The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art | Sephardic Heritage International (SHIN-DC)/Multicultural Jewish Arts Museum (MJAM) | Washington DC (DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities)
Presents:
MIMOUNA AT THE SMITHSONIAN
SHIN-DC’S 10TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF GOOD NEIGHBORS
Thursday, May 2, 6:30-9PM (ET)
FREE OF CHARGE
In Person at the National Museum of African Art, SW DC 20560
– Smithsonian Metro Station –
(Also Virtual Option)
Live Music | Art | Bazaar
Experience and Learn About Tantalizing
KOSHER MOROCCAN CUISINE/TRADITIONAL SWEETS
Join us for the special 🪬ten-year🪬 anniversary of DC’s official Mimouna hosted by SHIN-DC at/in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution.
Mimouna is a traditional Moroccan Jewish festival of good neighbors celebrated together with Muslims, when after Passover, doors of Moroccan-Jewish homes are left open and all are welcomed to enjoy singing, dancing, and traditional sweets.
Enjoy traditional foods and experience a new generation of Jewish and Muslim Moroccan artists, NOAM YEKUTIEL SIBONY (Gen Z, Toronto) and ISMAIL BOUZIDOUNE (Millennial, Washington), who will share a harmonious blend of music drawing from their collective Sephardic, Jewish, Gnawi, Muslim, and Mimouna heritages, as well as Gnawa, Andalusi, and Chaabi styles.
Chaabi music in Morocco comes from the Berber-speaking tribes of the Rif Mountains in the north, and true to its name meaning ‘of the people,’ is enjoyed by diverse Moroccans alike. Gnawa music originates with the Gnawi people in Morocco who have ancient roots in sub-Saharan Africa, while Andalusi music was originally developed in al-Andalus/Muslim Spain and is exemplified by traditional Sephardic-Moroccan Jewish music.
Visual artist Aziza Jamal who flew in from Morocco will create a painting at the event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of SHIN-DC’s Mimouna Festival of Good Neighbors.
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Questions? Email info at shindc dot org.
Last year, over 1,400 people joined us for DC’s Mimouna Festival of Good Neighbors hosted by SHIN-DC. We were also graced with the attendance of Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Antisemitism, and dignitaries from various Embassies and the community.
PRESS – JTA, Times of Israel, and Arutz Sheva: Because of Sephardic Heritage International SHIN-DC’s hard work, DC declared an official Mimouna day to celebrate the end of Passover.
THE DISTRICT’S OFFICIAL MIMOUNA
MIMOUNA 2024 RAFFLES
ENTER THE GENERAL RAFFLE
$10 for 1 ticket; or $15 per 2 tix
TO WIN:
(1) Stella Hanan Cohen’s book STELLA’S SEPHARDIC TABLE: JEWISH FAMILY RECIPES FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF RHODES, signed and inscribed by the author (cost $50 in the MJAM Gift Shop).
Winner of 5 international awards, this spectacular cookbook not only opens up a vibrant world of delicious Sephardic cuisine and the Judeo-Spanish language but also documents the journey of Jews from the island of Rhodes off the coast of Turkey to Southern Rhodesia and the Belgian Congo, as well as the tragic fate of those remaining on the island during the Holocaust.
(2) Hand-made and hand-painted TAGINE CLAY POT made in Morocco (cost $50); or
(3) A $50 gift certificate for Holy Chow kosher Chinese restaurant in Silver Spring, MD; or
(4) 2 bottles of Askalon Arak (anise liquor). You must be 21+ years old to win this prize.
ENTER THE ARTS RAFFLE
$100 for 1 ticket; or $150 per 2 Tix
TO WIN:
Visionary Moroccan artist Aziza Jamal will create twin paintings inspired by the themes of Mimouna to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of DC’s Official Mimouna. One of the twins will become part of the Multicultural Jewish Arts Museum collection and you have the opportunity to win the second twin and have MJAM’s painting associated with your name. If that raffle does not generate at least $500, then there will be no winner.
Sponsors:
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities | Lilly Endowment
Community Partners:
JxJ Washington Jewish Film and Music Festival (May 9-19); Theater J;
Washington Moroccan American Club
Raffle Sponsors: Holy Chow Restaurant; Sephardic Heritage International
VIDEO OF MIMOUNA 2023: