THE POETRY OF TOGETHERNESS – THE POWER OF AN OPEN HOME: by Driss Alaoui Mdaghri, Morocco

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“My home is in me, inside me. And it is open to whoever wants to come and visit.”

“Everywhere I lived, my home was open.” For Driss Alaoui Mdaghri, Morocco’s polymath, former cabinet minister, leading educator, painter and poet, life is poetry – the poetry  of togetherness.  In his home in Casablanca, he hosts the “Come to my Home” Festival that he initiated – a festival that brings together local and global artists and cultural innovators to co-create the future. Indeed, his life’s mantra is co-creation: doing things together, for the benefit of all. For Alaoui Mdaghri, who also served as president of Morocco’s most prestigious business school, education holds a vital key: “When you are in the business of education, you need to make sure, that students learn that the most important is to do things for others… One should be moved by the…