December 24, 2009 -- Theatre companies from Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Morocco will open the 5th Maghreb Theatre Festival in Meknès on Friday (December 25th), MAP reported. This year, the Moroccan festival will honour North African theatre legends Fatima Regragui and Mahjoub Raji of Morocco, Issa Moul Faraâ of Algeria, Saleh Abyed of Libya and Zouhira Ben Ammar of Tunisia. The 4-day programme also includes seminars and workshops on theatre production.