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Crafts of Coexistence | Maha Alouani-Bibi | TEDxMarrakesh

264 views · Published 18 December 2017 · 11:48 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Maha explores symbolism in Moroccan crafts to find signs of coexistence in Moroccan, African and Global societies. She calls them the Crafts of Coexistence.  Having recently completed her Bachelor’s degree in International Relations at Queen Mary University of London, Maha currently acts as the manager of the Heritage Museum in Marrakesh, which fostered in her an insatiable curiosity for Moroccan history and its tribal ethnography. A born and bred native of Marrakesh, she has always been exposed to different cultures, both in her international elementary school in Morocco and when she lived in the UK. Her interest in global affairs and cultural anthropology are therefore a natural consequence of her upbringing. She is also interested in the politics of contemporary conflicts in East Africa and the Horn, dabbles in several languages and is widely passionate about music from Mali. Maha is learning the Tifnagh alphabet and is also in the process of writing a book on 18th century Andalusian embroidery. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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