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20260926 063000 UTC
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[00:00:06] of God
[00:00:27] And finally, we reached our goal after a great effort.
[00:00:31] We are now at the top of Jabal Ayashi.
[00:00:48] The scene of the natural landscapes extending in front of us from above
[00:00:51] was huge
[00:00:52] and astonishing.
[00:00:57] Awesome, uninterrupted except by the blowing wind
[00:01:00] and the beating of tired hearts.
[00:01:02] From
[00:01:06] this unique geography, the splendor of Midelt's nature
[00:01:10] and its cultural heritage inherited through
[00:01:13] the ages is revealed. The region's immense potential
[00:01:17] will surely make tourists from all over the world flock
[00:01:21] to this Moroccan margin to experience such
[00:01:24] unique experiences, if serious revenues were available
[00:01:28] to invest in the region's capabilities.
[00:01:54] what a museum is and what to discover in
[00:02:00] In everything, so that we can achieve this tourism
[00:02:03] development, we must design
[00:02:05] and economic role here in hotel unit plans at the rural level
[00:02:08] that will be built in the region
[00:02:11] and develop appropriate tourist
[00:02:14] routes. For example, the region of
[00:02:18] Ait Ayash is a region with enormous potential
[00:02:21] and there are paths
[00:02:24] allow the visitor to learn about to establish
[00:02:25] it refers to the period of the protectorate in a complete tourist circuit around Jabal
[00:02:28] Ayash East.
[00:02:30] We are currently working on a large project concerning the geological
[00:02:33] park of Jabal Ayash East and we
[00:02:37] are making good progress in this project, which
[00:02:41] UNESCO will recognize starting next
[00:02:44] year. We have developed a complete map of the tourist
[00:02:48] routes that will breathe new life into
[00:02:51] tourism in the Midelt
[00:02:52] region.
[00:02:56] In our hands, a colorful mosaic of astonishing
[00:03:00] discoveries.
[00:03:01] that never sleeps. Among its beads, Mount Ayash stands proudly, gazing at
[00:03:04] the horizon, watching
[00:03:08] to lead you out the ends of the earth around it as if it were an eternal guardian who devoted himself to tending
[00:03:12] to its stars and protecting its depths, star by star,
[00:03:15] depth by depth.
[00:03:19] In the presence of this giant mountain, Midelt
[00:03:21] smiles and continues to smile, so the dark
[00:03:25] nights around it lose their darkness, and hope
[00:03:28] sighs. Then a bright star
[00:03:32] slowly descends from the sky, dispelling the darkness of this quarter
[00:03:36] anew. In the Midelt region,
[00:03:39] for every misfortune, there is relief that comes, even after a while, and every
[00:03:44] one that night is followed by a morning in the esteemed and
[00:03:47] patient Midelt. Her determination does not waver despite all
[00:03:51] obstacles, from the mining crisis to apple
[00:03:54] farming to the sudden drought crisis.
[00:03:57] limit ourselves, for example, to This generous land has endured and continues to endure every hardship.
[00:04:01] It has tasted the bitterness of difficulties and extracted
[00:04:04] display a collection of sustenance from the depths of despair with determination and resilience.
[00:04:08] And
[00:04:11] those were fragments of
[00:04:13] Carl Fink, this Midelt's story, the present of the wilderness,
[00:04:16] steadfast in spirit in the presence of the kind
[00:04:19] and generous Atlas mountains.
[00:04:20] With
[00:04:38] here in the museum that indicates this
[00:04:42] After that, this
[00:05:10] this space,
[00:05:59] all its grandeur, splendor and elegance,
[00:06:01] Villa Karfink stands
[00:06:05] in the heart of Mers Sultan district in the city of Casablanca.
[00:06:07] A unique museum
[00:06:10] with its
[00:06:15] classical character, it evokes comfort and tranquility,
[00:06:17] and suggests that time has stopped here,
[00:06:20] and that the hustle and bustle of the city
[00:06:23] of Casablanca have not diminished the place.
