Mamadous Busiye who set up her stall on Wednesday morning says she is selling material and clothes made from Malian cotton, produced by a woman’s co-operative.

"I think that the forum is an appropriate place to sell indigenous goods as most people coming to the meeting are foreigners, so they will appreciate and buy Malian products. I hope that I will make some nice profit here. I am not too expensive; I have kept my prices low so that I can sell larger volumes."

Next to her, dressed elaborately with co ordinated accessories, is Dari Doucoure who traveled from neighboring Senegal. Doucoure is selling hand made necklaces and bracelets from sea shells, beads and dried seed.

"Whenever possible, I travel to where-ever there is a large meeting because my goods sell very fast. Yesterday, I sold worth 1,500 dollars. Tomorrow it will be more as the meeting gets into full force and more people come."

She says that, although the competition is high and will increase as more people bring their wares for sale, she is confident that all her goods - worth $8,000 dollars - will be sold by Monday when the WSF ends.

NGOs and other international organisations like OXFAM, Caritas and ATTAC have also taken up kiosks to showcase their research and provide an opportunity for interaction with delegates.

Colourful art and craft exhibits by Malian artisans dot the rows of kiosks. Some artists are not sure if they want to sell their pieces just yet - "perhaps we will just before the WSF is over".

A few organizations have preferred to say it all in pictures, exhibiting graphic images of torture by the state and human suffering caused by HIV and AIDS, drought and famine.

Hosting one such photo exhibition entitled, "Morocco: culpable of crimes against humanity", Sayed Yousef says sometimes one does not need to say much when the pictures can speak for themselves.