Controversy over booking controversial singer at Nador festival

The decision to invite a controversial singer as part of the Mediterranean festival in Nador has sparked widespread outrage in civil and cultural circles.
Critics argue that her selection is not based on artistic criteria, but on personal connections and influence, especially since her name is associated in the collective imagination with private parties and suspicions of ties to certain drug trafficking circles.
Well-informed sources reported that the programming resulted from a request by a close associate of a president of a public institution, raising questions about the subordination of public events to personal whims.
Civil society actors are calling on supervisory authorities to intervene and impose strict control over specifications and establish ethical and artistic safeguards that protect the public space from mediocrity and preserve the cultural character of festivals.