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I Came For Couscous

I CAME FOR COUSCOUS is a magazine that features the inspiring voices and the creative minds from cultures and heritages designated as Arab, through the prism of plural individual narratives and with values of multi-culturality and otherness.

Surrounded by a team of journalists, writers, photographers, musicians, filmmakers, designers, poets, illustrators... I CAME FOR COUSCOUS deploys rhythmic and creative content, contrasting and highlighting the creative personalities that shape the Arab worlds of today, and takes the reader on an initiatory journey, allowing him to grasp the extent of their diversity.

Described by its peers as “aesthetic and intelligent”, I Came For Couscous is a publication that pays great attention to iconography, visual aesthetics and the sensory experience that beautiful paper provides.

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Featuring:

Act One 

The first act questions identities, our sense of belonging, the price of freedom and our relationship to the Other. It begins with a cross-examination of two sparkling and inspiring creative minds: Lebanese composer, writer and performer Hamed Sinno and Moroccan writer and filmmaker Abdellah Taïa. Then come the myriad answers to the question "What does being Arab mean to you?" from a non-Arab point of view.

Act Two 

In the second act we go to a garden overlooking the sea, perched on the hills of Jbala country, where Umberto Pasti's determination, combined with the help of local villagers, (re)creates ancestral ties while protecting the biosphere; Ismail Zaidy's photographs conjure up the intimate dance between desires for connection, states of deadlock and tipping points; Rehab Eldalil and the Bedouins of the South Sinai archive the medicinal powers of plants in their Flora Guide.

Act Three 

In this third act, the fashion industry bares its soul. An interview with Tatiana Fayad and Joanne Haye, the co-founders of Vanina, a brand making waves for its cutting-edge creations as well as its social conscience. ICFCC and the Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech Museum launch a competition which uses design to demonstrate that there are no borders, only the sort of instructive, creative exchanges which become enriching experiences.

Act Four

In the fourth act, the past is woven into the present: Mina Abouzahra opens up a dialogue between Dutch designers and Moroccan weavers aimed at preserving the ancestral feminine know-how expressed in the Amazigh carpet; vinyl records, cherished by a handful of diggers, musicians, producers and music lovers, bring 20th century Arab music back to the present day. 

Act Five 

In the fifth act, we sit down at the table of the Jewish-Arab diasporas and summon sensory memories of the ingredients, dishes, utensils or smells, as well as the rites and rituals surrounding them, which act as a link - sometimes the only link - to their North African and Arab roots.

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France / Maroc

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820g

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The first act, presents a free-floating conversation between devoted and outspoken two female artists, Hindi Zahra and Zineb Andress Arraki; a walk around Paris, where you will never see the metro system quite the same way again; and the touching words of numerous women who talk about what it means to them to be an Arab woman.

For the second act, the fast-rising young Lebanese cartoonist Raphaëlle Macaron talks to us about what drives her and inspires her pen; then we delve into the history of Arab comic books, a flourishing art form these days.

In the third act, we dive into the fabulous world of the coolest of cooks, Laila Gohar, where food, art, style and fantasy intermingle; next we join Marc Belli on a fascinating journey to track down the Bilmawen; and then we discover the intrigues and complexities of desire through three intoxicating stories by Malika Moustadraf, Yousra Samir Imran and Bazeed.

Alongside boxing specialist Michel Chemin, the fourth act begins with a look at the aesthetic contribution to the sport by its all-time great, Muhammad Ali, as well as his relation to the continent of Africa; then it’s off to Lebanon’s Bekka Valley, where the exiled Syrian horticulturalist Salem Alazoak has planted new roots – and many organic roses.

The final act closes with the scent of an ancient story that billows from bubbling pots of couscous, where two different hues have long vied for the public taste: red sauce and white sauce. Which one to pick? The choice is yours.

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France / Maroc

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21x27,5cm

Weight

850g

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Premier Acte 

Le premier acte présente, lors d'un entretien croisé, Kamal Hachkar et Philippe Bellaïche, deux cinéastes engagés, qui dialoguent autour du documentaire, de leur rencontre et de cette part juive de l'identité marocaine ; le phénomène musical CHEB, qui fait glisser ses vers nus sur le carrelage d'un hammam chaâbi ; LA question : qu’est-ce qu’être Arabe ?

Deuxième Acte 

Dans ce deuxième acte, on converse avec l'architecte jordanienne Deema Assaf, qui fait pousser des forêts pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique ; et on plonge dans l'univers d'une communauté de skateurs marocains, sous l'objectif de Yassine Sellame

Troisième Acte 

Le troisième acte nous invite chez Carl Gerges, l'architecte et musicien libanais, pour un moment beau et sensoriel ; nous virevolte des souks de Marrakech au quartier du Guéliz, avec Eliot Leblanc-Hartmann qui, appareil photo au poing chargé de film argentique, capture le style d'Artsi Ifrach, le trublion de la mode ; et nous partage un extrait de bonnes feuilles de l'écrivain tunisien Yamen Manai

Quatrième Acte

Le quatrième acte nous embarque chez Fatima Al-Banawi, la femme, cinéaste et actrice saoudienne, pour faire l'éloge d'un amour universel ; puis fait ressurgir une mémoire oubliée du Paris des années 50, et de son Quartier Latin, ses ruelles, ses cafés et cabarets orientaux, où, au pied de la Sorbonne, avait essaimé la chanson magrébine moderne.

Cinquième Acte 

Au cinquième acte, on passe au crible les mille et une variantes du couscous, et on égraine les recettes au gré des terroirs et des cuisines.

 

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France / Maroc

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21x27,5cm

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850g

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