Rediscovered: Marguerite McBey’s Lost Sketches
The newest TALIM exhibit is from a treasure trove of long-forgotten sketches by Marguerite McBey.
Morocco
Triumphal Debut for “Like Me, Like You”
West Side Story, for the first time in darija or Moroccan Arabic, in Tangier.
Our New Two-Century Timeline
What's a Legation? Why is it in Tangier? Really, it's the only US National Historic Landmark overseas? These are but a few of the recurring questions we get at TALIM, from Americans, Moroccans, and visitors from around the world. So we have finally gotten around to installing "backlit transparencies" in a previously unused staircase that … Read more Our New Two-Century Timeline
RIP, Ambassador Christopher Stevens
US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens served in the Peace Corps in Morocco in the 1980s, when he worked on a project at the Tangier American Legation Museum.
The Wind, the Lion, and Rosita Forbes
Early 20th century explorer and writer Rosita Forbes may have been an inspiration for Hollywood’s taking liberties with the true story behind “The Wind and the Lion.”
Tangier “the White City” Turns Red
Tangier, once the “White City” on the Strait of Gibraltar, succumbs to waterproof red paint.
Washington to Sultan: “Great and Magnanimous Friend”
Thankfully, someone remembered to mark the 225th anniversary of one of America's oldest treaties, the 1787 Treaty of Marrakesh – "The Treaty of Friendship & Amity" – between Morocco and the United States. Appropriately, the event was celebrated by the Amity Series, an interfaith dialogue initiative between Muslims and Christians, and took place last week … Read more Washington to Sultan: “Great and Magnanimous Friend”
From Syria to Tangier
Tangier has its Syrian mosque, with its own Facebook page. It has its Syrian quarter. Google it, and you'll get a page full of real estate ads. In Tangier, the quartier Syrien is a solidly middle class collection of villas built on slopes. Why "Syrian?" Because in the 1960s, a wave of Syrian exiles found … Read more From Syria to Tangier
Tangier’s Long Transition: Interzone to Moroccan City
From the blog "Space and Place," Dr. George F. Roberson The Frontline Diplomacy collection of oral histories, part of the American Memory project at the Library of Congress, offers priceless insights into the practice of US foreign policy over the latter half of the twentieth century. The collection was compiled by ADST, the Association for … Read more Tangier’s Long Transition: Interzone to Moroccan City
A Century of Moroccan Mail
Commemorations often have a political or symbolic edge, so the 1912 establishment of French and Spanish protectorates in Morocco has been noted, but of course not celebrated. It's different with the centenary of the Moroccan post office. Cause for celebration – and innovation, with the first "audio stamp," which can play the national anthem on … Read more A Century of Moroccan Mail
