Mission & Vision
One mission, a long-term horizon.
To preserve, document, digitize, promote and transmit Moroccan heritage in all its dimensions, and to make it accessible to present and future generations.
Our mission
To preserve, document, digitize, promote and transmit Moroccan heritage — written, oral, spiritual, intellectual, artistic, artisanal and living.
Three horizons
In Morocco
To become a recognized reference in the preservation, digitization, promotion and transmission of heritage: a serious, dignified and useful institution that builds bridges between heritage holders, families, zawiyas, researchers, libraries, universities, public institutions and new generations.
Internationally
To be a credible partner for major libraries, research centers, heritage institutions, universities, cultural foundations and international organizations working on Morocco, North Africa, the Islamic world, the Amazigh world, Mediterranean history and the diasporas.
In the long run
To offer a Moroccan — and, in time, pan-African — model of alliance between heritage, digital technology, research, transmission and cultural influence.
What guides us
Transmission
The Foundation exists first and foremost to transmit — to present and future generations.
Preservation
It is urgent to protect what is fragile, dispersed or under threat of disappearing.
Knowledge
Heritage must be documented, studied, understood and shared with rigor.
Moroccan identity
The Foundation is rooted in the historical, cultural, spiritual and civilizational depth of Morocco.
Responsibility between generations
We have a duty to receive, protect and pass on what has been handed down to us.
Dialogue of cultures
Moroccan identity was built through the meeting of many heritages: Arab, Islamic, Amazigh, Saharan-Hassani, Andalusi, African, Hebraic and Mediterranean.
And, running through them all: dignity — in the way we speak of heritage, families, holders and collective memory.
A long-term commitment
Heritage is not preserved in the urgency of short cycles: it requires constancy, rigor and a responsibility fully assumed towards the generations to come.
- Preservation and documentation of written, oral and living heritage
- Digitization and development of digital heritage tools
- Support for research and researchers
- Cultural and educational programs
- Festivals, events and outreach initiatives
- Institutional, academic and cultural partnerships
- Publications and the promotion of knowledge
The memory of Morocco is a shared responsibility.
Institutions, researchers, families, heritage holders, partners: the IRFAN Foundation welcomes your message.