Promoting Amazigh culture, El Mazned has served as the artistic director of the Timitar Festival of World Music in Agadir, Morocco.

[1][2] In 2009, El Mazned was invited to manage the cultural preselection for the North Africa and Middle East region for the 6th Francophonie Games in Beirut, Lebanon.

[7][8][9] Over the years, El Mazned has initiated artistic residencies in several countries and regions around the world, including France, Spain, Greece, Réunion, New Caledonia, Madagascar, Mali, Tunisia, Mauritania, Lebanon and Brazil.

[12] Until 2022, he oversaw the artistic direction of the following three works: the anthology Chioukhs et Cheikhates de l'Aïta which received the Académie Charles Cros Prize in 2017.

It aims to promote musical creations and cultural diversity of both Moroccan and international artists with an African or Middle Eastern background.

[23] El Mazned was featured as one of the hundred best leaders in sustainable cultural development in the guide for cultural diversity “Les Aventuriers de la Culture.” He also figured on the list of the hundred people who move and promote Morocco, a yearly list published by the Moroccan weekly magazine TelQuel.