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


Our New Two-Century Timeline

What's a Legation?  Why is it in Tangier?  Really, it's the only US National Historic Landmark overseas? These are but a few of the recurring questions we get at TALIM, from Americans, Moroccans, and visitors from around the world. So we have finally gotten around to installing "backlit transparencies" in a previously unused staircase that … Read more Our New Two-Century Timeline


Bowles & Kerouac and the Legation

Literary festival “Correspondances de Tanger” features Bernard Comment’s evocation of American beat writer Jack Kerouac.


The Last of the Forbes Toy Soldiers

James Bond aficionados, on his 50th anniversary, will find the toy soldiers from “The Living Daylights” at the Tangier American Legation museum.


Watch the Legation on BBC

Our 200th blog post and a chance to see the Legation on BBC TV.


RIP, Ambassador Christopher Stevens

US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens served in the Peace Corps in Morocco in the 1980s, when he worked on a project at the Tangier American Legation Museum.


The Wind, the Lion, and Rosita Forbes

Early 20th century explorer and writer Rosita Forbes may have been an inspiration for Hollywood’s taking liberties with the true story behind “The Wind and the Lion.”