I presented my paper at Hassan II University of Casablanca on how the waterfront comes in the form of corniches, beaches, promenades, and quays, and why they are where Mediterranean cities stage their most charged rituals of civic life. The basin of memory sheds light on why littoral spaces act as a projection that crystalizes identity, belonging, nostalgia, and crisis through inhabitants, the state, and visitors.
The presentation was part of the workshop “Urban Conflict and Conviviality around the Mediterranean: Exploring Entanglements, Encounters and Transformations around a Contested Sea”
27-28 November 2025
