Youssef Nidam
Selected works · 2021 / 2026أعمال مختارة

Creative TechnologistAI Educator

Where artificial intelligence meets art, education, and public life.

يوسف نضام · الدار البيضاء، المغرب

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  • Based inCasablanca, Morocco
  • Local timeGMT+1
  • LanguagesEnglish · Français · العربية · Darija
  • StudioMARIA — Maroc IA

Selected works

2021 — 2026
08Selected works
04Façade installations
06Recognitions
2021Working since

Flagship project

06 / 08

Dar Al Faqihaدار الفقيهة

The AI Quranic Education Room

Morocco's first AI-integrated Quranic education environment. As lead designer and technical advisor, I ran the full lifecycle, from a dual-layer AI architecture and student AI-safety protocols to tablet deployment and trilingual AR content, presented to the Minister of Religious Affairs.

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  1. Dual-layer AI architecture
  2. Student AI-safety protocols
  3. Tablet deployment
  4. Trilingual AR content
  5. Presented to the Minister of Religious Affairs

About

Founder, MARIA — from Maroc IA

Youssef Nidam is a creative technologist and AI educator based in Casablanca, working where artificial intelligence meets art, education , and public life .

MARIA

Through MARIA, he guides people and organizations to understand AI, integrate it into business and everyday work, and build practical solutions with it, from classrooms and universities to galleries, festivals, and national institutions.

AI educationCustom AI toolsWebARProjection mappingAutomation

Teaching & University

AI Teacher, James Webb Academy

Trilingual school, Casablanca · 2024 to present

AI Workshop Facilitator

Ben M'sik, Hassan II University · 2024

On the name

MARIA, from Maroc IA (Morocco × AI). Also the name of the first humanoid AI robot, in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927).

Services

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AI education
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Custom AI tools
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WebAR
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Projection mapping
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Automation

Recognitions

2021 — 2026
  • FIAV, Int'l Festival of Video Art'21 '22 '24 '25
  • WeCasablanca · SmartCity2024
  • 1337 DAK, Digital Arts, Khouribga2024 / 25
  • UM6P, Mohammed VI Polytechnic2025
  • Steven's Initiative · Aspen Institute2023
  • Dar Al Faqiha, AI Quranic Room2026

Steven's Initiative (2023): co-authored the children's book Dream: The Princess of the Tribe, empowering young girls in Morocco & the USA under the Aspen Institute's Women Leadership Program.

Commissions, workshops, collaborations.

Let's build with AI.

From galleries and festivals to classrooms and institutions, MARIA helps people and organizations put artificial intelligence to work.

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  • Based inCasablanca, Morocco
  • LanguagesEnglish · Français · العربية · Darija
  • Local timeCasablanca