Experience

The Olive Writers

• Morocco
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder | Executive Director

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  The Olive Writers is a cultural association based in Casablanca, Morocco, working to support artistes and writers at all levels by connecting them, offering them opportunities for personal and professional development, and mobilizing them to engage others, inspire, teach, and promote social change. We successfully partnered with high-caliber stakeholders such as the American Language Center Casablanca, the American Cultural Association, the U.S. Embassy Morocco, U.S. Department of State, the Swedish Writers Union, Swedish Institute, AMP Global Youth, Olive Seed foundation, International Media Support, and the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program, ensuring that all programming is fully funded and accessible to all. www.olivewriters.org www.afanine.net Show less



American Arts Center

• Development & Partnerships Manager

  • Mar 2023 - Present



American Arts Center

• Casablanca

• Consultant

  • Mar 2022 - Mar 2023



Mokhtazilun: National Press Cartoon Festival

• Casablanca Prefecture, Morocco

• Communications Associate

  • Feb 2019 - Apr 2019

  Mokhtazilun: National Press Cartoon Festival, the first of its kind in Casablanca. The festival aims to introduce the community of Casablanca to press cartooning through a variety of events and activities, including conferences, meetings with established press cartoonists, workshops, a competition, visitors portraits drawing sessions..and much more. The project is organized by the Moroccan Association of Press Cartoonists, in partnership with the commune of Ainchok, and hosted by the Cultural Center Abdellah Guenoune. Show less



Lotus Association for Culture and Creativity

• Deroua, Berrechid, Morocco

• Founder | Vice President

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2017

  Lotus Association for Culture and Creativity is an NGO created in 2016 to promote non-formal education and creativity among Moroccan youth. Its programs revolve around reading, creative and non-creative writing, cinema, theater, and social entrepreneurship. https://www.facebook.com/alcc.lotus/?fref=ts Lotus Association for Culture and Creativity is an NGO created in 2016 to promote non-formal education and creativity among Moroccan youth. Its programs revolve around reading, creative and non-creative writing, cinema, theater, and social entrepreneurship. https://www.facebook.com/alcc.lotus/?fref=ts



U.S. Embassy Morocco

• Rabat Prefecture, Morocco

• Project Coordinator

  • Feb 2017 - May 2017

  I worked with the US embassy as a Project Coordinator for the ‘Lines and Spaces’ program. It is a program hosted under the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program. I was in charge of coordinating an educational tour for a group of writers from the USA and Nigeria. Through the tour, they conducted workshops in creativity and writing, and gave seminars on world literature, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural dialogue. Before the tour, the writers conducted a creative writing workshop for Moroccan youth (BTL alumni and selected students from the ALCs) in Tangier. http://themoroccantimes.com/2017/07/22473/linesspaces-an-american-organized-writers-tour-introduces-the-youth-of-morocco-to-creative-writing https://iwp.uiowa.edu/programs/reading-abroad/2017-Morocco Show less