[00:06:57] So Villa Karfink, as
[00:06:59] indicated by its name,
[00:07:03] its construction dates back to its founder,
[00:07:06] Carl Fink, a German
[00:07:09] merchant who played several roles here in
[00:07:13] the city of Casablanca, in addition to his commercial
[00:07:18] Morocco. He also had political roles
[00:07:21] due to his closeness to the German authorities. Here we are talking
[00:07:24] specifically about the beginning of the 20th
[00:07:28] century, the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th
[00:07:31] century,
[00:07:34] and as
[00:07:37] Morocco and also the period of colonialism
[00:07:41] by the French authorities. So, as I said,
[00:07:44] his roles multiplied. He gave permission for construction in
[00:07:48] 1912 to 1913. So the construction
[00:07:52] of the villa took a whole year.
[00:07:54] Unfortunately, he was not able to live in it for more
[00:07:58] than two years. He was executed
[00:08:00] in 1915 by the French
[00:08:04] authorities on charges of espionage
[00:08:08] and spying for the German authorities.
[00:08:11] And as you know,
[00:08:51] Villa Karfink, as its name suggests,
[00:08:54] is a place that witnessed for several years
[00:08:57] events that changed its function
[00:09:00] more than once.
[00:09:19] Of course, after 1915, upon
[00:09:22] the death of the German merchant
[00:09:26] space
[00:09:28] took on several functions.
[00:09:32] The first was that it became a detention center for
[00:09:35] German citizens here in the city of Casablanca.
[00:09:38] Later, it would move
[00:09:42] to a it would play the role
[00:09:45] of a hospital for children, and we have evidence
[00:09:50] mission that it carried out for a period.
[00:09:55] space would become an annex of the Bacar
[00:09:59] preparatory school, which still exists to
[00:10:01] this day. Then the National Museum Foundation
[00:10:05] will take over this space to become
[00:10:07] a museum space starting in
[00:10:10] February 2025.
[00:10:12] 2025.
[00:10:15] Before that, of course, there were a lot of restoration works
[00:10:19] and restructuring of
[00:10:22] because when it passed through
[00:10:26] multiple stages,
[00:10:28] between periods, it was subject
[00:10:31] to abandonment, etc. It was an abandoned
[00:10:34] place, so it needed restoration
[00:10:38] works to become
[00:10:40] a museum institution.
[00:10:55] Villa Karfink in Casablanca has undergone
[00:10:58] various transformations that the city has witnessed,
[00:11:01] by linking the past to the present
[00:11:04] and recalling the events, personalities,
[00:11:07] and influential elements that contributed to the founding
[00:11:11] of a city the size of the economic capital
[00:11:14] of the Moroccan
[00:11:15] Kingdom.
[00:11:40] This is a beautiful opportunity for us to visit the museum in Casablanca. There are other museums,
[00:11:43] but this one is special because it was an isolated place
[00:11:47] and we never knew what it was, so we benefit now from having a museum with the
[00:11:51] history of Casablanca. When we grow up there, we want to
[00:11:54] know where it came from, where it's going. So it's something
[00:11:56] beautiful and what is displayed there is for our
[00:12:00] culture and for our children, it is something beautiful that we can be proud of.
[00:12:04] If you brought your children, this is an opportunity to have
[00:12:07] something tangible to show them, so they know the history, where
[00:12:10] they came from, and where they are growing up.
[00:12:13] I encourage schools to bring children on trips to learn
[00:12:19] a museum. There is a lot of information, and the pictures here
[00:12:22] are very expressive about the history of Casablanca, where it was and how it changed,
[00:12:26] and the historical figures as well. So it's something, well, bravo to them.
[00:12:58] The museum presents permanent and temporary
[00:13:02] exhibitions about the city and its history and displays its collective
[00:13:06] memory, highlighting the evolution of various
[00:13:09] paths and economic and cultural aspects,
[00:13:13] and even the sports aspects of Casablanca.
