About
Founder, MARIA — from Maroc IAYoussef 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.
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).
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.
- Based inCasablanca, Morocco
- LanguagesEnglish · Français · العربية · Darija
- Local timeCasablanca