Spanish language week: Rabat celebrates Spanish culture and literature

At the initiative of the embassies of Spanish-speaking countries, Morocco is celebrating the sixth edition of Spanish language week. This event is organized in partnership with the Cervantes Institute from April 19 to 23 in order to introduce Spanish culture and literature, said Arthuro Chipoco, Peru’s ambassador to Morocco.

The event’s program was presented on Monday, the first day of the Spanish language week, at the residence of the Peruvian ambassador in Rabat, in the presence of the representatives of the diplomatic corps of Spanish-speaking countries accredited to Morocco, and the director of the Cervantes Institute in Rabat.

During this week, Spanish-speaking writers and Moroccan academics specializing in Spanish literature will be participating. In an interview with Morocco’s Press Agency on Monday, Chipoco, coordinator of Spanish language week, also invited Moroccan students and researchers interested in Spanish-speaking countries to attend the Spanish language week.
For this edition, the Mexican Ambassador in Rabat, Mabel Gomez, revealed that a rich cultural program has been prepared by the participating embassies to highlight the importance of the Spanish language in terms of culture, tourism, and economy.

For his part, The Director of Cervantes Institute in Rabat, Jose Maria Martinez said that the events will be held online in order to facilitate interaction between participants from Morocco and those from Latin America. Moreover, Martinez said that the event is an opportunity to introduce the literary Spanish-written works by both Moroccan and Latin authors in times of pandemic.

According to the program shared on the Cervantes Institute’s Facebook page, a series of conferences and round tables will be held during the week to discuss multiple novels, including “Pedro Páramo” by the Mexican writer Juan Rulfo and “Indigenism, José María Arguedas, and the native languages in Peruvian literature”. Furthermore, the Arabic translation of the book “Rimas” (Rhymes) by the Spanish writer Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer is among the works to be presented.

Also, planned is a conference on the discovery of the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile, a colloquium on Paraguayan bilingualism and a literary meeting under the theme “a poet in prose: on the origins of poetry.”

It is to note that the celebrations are organized by the embassies of Spanish-speaking countries, namely Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Guatemala, Equatorial Guinea, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Venezuela.