their neighbourhood. Each cycle ends with a public screening where the community sees itself through the eyes of its own youth.
A heritage and identity programme for young Moroccans exploring their own cultural roots. Participants visit historical sites, interview elders in their communities, and create personal heritage projects (written, visual, or audio). The programme helps young people connect to their identity in a way that is forward-looking, not nostalgic. Each cycle produces a collection of personal heritage stories that are archived and shared publicly, building a growing record of Morocco's living cultural memory as told by its youth.
A community theatre programme using performance as a tool for social dialogue. Participants create short plays based on real community issues: inequality, migration, gender roles, generational gaps, belonging. No acting experience is needed. The process is collaborative and participatory. Each cycle ends with a public performance followed by an audience discussion where the community responds to what it has seen. Theatre becomes a mirror: the audience watches its own reality performed back to it, and the conversation that follows is where real change begins.
Selection Process
Online Application
Complete a short form with your background, interests, and what you hope to explore. No CV required. No portfolio needed. We are looking for curiosity and willingness, not credentials.
Brief Conversation
A 15-minute informal call with a programme coordinator. We want to understand your interests and ensure the programme fits what you are looking for. This is not an audition.
Selection Criteria
Priority is given to youth with no prior access to cultural or creative programmes, those from underserved communities, and applicants who demonstrate genuine interest in intercultural exchange.
Onboarding
Selected participants receive a welcome pack with the full programme schedule, a list of materials provided, and an orientation session before the first creative workshop.
Alumni Pathway
Certificate and Portfolio
Every graduate receives a Medforumm Certificate of Completion and documentation of their creative work (photos, video, or audio) that they can use as a portfolio for applications or further creative projects.
Become a Creative Facilitator
Graduates with strong facilitation skills are invited to train as creative workshop leaders for the next cycle, building experience in cultural facilitation and non-formal education.
Erasmus+ Priority Access
Programme alumni receive priority consideration for Medforumm's Erasmus+ opportunities, including intercultural youth exchanges, creative training courses, and European Solidarity Corps placements.
Creative Network
All graduates join a network of young Moroccan creatives connected through Medforumm, with access to future exhibitions, screenings, performance opportunities, and collaborative projects.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality
Pre and Post Assessment
Every participant completes a self-assessment at the start and end measuring intercultural competence, creative confidence, and sense of cultural belonging.
Session Feedback
After each workshop, participants rate creative relevance, facilitator quality, and personal engagement. Facilitators adjust upcoming sessions based on this feedback.
3-Month Follow-Up
Three months after completion, our team contacts every graduate to track continued creative practice, intercultural engagement, and participation in cultural or community activities.
Annual Impact Report
All data is compiled into an annual report shared publicly. We report honestly, including what did not work and what we plan to improve in the next cycle.
Moments That Matter
Create something that matters.
No artistic experience needed. No fees. No auditions. All programmes are delivered in Arabic and Darija. Bring your curiosity and your story. We provide the rest.
Apply as Participant →Want to partner with us?
We collaborate with cultural organisations, NGOs, galleries, schools, and international partners on intercultural dialogue and creative youth projects. If you are looking for a community-based cultural partner in Morocco, let us talk.
Partner With Us →