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Portrait of Jamel Debbouze

Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Jamel Debbouze

The French comic with roots in Taza brought a comedy festival to Marrakech.

  • From: France
  • Known as: actor, tv
  • Their tie: moroccan roots, keeps coming back
  • When: 2011–2022

The story

Jamel Debbouze's family comes from Taza, and as a baby he lived in Morocco for a while. In 2011 he created the Marrakech du Rire, a yearly comedy festival that ran until its 10th edition in 2022 and gave stage time to young comics from Morocco and abroad.

Marrakech du rire 2022 - Spectacle complet présenté par Jamel Debbouze · Marrakech du rire on YouTube. It loads only when you tap.

Where in Morocco

  • Marrakech: founded the Marrakech du Rire festival
  • Taza: his family's home town
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamel_Debbouze
  2. fr.hespress.com/259098-259098.html

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