Slam artist
Ihssane Almou
Ihssane Almou is an urban planning student and passionate slam artist based in Rabat. As a multidisciplinary artist, she explores themes such as social issues, politics, identity, and universal questions, with a strong focus on the complexities of human experience. Through her stage performances, she aims to inspire and connect with audiences on a profound level.
Driven by her belief in art’s transformative power, she co-founded the “Urban Culture Festival” in Rabat, a dynamic platform celebrating artistic diversity and promoting urban dialogue. Her powerful performances earned recognition in the 2024 national SLAM DUNK competition. She is also the songwriter of “Unity,” which received the special prize in the international competition Your Song for One World by Engagement Global in 2023.
A slam text highlighting society’s contradictory expectations of men’s and women’s roles and how traditions force them to conform to what is socially accepted. These pressures create identity dilemmas, trapping individuals in a cycle of questioning their “real selves” and sacrificing freedom for obedience. Drawing from personal experience, she interprets how these pressures fuel inner rage, driving individuals to rebel against norms and reclaim their true identities. The real self is bound by nothing, and once freedom is in the mind, rebellion occurs, breaking the chains.