Facebook First: Arabic Interactive Novel
Abdelouahid Stitou, Tangier journalist, sees a painting and creates the first Arabic interactive novel on Facebook, “ZohraLiza,” the “Moroccan Mona Lisa.”
Magical Realism Transforms Legation
TALIM friend and supporter Madison Cox, landscape architect, transforms the Legation for an elegant evening reception.
A Plethora of Donations-in-Kind
Generosity, it appears, encourages others to be generous: the Legation has spurred a spate of donations of works of art and historical documents, enriching our collection.
“Dear Mrs. Perdicaris”
Going viral, 1904 style: hundreds of letters of sympathy in the kidnapping of Ion Perdicaris, an American held hostage by Raisuli, played by Sean Connery in “The Wind and the Lion.”
The Morocco of I. William Zartman
We like love stories, and this is one of a French woman about her American husband, who meet in Morocco and devote the rest of their lives to Moroccan-US understanding.
Un Prince à Casablanca: Ralph Toledano
Ralph Toledano, noted art historian, has written a novel that sketches life for Moroccan Jews in the tense aftermath of the attempted assassination of King Hassan II in 1971.
Putting Tangier In the News
Journalists still cling to the Tangier Sin City image, though the International Zone ended more than a half century ago.
Quasi-Monopoly On the Legation Brand
We’re happy to learn that there is another legation museum out there – the French Legation Museum in Austin, from the 1836-46 Republic of Texas.
Legation Legacies
From its inception, the Tangier American Legation has grown thanks to donations of art, and the latest additions stem from a desire to keep Tangier’s heritage in a place where they are appreciated.
Revolution, King, and People: Morocco 1953
Sixty years ago today, August 20 1953, France deposed and exiled the popular sultan Mohamed V, setting into motion the nationalist struggle that brought independence to Morocco in 1955.
