Welcome on MEDiakitab blog. This program aims at sharing information and ressources dedicated to reading and writing practices, from story telling to digital form, in the Euro-Mediterranean space.

MEDiakitab association, located in Marseille, is in charge of administrating the blog. Contents are a reflection of the activities, analysis and knowledge developped by the network members.

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Oran story telling festival : 10 years of meetings on the art of storytelling

Kan ya makan… words and stories to bewitch the city

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Oran storytelling festival was founded in 2006 by « the litle reader of Oran » and celebrate 10 years old in 2016. An opportunity to gather the main characters and to step back and think about the meaning and the future orientation.

A varied program : stories from here and there, in the old and new days

Every [...]

“Philip and Omar”, Egyptian children litterature dealing with friendship

Meeting and identity in a child book

 

Philip and Omar are two Egyptian boys who come from two different cities and live according to their own daily habits, but share similar daydreams. When they happen to meet each other around a sand castle we wonder whether it is for better or for worse… This beautiful book deals with [...]

Sharing cultural diversity

Dialogue with Arts and Heritage across Europe and Mediterranean

The 16th and the 17th of September 2010, the Cultural Mediation department of the University Marseille Provence holds in Marseille an international conference on experiences of both actors and Arts and Heritage cultural facilities. Libraries, art centers, museums, theatrical creation, as well as publishers and translators – currently in contact with increasingly diverse audiences – [...]