Maghrib in the Past and Present Podcast with Hafid W Salma / بودكاست المغرب الكبير في الماضي والحاضر مع الثنائي حفيظ وسلمى

Welcome to the Maghrib in the Past and Present Podcasts مرحبا بكم في بودكاست المغرب الكبير في الماضي والحاضر In this podcast, famous Moroccan street performance couple, Hafid Wa Salma tell their audience about their respective lives, passions, plans, projects, arts, among other things. Let’s learn more about them together! يخبر الثنائي الفني المغربي الشهير في … Read more Maghrib in the Past and Present Podcast with Hafid W Salma / بودكاست المغرب الكبير في الماضي والحاضر مع الثنائي حفيظ وسلمى


Alex Kolker Podcast: Coastal Change in the Maritime Maghreb

The Tangier ALC is inviting Dr. Alex Kolker, Associate Professor at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for a talk at the American Legation Museum. Dr. Kolker was in Morocco for one year on a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research on how sea-level dynamics influence coastal processes and resiliency along the Moroccan coast. “Coasts are … Read more Alex Kolker Podcast: Coastal Change in the Maritime Maghreb


AIMS at MESA: The I. William Zartman North African Award

The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) is pleased to announce that it continues its annual awards for student members and for North African-based scholars presenting at MESA. While MESA 2020 may be all-virtual, the disturbances and difficulties placed on our lives by the coronavirus pandemic have not stopped scholars of the Maghrib from showing … Read more AIMS at MESA: The I. William Zartman North African Award


Charles Sevigny 2018 Visit to the Legation’s Retrospective Exhibit

A rare treasure — in 2018, then-100 years old famed interior designer, Battle of the Bulge veteran, and dear friend Charles Sevigny (1918-2019) revisited the Legation’s retrospective in his honor, which turned into an impromptu tour guided by the artist himself! Film by Ayoub El Jamal, special thanks to Jamie Creel and Marco Scarani for their support with Charles’ unforgettable visit.

Let’s please make this our most shared video ever!


Legation among Top Live Music Venues in Morocco!

“Museum of the American Legation in Tangier: every last Friday of the month, the Museum of the American Legation in Tangier organizes eclectic concerts as part of the ‘Chi Stage’ project founded by the film director and cultural actor Ayoub El Jamal, produced by him and supported by the American Language Center. The concerts aim to encourage … Read more Legation among Top Live Music Venues in Morocco!


TALIM Statement on Black Lives Matter

For US Independence Day, 4 July, the Board of Directors of the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) have issued this statement: Black Lives Matter The Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) aims to promote friendship between the people of the United States of America and of Morocco, both in Morocco … Read more TALIM Statement on Black Lives Matter


Call for Papers: Theater Forms in Motion

Zones of Contact and Friction: An International Symposium paying in homage to Christel Weiler & Mohamed Bahjaji TANGIER/TETOUAN, 24-28 November 2017 The conference will be part of the 13th annual international festival “Performing Tangier.” Download the full call for papers as a pdf Abstracts are due 31 March 2017.  


Tangier Then and Now Virtual Exhibition

The exhibition Tangier Then and Now is now available on Archnet.  The collection, an expanded version of the exhibit International Tangier now on display in Rotch Library at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, contains selected, edited photographs from the collection of glass negatives of the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, paired with photographs … Read more Tangier Then and Now Virtual Exhibition


TALIM at the MESA Annual Meeting

If you are attending the 50th annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) in Boston MA this week, be sure to stop by and see us in the booth that the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) has graciously shared with us. We will be there from Friday, November 18 through the … Read more TALIM at the MESA Annual Meeting