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Categories Diplomatic History, Legation Tales, Museum, TALIM, Tangier, Uncategorized

MAPPING MEMORIES, CREATING HISTORY: THE TANGIER AMERICAN LEGATION, by Emily Albrecht

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Abstract:  The Tangier American Legation hosted the U.S. Legation and Consulate for 140 years, and was the formal conduit for diplomatic and consular relations between the United States and Morocco. After the diplomatic move to Rabat after Morocco’s independence in 1956, the building operated as a Foreign Service Institute and, later, as a Peace Corps … Read more MAPPING MEMORIES, CREATING HISTORY: THE TANGIER AMERICAN LEGATION, by Emily Albrecht

Categories Historic Landmark, Museum, Tangier, Uncategorized

Marguerite McBey and the Creation of the Tangier American Legation Museum

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It is not an exaggeration to say that the Legation Museum owes much of its existence to the vision and generosity of one of Tangier’s truly grand women: Marguerite McBey, née Loeb, daughter of Philadelphia and forever a guardian of Tangier. In a richly fascinating obituary of Marguerite McBey in the Guardian, we learn of … Read more Marguerite McBey and the Creation of the Tangier American Legation Museum

Categories Arab World, Education, Events, Legation Tales, Morocco, Museum, TALIM, Tangier

Women’s History Month: TALIM’s Literacy Participants Visit a Unique Art Exhibit الشهر العالمي للمرأة: نساء برنامج محو الأمية بالمفوضية الأمريكية يزرن معرضا فنيا فريدا

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Today, Tangier Medina women beneficiaries of the ​Arabic and Economic ​literacy program of TALIM paid a visit to Mahal Art Space‘s current exhibit: “Tangier: Facets of a Mediterranean Intersection.” This unusual exhibit offers visitors tools and materials to reorganize the photographs according to their taste and conception​,​ “that leads them” says Nouha Ben Yebdri, director of Mahal Art Space, “to unconsciously reach a … Read more Women’s History Month: TALIM’s Literacy Participants Visit a Unique Art Exhibit الشهر العالمي للمرأة: نساء برنامج محو الأمية بالمفوضية الأمريكية يزرن معرضا فنيا فريدا

Categories Historic Landmark, Literacy and Skills Training, Museum, Research Center, TALIM

Visit our new virtual tour

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TALIM has launched an updated virtual tour, with support from the US Embassy in Morocco. The new tour was developed by filmmaker Ayoub El Jamal, former TALIM Outreach Coordinator. English narrations were done by Laissa Alexis and Grace Olson, both Wellesley College interns, and TALIM Director John Davison. Arabic narrations are provided by our Curator … Read more Visit our new virtual tour

Categories Diplomatic History, Legation Tales, Morocco, Museum, Tangier

RIP Ana Gabriela Da Silva Araujo Bonnet (1930-2020)

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Rest in Peace, Ana Gabriela Da Silva Araujo Bonnet, who passed away peacefully last week in Tangier. Ana Gabriela was a fifth generation “Tangerina” — her great-great grandfather Felix A Matthews served as the US Consul in Tangier in the 19th century. This lovely photograph by Tessa Codrington of Ana Gabriela in front of a … Read more RIP Ana Gabriela Da Silva Araujo Bonnet (1930-2020)

Categories Diplomatic History, Historic Landmark, Historic Preservation, Legation Tales, Morocco, Museum, Uncategorized

My Search for the First American Consulate and the Original Mount Washington

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By Lawrence Peskin, AIMS Fellow/Morgan State University Most discussions of the U.S. presence in Tangier do not really go back before 1821. This is readily understandable. Everyone wants to know about the interzone years and the fascinating flock of “accidentals” (Elena Prentice’s term) who arrived here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Additionally, … Read more My Search for the First American Consulate and the Original Mount Washington

Categories AIMS, Books, Cultural Diplomacy, Education, Events, Literacy and Skills Training, Morocco, Museum, Music, Research Center, TALIM, Tangier

January 23-25: Three Busy (and Rainy) Days at the Legation!

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Sundays are usually well-earned rest days at the Legation, especially after perhaps 3 of our busiest days in recent memory. On Thursday and Friday, January 23-24, we hosted our first — but we hope not our last —  symposium on “Movement and Migration between Morocco and West Africa,” which addressed a broad range of themes … Read more January 23-25: Three Busy (and Rainy) Days at the Legation!

Categories Historic Landmark, Legation Tales, Morocco, Museum, Podcasts, TALIM, Tangier, Uncategorized

Peace “Corps-ner” Display at the Legation

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In anticipation of our 2021 Bicentennial year, we added in 2019 to our Museum a “Peace Corps-ner” display honoring the different contributions made by a previous occupant of the Legation, the United States Peace Corps, whose volunteers and Moroccan staff, under the leadership of then Morocco Peace Corps Director Richard Holbrooke (diplomat and Negotiator of the … Read more Peace “Corps-ner” Display at the Legation

Categories Cultural Diplomacy, Museum, Tangier, Uncategorized

Charles Sevigny, An American Abroad

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An exhibition on the life and creations of internationally acclaimed interior designer and Tangier resident Charles Sevigny is being presented by the American Legation in Tangier from June 30 to September 8, 2018. To celebrate his 100th birthday in June, the American Legation has also published a book by the historian Charles Sevigny, An American Abroad.  

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Categories Events, Morocco, Museum, Podcasts

“PREVIEWING THE YVES SAINT LAURENT MARRAKECH MUSEUM.” Saturday, August 5, 7:00 p.m.

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  On a hot August Saturday night at the Legation, Bjoern Dahlstroem, Director of the Musée Berbère Jardin Majorelle and the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech –mYSLm-, and Madison Cox, Vice-President of the Fondation Jardin Majorelle, discussed preparations for the October inauguration of the mYSLm. The audience were captivated to learn details of both the … Read more “PREVIEWING THE YVES SAINT LAURENT MARRAKECH MUSEUM.” Saturday, August 5, 7:00 p.m.