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“Khadija’s Journey,” by Tarik El Idrissi
June 20, 20187:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
Screening in Dutch and Riffian Berber (Tarifit), with subtitles in Spanish.
On the occasion of World Refugee Day (June 20), Casa Árabe is hosting a
screening of this film with a colloquium afterwards, arising from a
citizen initiative that took place through the Board for Refugees and
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Madrid’s district of Salamanca.
The colloquium will include the presence of Tarik el Idrissi, a filmmaker, and Ana Liria Franch, the former president of the UNHCR in Spain and a representative of the Board for Refugees and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Madrid’s district of Salamanca. The event will be presented by Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe’s International Politics Coordinator.
At the colloquium, we will discuss the situation of migrants within the contexts of both their host societies and their societies of origin, as well as the processes of settlement and alienation, and the construction of identity, which they all go through along their life paths.
Khadija’s Journey
Plot summary: Khadija, a woman whose parents come from the Rif mountain region, was born in Amsterdam and has never in 20 years returned to Benichikar, a small village near Melilla which her parents are from, and which she used to visit every summer. Something personal has kept her from going there all this time. After this lengthy absence, she returns to the village to come to terms with her past and her origins, but above all to find out more about her idol: her paternal grandmother, Mamma Allal, a strong, courageous woman feared by every man in town. Legend has it that she is still alive today.
Producer and director: Tarik El Idrissi
Script and original idea: Abdelkader Benali
Starring: Khadija Al Mourabit
Duration: 71 minutes
Year and country of production: Morocco, 2017
Event information sheet
At the colloquium, we will discuss the situation of migrants within the contexts of both their host societies and their societies of origin, as well as the processes of settlement and alienation, and the construction of identity, which they all go through along their life paths.
Khadija’s Journey
Plot summary: Khadija, a woman whose parents come from the Rif mountain region, was born in Amsterdam and has never in 20 years returned to Benichikar, a small village near Melilla which her parents are from, and which she used to visit every summer. Something personal has kept her from going there all this time. After this lengthy absence, she returns to the village to come to terms with her past and her origins, but above all to find out more about her idol: her paternal grandmother, Mamma Allal, a strong, courageous woman feared by every man in town. Legend has it that she is still alive today.
Producer and director: Tarik El Idrissi
Script and original idea: Abdelkader Benali
Starring: Khadija Al Mourabit
Duration: 71 minutes
Year and country of production: Morocco, 2017
Event information sheet
