Michael Toler The restored Moulay Hafid Palace 1912 – 2012 and the centenary of the establishment of protectorate Morocco has had its occasional magazine article, but so far I haven't seen any mention of the 100th birthday of what has been called Tangier's most beautiful building. Moulay Hafid Palace, also known locally as the Palais des … Read more Moulay Hafid Palace: 100 Years Young
With his distinctive style which works particularly well with architecture and landscapes, Assilah-based artist Hervé Metterie makes an impression on any wall. When you multiply that by more than 60 works unveiled today at the Legation, you have added instant dash of color to what can seem a monochrome institution. Hervé, who contributed one of … Read more Artist Hervé Creates an Impression
Posters by Serena Epstein, American School of Tangier Ever since last year's screening of Freedom Riders, we've been in the movie business. Not in a commercial sense; we charge nothing for our monthly "Legation Movie Night." Thanks to the people of the US Embassy's Public Affairs Section, we are able to show American films … Read more DVD Diplomacy
Casablanca-based writer Tahir Shah’s novel resurrects the Narrative of Robert Adams, an 1816 tale of captivity in Timbuctoo.
When you have a two-century old building, you better devote resources to keeping it from falling down.
James McBey’s portrait of Zohra has been called “The Moroccan Mona Lisa.”
Arch literary enemies Gore Vidal and Truman Capote meet on the docks of Tangier.
Tangier, once the “White City” on the Strait of Gibraltar, succumbs to waterproof red paint.
Thankfully, someone remembered to mark the 225th anniversary of one of America's oldest treaties, the 1787 Treaty of Marrakesh – "The Treaty of Friendship & Amity" – between Morocco and the United States. Appropriately, the event was celebrated by the Amity Series, an interfaith dialogue initiative between Muslims and Christians, and took place last week … Read more Washington to Sultan: “Great and Magnanimous Friend”
Tangier has its Syrian mosque, with its own Facebook page. It has its Syrian quarter. Google it, and you'll get a page full of real estate ads. In Tangier, the quartier Syrien is a solidly middle class collection of villas built on slopes. Why "Syrian?" Because in the 1960s, a wave of Syrian exiles found … Read more From Syria to Tangier