[00:13:17] As for
[00:13:24] Villa Karfink, the Museum of Casablanca's Memory,
[00:13:27] it relies on two types
[00:13:30] of exhibitions: the permanent exhibition
[00:13:33] and the temporary exhibition. The permanent exhibition
[00:13:37] covers the history
[00:13:40] and memory of Casablanca, which we describe
[00:13:43] as a diverse and very
[00:13:46] complex memory. Moroccans and people who know
[00:13:49] Casablanca know that it has an artistic memory, a sports
[00:13:53] memory, and an economic
[00:13:56] memory. So we address these memories
[00:14:00] through the exhibition and we also highlight the specificity of Casablanca.
[00:14:04] We adopted a type
[00:14:06] of exhibition called a hybrid exhibition. It is
[00:14:10] diverse and relies on many
[00:14:14] themes and relies on many
[00:14:17] types of exhibits.
[00:14:19] That is, we do not
[00:14:22] tools and artifacts,
[00:14:26] but we also
[00:14:29] photographs. We have
[00:14:33] architectural pieces that were extracted when
[00:14:37] renovation and restructuring
[00:14:40] works were taking place
[00:14:43] here. We have models
[00:14:46] of what we call buildings
[00:14:48] and neighborhoods
[00:14:51] that Casablanca was famous for, and which
[00:14:55] symbolize, let's say, the origin of
[00:14:58] that architectural renaissance
[00:15:01] in Casablanca. We also have
[00:15:04] paintings by artists
[00:15:07] who lived in Casablanca, whose paths were
[00:15:10] influenced by this city
[00:15:14] and affected them, in addition
[00:15:17] to original elements of the building.
[00:15:21] We have adopted them to be part of the exhibition.
[00:15:47] In an engaging and attractive
[00:15:50] narrative style, this museum
[00:15:53] space presents its content and theme,
[00:15:57] relying on a timeline that reviews events and presents
[00:16:00] them in a sequential
[00:16:18] manner. The timeline, as I said, is like, as we say,
[00:16:21] a guide for the visitor so that
[00:16:24] they can learn history
[00:16:28] in a smooth and simple way.
[00:16:31] That is, they will know what are the most important historical milestones that Casablanca
[00:16:34] has gone through without, as I said, entering into the complex memory.
[00:16:51] When Casablanca was called Anfa, we also talk
[00:16:55] about the passage of the Almoravids here at the site of
[00:16:59] Anfa. We talk about Cité Portugaise,
[00:17:01] meaning the Portuguese Citadel.
[00:17:05] Later, we talk about Sultan Sidi Mohammed bin Abd
[00:17:08] Allah, who would initiate and carry out
[00:17:11] a defensive renaissance for Casablanca,
[00:17:15] and consequently, an architectural renaissance, and Casablanca would be called
[00:17:19] Dar Al-Beida (White House). So
[00:17:22] before that, we were only talking about Anfa,
[00:17:26] and then, of course, we talk about the periods of the protectorate
[00:17:29] and the beginning of the construction of Casablanca
[00:17:33] and the architectural and engineering renaissance that the city witnessed, and from where
[00:17:37] an architectural and engineering
[00:17:41] and demographic
[00:17:44] renaissance, and we talk about intellectual
[00:17:47] and cultural
[00:17:49] and theatrical and sports
[00:17:53] renaissance as well. And you will discover this in our permanent
[00:17:56] exhibition. So all these elements
[00:18:01] their history in a simple and concise
[00:18:04] way.
[00:18:19] Villa Karfink, over decades, has undergone
[00:18:22] successive renovations and repairs that took into
[00:18:26] account the preservation of the original
[00:18:29] architecture of the place, and it is now
[00:18:33] a vibrant museum that narrates the chapters of the history of Casablanca.
[00:18:36] The city
[00:21:49] And suffice it