Next event · Reading club · November session
Tuesday 3 November7 pm
The Forty Rules of Love
Elif Shafak
- Led by
- Said Abaron
- Entry
- Free. Bring your own passages.
Dar Saïda, a literary café in Marrakech
Literary café · Cultural centre · Marrakech · since 2016
97 rue Tensift, Semlalia
The caféالمقهى
You walk straight into the café. The library shelves are in the room: you read at your table and stay as long as you need.
The menu
Prices in dirhams- Espresso23
- Cappuccino25
- Moroccan tea25
- House iced tea23
- Seasonal juice30
On the café wall
Lines by Saïda Menebhi are painted on the wall behind the counter. Three passages, as they appear in the collection.
Je rêve d'avoir des ailes / comme un moineau / pour traverser les cieux
Et jamais, jamais / dans nos yeux ils ne verront la crainte
mère, tu m'as enfantée / mère, ma patrie aussi
The libraryالمكتبة
In French, counted by hand on 24 August 2026. The Arabic books form a separate library, not yet listed online. Everything is read on site.
On the shelvesbell hooksFatema Mernissi
Assia DjebarAsma Lamrabet
Mona EltahawySophie BessisAngela Davis
Driss ChraïbiSimone de BeauvoirAbdellatif Laâbi
The study roomقاعة الدراسة
60seats
20dh
per half day
A half-day: 8 am – 1 pm, 1 pm – 6 pm, or 7 pm – 10 pm. With a coffee or a tea, 10 dirhams more. Elsewhere in the house, it is the café menu.
The staircase
The conference roomقاعة المحاضرات
- seats
- 60
- sound
- Bose
- projector
- BenQ
Seminars, training sessions, general assemblies.
The room is hired by the slot or by the day. This rental pays for Dar Saïda's free talks.
Prices
dh- Morning 8 am – 1 pm700
- Afternoon 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm700
- Evening 6 pm – 10 pm700
- Full day1,400
The price is for the space alone, with no services. Anything else, mention it in your message.
The roof terraceالسطح
At the top of the house: a terrace, a pergola and a covered room.
Saïda Menebhiسعيدة المنبهي
1952 – 1977
Poet, English teacher, activist in the UNEM, the UMT and Ilal Amam. Arrested in January 1976, tortured at Derb Moulay Chérif, sentenced to seven years in prison.
She died on 11 December 1977, aged 25, after a 34-day hunger strike.
The house bears her name. Her portrait hangs in the lounge.
« ils n'ont laissé que mon sourire
car ils ne pouvaient me l'arracher »
What's onالبرنامج
The cultural season opened on 1 October 2026.
The clubs
- Reading clubنادي القراءةFirst Tuesday of the month · Free, no sign-up
- Film clubنادي السينماAs programmed · Free, no sign-up
- Saïda Menebhi writing club, for womenOpening soon
Hosted every week
- Andalusian music clubنادي الموسيقى الأندلسيةEvery Wednesday, 7 pm
- ChoirالكورالEvery Thursday, 6 pm
Independent clubs, hosted in the conference room. Sign up with each club directly.
Getting hereالوصول
97 rue TensiftSemlalia, Marrakech
Opening hours
- Every day
- 8 am – 10 pm