INVISIBLE BORDERS

In Morocco, there are borders that are drawn on no map. Silent, they trace invisible lines that divide, categorize, and remind everyone where they come from—and how far they can go.

These borders, woven into daily life, hide in an accent, a surname, a neighborhood, a family history. They Weld men nta ? Mnin Nta? Fach khdam?” (Who is your father? Where are you from? What’s your Job?). These markers open or close doors long before we even knock.

They also lurk behind money, education, and connections. Some are born on the right side of the line; others must force open locked doors every day.

This year, Bayt Al Fenn invites artists to explore these invisible yet very real borders—to draw them, question them, break them. How can language be both a weapon and a refuge? Why do a name or an origin so often determine destiny? What if, finally, we imagined a country without these towering, invisible walls?