In a time of growing fear of the Otherness and so often of the other's religion, this photographic exhibition proposes to take a different look at the interreligious interactions around the Mediterranean, where the many branches of the three monotheisms - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - are often intertwined.

Inviting everyone to step aside from their representations, the exhibition is presented as a pilgrimage in images around a circular Mediterranean, moving from one holy place to another. The faces of men and women, the rites and places of pilgrimage that resonate silently with each other, sometimes thousands of kilometers away, are discovered entangled.

The objective is to inform the phenomenon of the frequentation of the same sanctuaries by faithful of different religions. Little known in Western Europe, these crossings are, however, much more common in the so-called "Eastern" countries, from Morocco to the Middle East. This is also the case in the Balkans, which were durably marked by the imprint of the Ottoman Empire, one of whose characteristics was to guarantee freedom of worship to religious minorities.

The photo and video exhibition “Prier dans le lieu de l’Autre” (Praying in the place of the Other in French) has been traveling in Morocco since 2022. Until now, it has been presented at:

• the Maison Denise Masson (DMM) and the French Institute of Marrakesh, May 11 - November 5, 2022

• the Complexe Culturel El Kadiri and the French Institute of El-Jadida, February 1-27, 2023

• the French Institute of Casablanca, March 13- April 30, 2023

• The Gallery of Bordj Bab Marrakech and the French Institute of Essaouira, November 24 -December 24, 2023

The exhibition was accompanied by a series of conferences by the curator and photographer on May 9, 2022, in Marrakesh; on Feb. 16, 2023, in El Jadida; on March 15, 2023, in Casablanca; on Dec. 1, 2023 in Essaouira.

Courrier de l’Atlas: March 9, 2023

Femmes du Maroc : ‘Prier dans le lieu de l’autre’, un pèlerinage photographique en méditerranée , July 28, 2022