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Mawazine Festival

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Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
Mawazine Festival
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Rabat, Morocco

Mawazine is a music festival held annually in Rabat, Morocco, featuring many international and local music artists. The festival is presided over by Mounir Majidi, the personal secretary of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI and founder and president of Maroc Culture, the cultural foundation that organizes Mawazine and other events.The 2013 festival was attended by an estimated 2.5 million people, making Mawazine the largest festival in the world after Donauinselfest in Vienna. With 90 acts on 7 stages it has the highest ratio of attendees per stage in the world.Mawazine is one of several events which are intended to promote an image of Morocco as a tolerant nation, and a post on the event's website declares that the goal of the festival is to promote Rabat as a city open to the world. It has nonetheless sparked controversy, and some Moroccan politicians have criticised the event for encouraging immoral behaviour, as well as critiquing its purported financing by Moroccan state-owned companies or private companies whose only client is the Moroccan state.Artists such as Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart, Charles Aznavour, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Ricky Martin, Pharrell Williams, Iggy Azalea, Wiz Khalifa, Pitbull, Kanye West, Scorpions, La Fouine, Maître Gims, Damso, Booba, French Montana, Usher, Avicii, Akon, David Guetta, DJ Snake, Hardwell, Placebo, The Chainsmokers, Maroon 5, The Jacksons, Sugababes, Chic, Evanescence, Chris Brown, Luis Fonsi, Bruno Mars, Nick Jonas, Stromae, Jason Derulo, Juanes, Lenny Kravitz, The Weeknd, Kylie Minogue, Demi Lovato, Ellie Goulding, Sting, Julio Iglesias, Ennio Morricone, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant, Cat Stevens, B.B. King, Susana Baca, Carlos Santana, Lenny Kravitz, Elton John and Deep Purple have performed at Mawazine.
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