Tangier Songbooks: Nahón & Cohen, Pomeroy & Paloma
Sephardic music has lasted down the ages, from Moorish Spain to modern Morocco, thanks to the Jewish tradition of “romances” or ballads.
Cultural Diplomacy
Legation on the Holocaust Remembrance Map
The Legation – with its role in saving Jews from the Holocaust – was a fitting venue for the Moroccan Mimouna Association to focus on Tangier in World War II.
Citizen Diplomacy, Parallel Government
Youth “ministers” of the “parallel government” and journalists gathered at the Legation to debate “citizen diplomacy” or “diplomatie parallèle” for Morocco.
Angels, Monsters, and Bastards
Bastards, a documentary about a Moroccan woman’s quest to legitimize her daughter, was shown to acclaim at the Legation.
An American First: Major Musa’s Moroccan Degree
US Air Force Major Jamil Musa has become the first American to earn a master’s from Rabat’s Mohammed V University.
Mapping Tangier’s Literary World
Josh Shoemake returns to Tangier for an evening presenting his Literary Guide for Travelers.
Big Men & Women On Campus: Tangier’s UNE
Now Morocco has its first campus of an American university – UNE Tangier.
Ibn Battuta Returns to Tangier
Great turnout for yesterday’s “Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta” at the Tangier Cinémathèque.
Showing the Consular Flag in Tangier
At the Legation on Thursday, American citizens of Tangier welcomed the US Consul General from Casablanca and his key staff, who explained services available to American residents of Morocco.
Calling from Rota: What’s a Legation?
Rota, on the Spanish coast near Cadiz, has long hosted US Navy personnel, who we hope will visit Tangier, just across the Strait of Gibraltar.
