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\nCaf\u00e9 in Cairo. Photo by Patrick Donovan<\/i><\/p>\n

WHAT?<\/b> Discussion, in French, on Arab caf\u00e9s in Montreal and North Africa
\nWHEN?<\/b> 6pm, Sunday, November 4th
\nWHERE?<\/b> The Ges\u00f9, 1200 Bleury St.<\/a>, near Ste. Catherine
\nHOW MUCH?<\/b> Free!<\/p>\n

I’ve always been fascinated by caf\u00e9s and the unique social setting they offer. Even though they are, technically speaking, private spaces, they are nonetheless places of public interaction, in some ways extensions of the street, the neighbourhood and the city as a whole. This is especially true in the case of Arab caf\u00e9s, which are part of a rich tradition rooted in North Africa and the Middle East and, in recent decades, transplanted to Montreal.<\/p>\n

The socio-cultural dynamic of those caf\u00e9s will be the subject of “Caf\u00e9s, de Beyrouth \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al<\/a>,” a discussion this Sunday, hosted by the poet Joseph Issaoui and the journalist, novelist and political scientist Mohamed Ourya, as part of the eighth edition of the Festival du monde arabe de Montr\u00e9al. <\/p>\n

Last month, Marie Lambert-Chan wrote anice preview of the discussion<\/a> in Le Devoir. Looking at the caf\u00e9s in Montreal’s Little Maghreb neighbourhood, which is centred along Jean Talon St. between St. Michel and Pie IX, she finds that they are “cultural refuges” for immigrant men from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.<\/p>\n

“Allez visiter le Petit Maghreb sur la rue Jean-Talon, entre les boulevards Pie-IX et Saint-Michel,” she quotes Ourya as saying. “\u00c0 quelques diff\u00e9rences pr\u00e8s, vous y retrouverez le m\u00eame comptoir, les m\u00eames tables, la m\u00eame ambiance maghr\u00e9bine qui nous fait sentir chez soi. La t\u00e9l\u00e9vision dans le coin du caf\u00e9 diffuse toujours un match de football. On y d\u00e9guste un caf\u00e9 en jouant aux cartes ou aux dominos. Et \u00e9videmment, on parle de choses et d’autres.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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