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Morocco, Research Center, Strait of Gibraltar, Tangier

Mapping Mittelmeerland – An Architectural Mediterranean

September 16, 2011 Leave a comment by Michael Toler

Mittelmeerland will investigate the future of the Mediterranean and research six different cities over three years. In the second workshop we will study the dynamic territory of Tangier and the mutual dependencies of land and water. The Archictectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, London Yesterday's final session of the 10-day Mittelmeerland workshop in Tangier featured … Read more Mapping Mittelmeerland – An Architectural Mediterranean

Diplomatic History, Legation Tales, Museum, Research Center, Tangier

Minister Gummere & Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Stick In Morocco

August 15, 2011 1 Comment by Michael Toler

Samuel R. Gummere, First American Minister to Morocco (Tangier, 1898 – 1909) Note: This guest post by Mehdi Zainoune, summer intern en route to studies at Sciences Po in Paris, is part of our series of vignettes from the history of Morocco-United States relations. Samuel René Gummere (February 19, 1849 – May 28, 1920) was … Read more Minister Gummere & Teddy Roosevelt’s Big Stick In Morocco

Cultural Diplomacy, Music, TALIM, Tangier

Ramadan Notes 2011

August 8, 2011 Leave a comment by Michael Toler

Photo by Rachid Tefersiti Perhaps I should say Ramadan Notes 1432 (A.H., not A.D.). We marked Ramadan in the traditional ways the Legation has ever since my predecessor Thor Kuniholm established the pattern. We started the week with our Moroccan NGO partners FTAM (the Fondation Tanger al-Madina) and the distribution of foodstuffs to needy families … Read more Ramadan Notes 2011

Morocco, Tangier

Sidewalk, Street, Souk: It’s All the Same

August 4, 2011 Leave a comment by Michael Toler

The Wall Street Journal tells us that some Americans suffer from "sidewalk rage," which sometimes triggers "intermittent explosive disorder." Well, they better stay away from Morocco, or at least Moroccan cities. Better to stretch out on some secluded beach in Agadir than get stressed out walking from A to B in downtown Tangier. In the … Read more Sidewalk, Street, Souk: It’s All the Same

Books, Legation Tales, Research Center, Tangier

The Tangier Option

July 23, 2011 1 Comment by Michael Toler

When (or if) I get to be his age, I want to be at least half as creative as Harold (Hal) Malt. This World War II veteran (he was a fighter pilot), who has been spending good parts of every year in Tangier for upwards of a decade, appeared last night at the Librairie des … Read more The Tangier Option

Diplomatic History, Interzone, Research Center, Tangier

The Joys of the Tangier Gazette

July 16, 2011 1 Comment by Michael Toler

The leather bound volumes of the Tangier Gazette are a favorite among researchers who spend time at the Legation library. Part of it is the look and feel of history in its original form. And there's all the period detail that gives context to the stories of events in Tangier and beyond. In the 1900 … Read more The Joys of the Tangier Gazette

Cultural Diplomacy, Historic Landmark, OBO, Tangier

Paint the Legation: Tangier Comes Through

July 4, 2011 Leave a comment by Michael Toler

Well, we did it. The "we" is many: the three artists – American, Moroccan, French (see photo below) – who donated their works depicting our historic building to the Legation for its permanent collection. The many people – expats, Moroccans, art galleries, hotels, restaurants, and artists – who donated raffle (known as "tombola" here) prizes … Read more Paint the Legation: Tangier Comes Through

Cultural Diplomacy, Music, Tangier

Tarab Tanger: Traditional Music From the World Over

June 25, 2011 Leave a comment by Michael Toler

Now that it's almost over, I finally get around to writing about Tarab Tanger, a five-day long festival of traditional world music that is now in its third edition. For a discussion of the meaning of tarab, Oudman has a very thoughtful piece. From the looks of it, this festival, one among the many in … Read more Tarab Tanger: Traditional Music From the World Over

Historic Landmark, Museum, OBO, Tangier

Paint the Legation

June 15, 2011 Leave a comment by Michael Toler

Peindre la Légation It all started with this observation: the art collection at the Legation Museum barely had any images of the Legation building itself. The Tangier American Legation, given to the United States by Morocco's Sultan Moulay Slimane in 1821. America's oldest diplomatic building. It deserves to be the subject of Moroccan, American, and … Read more Paint the Legation

Diplomatic History, Interzone, Legation Tales, Museum, Tangier

TALIMblog – The Kindness of Readers

May 15, 2011 3 Comments by Michael Toler

"My family arrived in Tangier in June 1947 and thanks to your blog, seven years worth of memories have come flooding back. Until we were able to get a space heater, the humidity and/or rain caused everything to mold–leatherbound books, shoes, even some cake flour sent by a relative in the U.S. We lived with erratic electric service and water turned … Read more TALIMblog – The Kindness of Readers