Maghrib – Tangier American Legation Museum

Narrative Subversions: “Unnatural” Narration and an Ethics of Engagement in the Work of Mahi Binebin

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

Abstract This podcast presents work related to my first book project, The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire—which concludes with a chapter on suicide bombing, focused on Moroccan writer and artist Mahi Binebine’s (b. 1959) novel Les Étoiles de Sidi Moumen (2010)—and a second book project, Narrative Subversions: Strange Voices in … Read more Narrative Subversions: “Unnatural” Narration and an Ethics of Engagement in the Work of Mahi Binebin

AIMS, Maghrib, Morocco, Podcasts, TALIM

A History of Franco-Muslim Education in Morocco and in Northwest Africa

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

Biography: Dr. Samuel Anderson is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He received a PhD in African History from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2018. His research focuses on education, race, and religion in northwest African Muslim societies under colonial rule. His current project examines the … Read more A History of Franco-Muslim Education in Morocco and in Northwest Africa

AIMS, Maghrib, Morocco, Music, Podcasts, Research Center

Podcast: The “Lush Garden” of Andalusian Music by Dr. Carl Davila

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

Biography Dr. Carl Davila holds a PhD in Arabic Studies from Yale University (2006). He lived in Fez off and on for nearly three years in the early 2000s and has visited Morocco frequently since then. Being the first scholar to write extensively in English on the Andalusian music in Morocco, he has published two … Read more Podcast: The “Lush Garden” of Andalusian Music by Dr. Carl Davila

AIMS, Events, Fulbright, Maghrib, Morocco, Podcasts, TALIM

Centering the Peripheries: Haratin and Southern Moroccans as Nationalists in Casablanca

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Leave a comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

In this talk, Moyagaye Bedward of Rutgers University examines Moroccan nationalism from a subaltern perspective. In contrast to previous historiography, nationalism in northern, urban sites such as Casablanca was also supported by southern Moroccans influenced by their pre-colonial experiences. Moyagaye discusses ordinary Moroccans, and in particular the Haratin, within the decolonization process, and demonstrate the … Read more Centering the Peripheries: Haratin and Southern Moroccans as Nationalists in Casablanca

Maghrib, Research Center

AIMS at MESA: The I. William Zartman North African Award

October 30, 2020August 3, 2020 by Michael Toler

The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) is pleased to announce that it continues its annual awards for student members and for North African-based scholars presenting at MESA. While MESA 2020 may be all-virtual, the disturbances and difficulties placed on our lives by the coronavirus pandemic have not stopped scholars of the Maghrib from showing … Read more AIMS at MESA: The I. William Zartman North African Award

Books, Events, Maghrib, Morocco, Podcasts

Eric Calderwood: Colonial Andalus

July 11, 2018May 26, 2018 Leave a comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

In this episode, Eric Calderwood (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) speaks about his recently published book Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture (Harvard University Press, 2018). Calderwood offers an overview of his book and also reflects on how the time he has spent in Morocco (especially in Tetouan) has shaped his research topic and his understanding of Moroccan history and literature.

AIMS, CAORC, Maghrib

Mediterranean Crossroads: The 2016 AIMS Conference

May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 Leave a comment by Grecia Álvarez

The 2016 AIMS Conference, titled “Mediterranean Crossroads: Spanish-Maghribi Relations in Past and Present” kicked off on Saturday May 14th at the Grand Hotel Villa de France, with three panels that cast a new light on the history and people of this region.

Maghrib, Morocco, Research Center, Strait of Gibraltar, Tangier

Re-Mapping Tangier: National Geographic Workshop

June 1, 2013 Leave a comment by Michael Toler

“Re-Mapping Tangier” gathered European, American, and Moroccan scholars at TALIM to discuss an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding the complex space that is Tangier: African, European, Atlantic, Mediterranean, International, Moroccan.

Cultural Diplomacy, Fulbright, Maghrib, Museum, Research Center

Where Are the Maghrebi Artists?

April 13, 2013 1 Comment by Michael Toler

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.

Diplomatic History, Interzone, Maghrib, Museum, Research Center

1942 – 2012: Operation Torch, 70 Years On

November 11, 2012 1 Comment by Michael Toler

Today, Remembrance Day in Britain, Armistice Day in France, and Veterans Day in the US, has a special resonance here in the Maghreb. 70 years ago today, American and British forces were in the midst of a battle to free Vichy-held French North Africa. Operation Torch. 70 years ago today, General Patton's representative in Fedala, … Read more 1942 – 2012: Operation Torch, 70 Years On