Ahmed Ezzarghani & Sara Mouhi
Cafe Clock Storytellers
Traditional storytellers have disappeared from the Jamaa el Fna square; and in order to preserve this oral heritage, Cafe Clock runs a very ambitious project in which young Moroccans learn from traditional storytellers and translate their tales to English to present them to an international audience once a week.
Master storyteller Ahmed Ezzarghani began collecting Morocco’s traditional fables during his youth as a traveling salesman. Selling coffee at souks, he joined the crowds gathering around storytellers until one day he had studied the craft long enough to tell the stories himself. 50 years later he is committed to passing Morocco’s oral tradition to the next generation. Today, Haj Ahmed trains a group of youth apprentices, like Sara Mouni, so that they may keep their rich Moroccan heritage alive.
Sara Mouhi is a 24 years old teacher-trainee at the CLC, and a graduate of the English department at the Cadi Ayyad University. Her students say that she can teach vocabulary without using words by relying on her expressive body language.
Traditional storytellers have disappeared from the Jamaa el Fna square; and in order to preserve this oral heritage, Cafe Clock runs a very ambitious project in which young Moroccans learn from traditional storytellers and translate their tales to English to present them to an international audience once a week.
Master storyteller Ahmed Ezzarghani began collecting Morocco’s traditional fables during his youth as a traveling salesman. Selling coffee at souks, he joined the crowds gathering around storytellers until one day he had studied the craft long enough to tell the stories himself. 50 years later he is committed to passing Morocco’s oral tradition to the next generation. Today, Haj Ahmed trains a group of youth apprentices, like Sara Mouni, so that they may keep their rich Moroccan heritage alive.
Sara Mouhi is a 24 years old teacher-trainee at the CLC, and a graduate of the English department at the Cadi Ayyad University. Her students say that she can teach vocabulary without using words by relying on her expressive body language.
Stories from the Square
