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Guided tours of the exhibition “On Exodus and Wind: Spanish Exile in the Maghreb”

March 28, 2025The tours will begin at 4:00 p.m.; 5:00 p.m.; 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
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Casa Árabe exhibition halls (at Calle Alcalá, 62). The tours will begin at 4:00 p.m.; 5:00 p.m.; 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Free entry after registering.
In Spanish.

On Friday, March 28, we will be giving four guided tours of this exhibition, led by visual curator Juan Valbuena. Sign up and don’t miss your chance. The exhibition will be ending on Sunday, March 30.

Along with visual curator Juan Valbuena, discover the story of the thousands of people who had to leave Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War, finding refuge in the Maghreb region (which includes the former territories of colonial France, today’s Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco).

 It is a little known story of exile, told through images taken from 1939 to 1962, crossing through four emotions: fear, indignation, hope and resignation. 

Friday, March 28 

Find out more about the exhibition by watching this video


Guided tours of the exhibition “On Exodus and Wind: Spanish Exile in the Maghreb”
Sunday lunch in the Spanish quarter of Casablanca, Morocco (1956), archives of Segundo Costa.

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