Tangier, Morocco’s Next Casablanca
Tangier welcomes AMCHAM, the American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco, to the city that brought ashore a Coca Cola plant from a World War II surplus ship, and which will now host Africa’s largest bottling plant.
Cultural Diplomacy
Professorial Performance: Cain-Asbury in Tangier
Southwestern University music profs David Asbury and Bruce Cain perform for an appreciative audience at the Legation.
Telling the Legation’s Story
Compelling stories – and there are plenty of them – are what make the Tangier American Legation known beyond a small circle, and what will help garner the support and resources we need.
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it appears, encourages others to be generous: the Legation has spurred a spate of donations of works of art and historical documents, enriching our collection.
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.
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.
