“Basmat al-Tourath”, the first animated series dedicated to Moroccan heritage
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress-Rabat-Communique
The historian Nabil Mouline, in collaboration with the popularizer Digital Mustapha El Fekkak, aka “Swinga”, recently launched “Basmat al-Tourath” (the heritage imprint), the very first animated series devoted to the material and immaterial heritage of Morocco.
The idea behind “Basmat al-Tourath” stems from the vision of Nabil Mouline, researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), in the sense that it is a question of “making history a living story, accessible to all, far from closed academic circles and frozen textbooks”.
In order to give this project all its magnitude, Professor Mouline has teamed up with Mustapha El Fekkak, alias “Swinga”, one of the most influential popularizers in the Moroccan digital world, to “design a format combining scientific rigor and narrative power, so that each episode offers real immersive experience”.
The episodes of “Basmat al-Tourath”, broadcast every Friday evening of the month of Ramadan on YouTube, explore various fundamental aspects of Moroccan heritage. The first episode of the series was devoted to Tinmel, a village in the High Atlas, “religious, intellectual and military home that has changed regional history”, which played an essential role in the formation of the Almohade dynasty.
The next three episodes will tackle equally fascinating subjects with a theme “voluntarily kept secret in order to maintain the suspense and impatience of the public”, in order to make this series “an essential cultural event, a moment of discovery and reflection shared by Moroccans, wherever they are”.
According to its designers, “Basmat al-Tourath” arouses such a craze, because it “is not limited to telling the past, it highlights it as a precious heritage, an essential element of the collective identity to preserve and transmit”.
The animated series also contributes to influence beyond the borders of Moroccan heritage, a true vector of cultural influence.
It is thus an “approach of transmission and awareness, a commitment in favor of a living and shared history”, inviting to see the past “not as a frozen memory, but as a source of inspiration to build the future”.
