Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal also known as Festival du Monde Arabe (FMA) (in
English
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Arab World Festival of Montreal, in
Arabic
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مهرجان العالم العربي في مونتريال) is a major annual cultural festival in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada dedicated to the arts of the
Arab World
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. It was established in 2000 by Joseph Nakhlé and produced by ''"Alchimies, Créations et Cultures"'' and serves to develop a dialogue between Arab and Western cultures.
Diversified in its nature, it covers many forms of arts including
dance
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,
music
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,
theater
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, multidisciplinary
arts
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,
visual arts
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and medias.
Each year a major theme is chosen. Annual themes have included
#2000: ''Journées 2000''
#2001: ''Tentations''
#2002: ''Vous avez dit arabe?''
#2003: ''Dévoilée''
#2004: ''Razzias''
#2005: ''Harem''
#2006: ''Prophètes rebelles''
#2007: ''Espace Zéro''
#2008: ''Liaisons andalouses''
#2009: ''Mémoires croisées''
#2010: ''Arabitudes''
#2011: ''Charabia''
#2012: ''Utopia''
#2013: ''Tribales''
#2014: ''15 folies métèques''
#2015: ''Hilarus Delirus''
#2016: ''Aurores''
#2017: ''Les trois' saisons en quart de ton''
#2018: ''Chants de Mutants: Aux rives de Gibraltar''
#2019: ''Au midi du monde, 20 ans d'acrobaties''
#2020: ''Espace 01: Des univers à conquérir''
#2021: ''Entracte''
The festival also usually has four auxiliary sections: ''Arts de la scène'', ''Salon de la culture'', ''Cinéma'' et ''La Médina''
External links
FMA official website
Festivals in Montreal
Performing arts in Montreal
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