{"id":3673,"date":"2025-12-16T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:29:00","slug":"from-sidi-kacem-to-the-world-peace-forum-2025-showcases-cultural-and-digital-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/from-sidi-kacem-to-the-world-peace-forum-2025-showcases-cultural-and-digital-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"From Sidi Kacem to the World: Peace Forum 2025 Showcases Cultural and Digital Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"712\"><strong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"255\">The \u201cRihla of Live Arts\u201d Association<\/strong> is preparing to launch the 2025 edition of the <strong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"342\">\u201cPeace Forum for Contemporary Arts\u201d<\/strong> in its mobile format, through the organization of the <strong data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"421\">Peace Prize Ceremony<\/strong> and the official announcement of the launch of the <strong data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"505\">\u201cPath of Peace and Dialogue\u201d<\/strong>, scheduled for Friday, December 19, 2025, starting at 5:00 PM in the Grand Performance Hall in the city of Sidi Kacem. The event will gather diplomats, cultural actors, artists, and honored personalities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"1004\">This initiative aligns with a <strong data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"832\">cultural vision in harmony with the royal directives of His Majesty King Mohammed VI<\/strong>, emphasizing the consolidation of values such as peace, coexistence, and openness, while positioning art as a tool for parallel diplomacy and a shining image of Morocco.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1062\">A Mobile Program to Democratize Access to Culture<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1470\">The forum\u2019s program includes a <strong data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1130\">tour across ten Moroccan cities<\/strong>, aiming to ensure that <strong data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1248\">all segments of society, particularly youth, have access to culture as a fundamental right<\/strong>. This initiative illustrates <strong data-start=\"1278\" data-end=\"1361\">Morocco\u2019s approach of using creativity and the arts to foster cultural dialogue<\/strong>, strengthening the Kingdom\u2019s position regionally and internationally as a model of tolerance and openness.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1472\" data-end=\"1517\">The \u201cE-Salam Connect\u201d Digital Platform<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"2000\">This edition coincides with the launch of the <strong data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1614\">innovative digital platform \u201cE-Salam Connect\u201d<\/strong>, an interactive space combining advocacy, creativity, digital exchange, and cultural diplomacy. The platform enables creators, youth, and interested participants to <strong data-start=\"1780\" data-end=\"1864\">engage in an international network promoting the culture of peace and innovation<\/strong>, creating a bridge between Morocco and global institutions committed to building a more responsible and human-centered digital world.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2049\">Key Initiatives for Youth and Creativity<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2096\">The forum features several key initiatives:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2554\">\n<li data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2264\">\n<p data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2264\"><strong data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2131\">\u201cPath of Peace and Dialogue\u201d<\/strong>, aimed at discussing the future of the digital world, positive citizenship values, and the rejection of hate speech and terrorism.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2265\" data-end=\"2376\">\n<p data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2376\"><strong data-start=\"2267\" data-end=\"2290\">\u201cPeace\u201d Competition<\/strong>, mobilizing young talent for innovation and artistic creativity connected to peace.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2377\" data-end=\"2554\">\n<p data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2554\"><strong data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2404\">Intellectual sessions<\/strong> on artificial intelligence, digital rights, ecology, and social innovation, reflecting the forum\u2019s commitment to being environmentally responsible.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2556\" data-end=\"2587\">Message from the Founder<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2589\" data-end=\"3008\">The forum\u2019s founder, <strong data-start=\"2610\" data-end=\"2636\">Mr. Abdel Latif Nahila<\/strong>, emphasized that this edition primarily targets <strong data-start=\"2685\" data-end=\"2751\">youth as the driving force capable of shaping tomorrow\u2019s peace<\/strong>. He highlighted that <strong data-start=\"2773\" data-end=\"2831\">art is a universal language that can unite differences<\/strong>, and that Morocco, as a country of tolerance and openness, conveys <strong data-start=\"2899\" data-end=\"3005\">a renewed message to the world on the role of creativity in building a more humane digital environment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3010\" data-end=\"3332\">Mr. Nahila views the forum as an additional milestone in <strong data-start=\"3067\" data-end=\"3125\">Morocco\u2019s pioneering path in modern cultural diplomacy<\/strong>, using arts and creative industries as effective tools to bridge communities, promote values of peace, and showcase Morocco as <strong data-start=\"3253\" data-end=\"3329\">a civilizational model blending modernity, humanity, and social cohesion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cRihla of Live Arts\u201d Association is preparing to launch the 2025 edition of the \u201cPeace Forum for Contemporary Arts\u201d in its mobile format, through the organization of the Peace Prize Ceremony and the official announcement of the launch of the \u201cPath of Peace and Dialogue\u201d, scheduled for Friday, December 19, 2025, starting at 5:00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cultural-diplomacy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3675,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions\/3675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}