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
Tangier theater professionals and performance artists get valuable advice from Zeyba Rahman.
Thanks to a young American Fulbright scholar, West Side Story meets Isli and Tislit – in Moroccan Arabic.
Aman te Water & George Bajalia at Moulay Hafidh Palace For most of its 16 years, SIT – le Salon International de Tanger des Livres et des Arts – had been a 100% francophone affair. Then last year we were invited to set up a stand, which was a nice entrée into this annual … Read more Putting the “I” in Tangier’s International Book Fair
George Bajalia, Fulbright Scholar in Tangier, provides us this guest post on his adventures in theatre at the outset of his year-long research program in Morocco. At TALIM, we believe in making the most of limited resources, and the semi-miraculous juxtaposition of Fulbright theatre scholar, American film festival in Tangier, and American Voices "Broadway … Read more Theatre Triangulation: Tangier, Tetouan, Fez
You never know what those International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) people will get up to. At Saturday's gathering in Mdiq (a northern Moroccan seaside town between Tetouan and Ceuta) of alumni from the US Embassy's various scholarship and visitor programs, the introductions were supposed to address the question "what do you miss most about your … Read more Skydiving In a Hijab: the Wonders of Exchange Programs
Lucy Melbourne, American writer on Morocco, Fulbright scholar, and comparitive literature professor has done us a singular honor, with the publication of her poem "TALIM" in MLM – Le Magazine Littéraire du Maroc. It's in the Autumn 2011 issue. As Lucy says, it's further proof that English has become a language of literature in Morocco. … Read more A Poem Entitled TALIM
Geography lesson (image from Kidsmaps.com) The Maghrib (or Maghreb) is the accepted term for North Africa. The Maghrib was the birthplace of the Arab Spring (Tunisia). Its latest blossoming of freedom was in Libya. The Maghrib is where AIMS Maghribi Grantees come from. Or came from. Click on the above link, and this is what … Read more Maghribi Scholars Need Not Apply
Here's another example of how farsighted Senator William Fulbright was. Fulbright, after whom the US Government scholarships for international exchange are named, probably didn't imagine that his program would be funding documentary films, but his intent – that funds from the disposal of surplus World War II materiel further international understanding – couldn't be better … Read more The Dressmakers Premieres in Tangier
