Ben m'sik community museum
The Ben M’sik Community Museum (BMCM) is a burgeoning museum housed at Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ben M’sik, Casablanca, Morocco, located at the heart of the diverse Ben M’sik neighborhood of Casablanca. The decision to create the Ben M’sik Community Museum is an indication of its commitment to establish deeper contacts with the community it serves. The BMCM’s mission supports the University’s own mission of increasing the number of interactions with partners belonging to its socio-economic environment.
Ben M’sik is the largest, poorest, and most densely populated of Casablanca’s six districts. It has long been considered a “holding room” for successive waves of migrants-most recently from the drought-stricken Chaouia and Doukala regions of Morocco. The cultural and ethnic diversity of this neighborhood, where such differences are echoed in the Arabic and Amazigh languages spoken by its residents, underscores the need for a shared space of representation that is simultaneously a gathering place where different voices and views might be understood. Since the 1980s, the local government has recognized the needs of this vast and complex community and has worked to improve social conditions by establishing cultural and social institutions in the area.
The museum displays a collection of artifacts, old kitchen utensils, old instruments for weaving traditional clothes and carpets, traditional musical instruments and photographs.
OUR MISSION
To preserve memory by interpreting, exhibiting, and promoting the stories of the diverse populations of the neighborhood and its region.
OUR STAFF

Dr. Abdelkader GONEGAI
Dean of Faculty of Letters and Humanities Ben M'sik
Cultural Actor and Manager

Dr. Samir EL AZHAR
Director of the Ben M'sik Community Museum

Dr. Mohamed Amine MOUMINE
Cultural Consultant

Dr. Abdelmajid BOUZIANE
Project and technical Consultant
teamS
2020 - 2021
Lamyae Akrache - Hanaa Loumi - Nouhaila Rida - Hanane Barrani - Kawtar Mekkaoui -Aniss Naaim - Zakaria Zita
2018 - 2019
Hasnaa Ouadi - Amine Marrhane - Chaimaa Zamoum - Ounsy Asmae - Brahim Bourja - Ibtissame fettah - Yassmine Harrat
2016
Ghizlane Barakat - Ouafae Alami - Brahim Bourja - Benhamida Mohamed - Hassania El Marihi - Ismail Aitkadi - Itab Aboulmaaly - Amhil Ismail - Hamza Ait Ami - Youssef Bahami - Lahsen Ait Lalla - Hajar Abidar - Mouna Bissatan - Salima Abouelfadili - Chaimae Atchane - Fadile Zahra Adile - Salwa Bouaouiss - Fatima Zahra Bouyra - Itab Aboulmaaly - Oussama Ghafil - Moad Bamoula - Bissakan Mouna
2014
Youssef Idrissi Khaldi - Hamza khadiri - Amal Fouzi - Imane Essaouaf - Siham El Merniss - Mohamed en mojihi - Zineb Idaoumessaoud - Morad Hssane - Mohammed El Khatab - Anas El Kachkachy - Abdelghani Hnida - Soufiane Erratby - Gamrou Loubna - Zineb Hidor - Sara Essaadaoui - Soukaina Esslai - Sara Elbarouji - Wafae El mekkaoui - Zineb Haouss - Chaimae gourai - Mariem jamal - Khawla gojem - Iman El Mallem El Meredi - Kamal Fraid - Ismail Ijioui - Fandi Zouhair - El yazali Najlaa - Doaa Soussi Ben Jamaa - Anass Khabazz - Ibtissam Khriss - Hind El Maaroufy - Abelghani illan - Hassna Enakhly - Aicha Hachoum - Fatima Zahra Farchoukhi - Sara Harmaz - Imadi Imane - Soumia Errohmi - Sarra Essaadaoui
2011 - 2013
Zineb Arezdi - Ismael Ait Barka - Meryem Bassi - Khadija Berraz - Ismail Chaki - Sohaib El Hajili - Imane Hafidi - Houda Karamallah - Karim Krouk - Zineb Loutfi - Ghita Merzougi - Assia Ousa - Sara Rachidi - Soukaina Rechkaoui - Mohamed Sadiki - Khadija Sadouk - Youssef Sourgo - Mohamed Wardi - Soumia Zahouani - Chaimaa Zamat
2010 - 2011
Chaimaa Zamat - Imane Hafidi - Zineb Loutfi - Youssef Sourgou - Soumia Zahouani - Mohamed Sadiki - Mohamed Wardi - Khadija Sadouk - Khadija Berraz - Ismail Chaki - Meryem Bassi - Ghita Merzougi - Hanane Aboulahmame - Houda Karamallah - Karim Krouk - Mohamed Ait Massoud - Zineb Arezdi - Soukaina Rechkaoui
2009 - 2010
Youssef Fdilat - Mohamed Saidi - Zakaria Karami - Abdellah Khettabi - Asmaa Filali - Asmaa Abadi - Hanane Kachekache - Fouzia Rebouh - Nadra Jaafari - Loubna Miftah - Nabil Sereddine - Wafaa Afkir - Mohamed Alami - Aziz Mouzoumi - Zineb Fenan - Dalal Gherbaoui - Zineb Ait boulmanzil - Ilham Tissouarine - Hakima Tanjaoui - Imane Faik - Imane Atta - Hasna Benadra - Bahija Anrhanri - Sabbar Khadija
Testimonials

Dr. Lisa Roberts
Principal and Museum Consultant, Chicago
The United States of America
Dr. Lisa Roberts
Principal and Museum Consultant, Chicago
The United States of America


Dr. Catherine Lewis
Assistant Vice President of Museums, Archives & Rare Books, Kennesaw State University
The United States of America
Dr. Catherine Lewis
Assistant Vice President of Museums, Archives & Rare Books, Kennesaw State University
The United States of America


Dr. James A. Miller
retired Executive Director of the Moroccan American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE)
The United States of America
Dr. James A. Miller
retired Executive Director of the Moroccan American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE)
The United States of America


Dr. Katarzyna Pieprzak
Author of Imagined Museums: Art and Modernity in Postcolonial Morocco
Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Williams College, Massachusetts
The United States of America
Dr. Katarzyna Pieprzak
Author of Imagined Museums: Art and Modernity in Postcolonial Morocco
Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Williams College, Massachusetts
The United States of America


Mr. Belghazi Mohammed Abdelilah
Founder and Director of Dar Belghazi Museums and Expert in the Moroccan ethnographic art
Morocco
Mr. Belghazi Mohammed Abdelilah
Founder and Director of Dar Belghazi Museums and Expert in the Moroccan ethnographic art
Morocco
