Gala dinner

on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the
 International Progress Organization

La Maison Arabe, La Tour Hassan Palace, Rabat, 4 June 2022

La Maison Arabe
Hans Köchler, host of the I.P.O. dinner at La Tour Hassan Palace

Hans Köchler, center, with dinner guests in front of La Maison Arabe, hotel La Tour Hassan Palace, Rabat.

From left: Mr. Driss Hani, International Association for Experts and Political Analysis (APA); Dr. Jamal Eddine El Hani, Dean, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, Université Mohammed V de Rabat; Dr. Hamid Lechhab, President, Association des Marocains dans les pays germanophones; Ms. Ghada Senhaji, essayist and journalist; Dr. Hans Köchler, President, International Progress Organization, Austria; Mr. Ahmed Marradi, Director, Edition Dar Attaouhidi, Rabat.

Hans Köchler, right, and Ms. Nouzha Skalli, former Minister of Solidarity, Women and Social Development (Morocco).

Hans Köchler, center, with Mr. Yassin Adnan, Moroccan poet and brodcaster, author of the novel "Hot Maroc" and host of the TV show "Bait Yassin" (Yassin's House); left: Mrs. Yassin Adnan.

Hans Köchler, left, receives Dr. Hanae al-Bawab, Director of Khotout wa dilal Publishing House (Jordan).

Hans Köchler, left, and Mr. Mahtat Rakas, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Bayane newspaper.

Hans Köchler delivers commemorative speech at gala dinner at La Maison Arabe. From left: Mr. Yassin Adnan, author, host of the TV talk show "The House of Adnan" (Cairo); Prof. Jamal El Din El Hani, Dean, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, University Mohammed V in Rabat; Dr. Mohamed Jalid, journalist and translator, Akhbar al-Youm; Mr. Ahmed Marradi, Director of Dar Attaouhidi Publishing, Rabat; Mr. Jaber Abu Faries, President of the Jordanian Publishers Union; Ms. Ghada Senhaji, essayist and journalist; Dr. Hanae El Bawab, Director of Khotout wa dilal Publishing House, Amman.

Hans Köchler delivers commemorative speech at gala dinner at La Maison Arabe. Seated at table: H.E. Ms. Nouzha Skalli, former Minister of Social Affairs of Morocco, center and H.E. Ms. Ghadawi Sarawi, Deputy Ambassador of the State of Palestine.

Hans Köchler with Ms. Zineb Markaz
Exclusive interview for the weekly newspaper Al-Ayam, prior to gala dinner at Tour Hassan Palace, 4 June 2022