Born in Casablanca, in the neighbourhood that gave birth to Nass El Ghiwane, also known as the Rolling Stones of Morocco. He grew up in the squares of Hay Mohammadi, where he encountered street theatre. In the summer of 2010, he moved to Bologna (Italy). There, he discovered theatre thanks to the director and playwright Pietro Floridia and, with him, he participates in the founding of “Cantieri Meticci”, a theatre company in Bologna. In 2017, together with other companions, he founded the theatre collective “Shebbab Met Project”, with which he won the “Ustica Scenario Award” the same year with the play “I Veriferici”. Since 2015, he has also been working as a film actor, winning the Best Actor award at the “Caorle Film Festival” and the “Outdoor Film Festival” for the film “La guerra a Cuba”.

Younes El Bouzari is part of “Harraga Lab – Teatro Clandestino” (formerly “Shebab Met Project”), a heterogeneous group of Shebab, uagliun, vez, bischeri, gombodo, bòsyò, tineri born in August 2016. Formed within the Bolognese theatre company “Cantieri Meticci”, they share the desire to make theatre their profession. They develop a method of collective dramaturgy and direction, built on grids, keywords, and experiments.  The dramaturgy stems from the lives of the members, organized into songs, song drafts, and song attempts, as it is a simple and accessible approach.  The direction emerges from dance worlds, improvisations, and rituals practiced in the cultural contexts of the members’ origins. 

Since 2023 they have been staging the play “LHAL. Grido di una generazione in trance”. LHAL is a tale, a song, a melody based on “al halqa”, the street art where the audience and the actors are confused, sitting in a circle or standing. Lhalqa in Arabic means “circle”; it is a form of street theatre very symbolic of Morocco, still characteristic of many cities like Marrakesh and its grand square. The performance seeks to revive this art form through storytelling, singing, poetry, and music, narrating various anecdotes about a child and his grandmother. These stories unfold during family gatherings, such as a wedding celebration, a visit to a sanctuary, and eventually the journey to Italy and encounters with others.  LHAL or trance is also the lost rhythm, the attempt to return to the roots through the authors’ memories.