Tahar Ben Jelloun at the Legation
Morocco’s best-known writer Tahar Ben Jelloun presents his latest novel at the Tangier American Legation.
Michael Toler
Lords & Loafers at the Hotel Continental
Tangier’s best-preserved “grand hotel” has been home to more than a century’s worth of adventurers.
Tangier: International, Interzonal… Intercultural
Tangier’s UNESCO Club put on a day-long symposium on Tangier as a city of intercultural dialogue.
Rediscovered: Marguerite McBey’s Lost Sketches
The newest TALIM exhibit is from a treasure trove of long-forgotten sketches by Marguerite McBey.
1942 – 2012: Operation Torch, 70 Years On
Today, Remembrance Day in Britain, Armistice Day in France, and Veterans Day in the US, has a special resonance here in the Maghreb. 70 years ago today, American and British forces were in the midst of a battle to free Vichy-held French North Africa. Operation Torch. 70 years ago today, General Patton's representative in Fedala, … Read more 1942 – 2012: Operation Torch, 70 Years On
Triumphal Debut for “Like Me, Like You”
West Side Story, for the first time in darija or Moroccan Arabic, in Tangier.
Universal, Timeless, Tragic: Romeo & Co. in Tangier
The following guest post is by Eric Branholm, of the West Side Story team in Tangier. Eric is a recent alumnus of Loyola University Chicago where he earned bachelor’s degrees in International Studies and Communication Studies. Since graduating from Loyola, he has been working with different youth development programs in and around Chicago. – – … Read more Universal, Timeless, Tragic: Romeo & Co. in Tangier
Lord Bute’s Palace: Historic Minzah Hotel
The Minzah Hotel is the subject of a social history, with plenty of period gossip from Tangier’s heyday.
Site-Specific: Legation History Comes To LIfe
For text of entire letter, click here Dr. Khalid Amine, member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR), President of the Tangier-based International Center for Performance Studies (ICPS) and professor at Tetouan's Abdelmalik Essaadi University, presented a lively, illustrated talk at the Legation on site-specific performance. More on that … Read more Site-Specific: Legation History Comes To LIfe
Radio Medi 1 Across the Maghreb
Though its studios are in a pleasant old villa in central Tangier, Medi 1's antenna farm in Nador, near the Moroccan-Algerian border, points east (photo, right). Medi 1 is shorthand for Radio Maghreb International, and its broadcasts in Arabic and French cover a wide audience all across North Africa. With US presidential elections only weeks … Read more Radio Medi 1 Across the Maghreb
