Where Are the Maghrebi Artists?
Women artists from the Maghreb, part of the diaspora crisscrossing the Mediterranean, mix media and identity to create a “neo-Orientalist” school which challenges stereotypes and nationalisms of all sorts.
Cultural Diplomacy
Colloque à Tanger: Francophones Cut Up the Town
Cut up though it might have been, last weekend’s Colloque à Tanger, devoted to Beats Brion Gysin and William Burroughs, succeeded in evoking that era when Tangier was the Interzone of politics and poetry.
Vanessa Paloma & the Spirit of Moroccan Jews
Vanessa Paloma sings, writes, and lives for the music of her Sephardic forebears who left Morocco for the New World. Now she’s back in Morocco, one of the preeminent scholars – and performers – of Morocco’s Jewish musical heritage.
TALIMonth: CNN, Cartoons, Carnivals – a Cornucopia
The infinite variety of cultural, educational, exhibitional, and sundry other activities at the Tangier American Legation.
Whispering With Horses, Students, Bosses
Silvia Cristina Bechet applies horse handling lessons to managing potentially unruly classes. Student Whispering, in other words.
Legation Courtyard Cookoff: Moroccan Street Food
Why just talk about Morocco’s Street Food, Abdelkrim Raddadi’s new book, when you can eat some caliente too, strait off the burner?
Advocate for the Legation Day
Do Something! for the Legation – advocate, lobby, write a letter – to the editor, or to your Senator.
Madrid 10, Tangier 0: Victory for All
Tanger Gool features women’s teams from Madrid and Tangier, the Moroccan city where Spanish football is king.
The Navy Is Back: USNS Grapple in Tangier
The crew of the USNS Grapple renews the tradition of US Navy ship visits to the port of Tangier.
Museums of American Diplomacy
The US Diplomacy Center in Washington, and the Tangier American Legation museum in Morocco, tell the story of American diplomacy.
