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Categories Historic Preservation, Media, Music, Paul Bowles, Research Center

Morocco’s Music: Archives to Archnet

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His Majesty King Mohammed VI Paul Bowles Library of Congress Moroccan Music Collection Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies
His Majesty King Mohammed VI
Paul Bowles Library of Congress
Moroccan Music Collection
Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies

It was the only way I could think of to get the opus of Morocco’s traditional music, recorded in 1959 by Paul Bowles and digitized by TALIM in 2010, into the hands of King Mohammed VI: have a leather presentation case made, embossed with the TALIM logo and dedicated to His Majesty.

US Ambassador to Morocco Dwight Bush now has it, and will present it at an appropriate occasion.  Morocco’s musical heritage will have been repatriated after more than fifty years in the vaults of the Library of Congress.

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Categories Media, Museum, Research Center, TALIM, Tangier

Tangier Seen Through Different Lenses

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For a superficial look at Tangier, read the NY Times; for depth, there’s our student podcasts & blogs.

Categories Education, Media, Research Center, Tangier

Do You Receive Me? Reception Theory

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Students of King Fahd School of Translation have a go at explaining reception theory – how different audiences perceive messages, crucial in the field of communication.

Categories Arab World, Cultural Diplomacy, Media, Research Center, Tangier

Arab & US Communicators in Tangier

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Media professionals and communications educators gather in Tangier for the 18th annual AUSACE conference, launched at the Legation.

Categories American Studies, Cultural Diplomacy, Media, Morocco

The Moroccan Network in America

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For a country of its size, location, and GDP, Morocco – and Moroccan-Americans – devote considerable attention to ensuring a strong presence not only in Washington but all across the United States.

Categories AIMS, Media, Morocco, Music, Research Center

Moroccans Got Rhythm?

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Modern dance in Morocco must overcome cultural taboos, but it doesn’t stop young Moroccans from competing in “break dance battles” and “Arabs Got Talent,” according to AIMS researcher Karima Abidine.

Categories Arab World, Education, Media, Research Center

Performing the Political in Tangier…

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The annual “Performing Tangier” performance studies conference in Tangier goes political in 2013.

Categories American Studies, Cultural Diplomacy, Maghrib, Media, Tangier

Radio Medi 1 Across the Maghreb

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Though its studios are in a pleasant old villa in central Tangier, Medi 1's antenna farm in Nador, near the Moroccan-Algerian border, points east (photo, right).  Medi 1 is shorthand for Radio Maghreb International, and its broadcasts in Arabic and French cover a wide audience all across North Africa. With US presidential elections only weeks … Read more Radio Medi 1 Across the Maghreb