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The U.S. based
Spirit of Fès is the international programming
arm of the acclaimed Fès Festival of World Sacred
Music and Fès Forum, which has the permanent
theme of “Giving a Soul to Globalization.” The
Spirit of Fès is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, nonpolitical,
cultural and educational organization with the
purpose to extend the mission of the Fès Festival
and Forum beyond Morocco to North America.
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Founded in 2002, The Spirit of Fès is focused
on creating a current of positive activity around
the world to advance greater understanding of
peoples and cultures across a full spectrum
of society; students, grass roots activists,
NGOs, artists, spiritual communities, businesses,
governments and leaders. It serves as
a meeting point to build global fellowship and
peaceful co-existence of communities that are
bound together by common goals and aspirations. |
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Through sustained,
diverse cultural programming and exchanges that
create positive shared experiences, the organization
encourages awareness and respect of the plurality
and uniqueness of all cultures. This is achieved
through concert programs and tours, lectures
and conferences on a range of subjects. |
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The Spirit
of Fès actively
seeks out partnerships and collaborations with
other like-minded
not-for-profit institutions. Support for the
Spirit of Fès is provided by foundations, corporate
sponsors and friends of the organization who
make individual contributions.
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There have been but a precious few times in my career in which
the capacity for performance to
move one's spirit has come
through as deeply, as powerfully, and as surprisingly,
as in the case of the Spirit of Fès project.
Knowing that one is in the midst of
experiencing something truly important--something that reaches deep below the surface
differences of politics, religion, cultural norms, ad belief systems--is a sensation,
that we seek, often passionately, but that we rarely find.
The Spirit of Fès project is a beautiful conduit to that
experience--sensation of knowing--and one for which i
will always be grateful to have had the privilege of bringing to
our community."
Mike Ross
Director, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts,
University of Illiniosis at Urbana-Champaign
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Director North America
Zeyba Rahman |
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Assistant Director
Nico Daswani |
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