Legation on the Holocaust Remembrance Map
The Legation – with its role in saving Jews from the Holocaust – was a fitting venue for the Moroccan Mimouna Association to focus on Tangier in World War II.
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American Pirate in the Consular Court
In 1952, “Nylon Sid” Paley was tried for piracy at the American Legation.
Tangier Seen Through Different Lenses
For a superficial look at Tangier, read the NY Times; for depth, there’s our student podcasts & blogs.
Big Men & Women On Campus: Tangier’s UNE
Now Morocco has its first campus of an American university – UNE Tangier.
Ibn Battuta Returns to Tangier
Great turnout for yesterday’s “Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta” at the Tangier Cinémathèque.
Blue Mountain, Old Mountain: Bowles by Herrmann
Paul Bowles came alive again in Tangier last Friday, thanks to his friend and musical heir Irene Herrmann, playing the piano in a historic concert at the Legation.
Down to the Sea in Tugboats
If my ship ever founders at sea, I want a tugboat there to the rescue. Tugboats on the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Chickasaw Princess of Tangier
The true story of a beautiful American model, stranded in Tangier, saved by two Swiss gentlemen who returned her to her tribal home as a Chickasaw princess.
Tangier to Tinseltown: Sanaa Hamri
Watch out for Sanaa Hamri: she’s conquered Hollywood. Now she wants to make Tangier Film City on the Strait.
Happy Birthday, IB!
Ibn Battuta, Tangier’s most famous son, was born on this day in the 14th century. Time to honor him in his birthplace by showing “Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta.”
