Former den of suicide bombers now a cultural hub

CASABLANCA, Morocco - "Teaching young people to dream again" is the vision of a Moroccan cultural center in a run-down district of Casablanca, once home to a group of suicide bombers who killed 33 people in 2003.

Based in a white building next to a tramline and opposite a mosque, the Stars Cultural Center in Sidi Moumen regularly hosts more than 300 young people for classes in music and music theory, classical dance, hip-hop, English and French.

"When we tell young people that violence is not a means to express themselves, we must find them other means," says filmmaker Nabil Ayouch, who co-founded the center with artist Mahi Binebine.