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As part of Bicentennial Outreach efforts, the TALIM Director travelled to Oujda and Fes to meet with students from the American Language Centers who are participating in Embassy/American Culture Association (ACA) sponsored courses entitled “Hna Wa Mericane” (“We and Americans”).The Director took questions from the students about Morocco-American diplomatic history and discussed both the diplomatic … Read more “Hna Wa Mericane”TALIM Director Visit to American Language Centers in Oujda and Fez

Post by Gerald Loftus, TALIM Resident Director (2010-2014) For a grandmother-to-be, it was a sacrifice to leave Europe for Morocco, just as her first grandson was about to come into the world in the summer of 2010.  But Marie Hélène – as she had done during our years crisscrossing the world in the diplomatic service … Read more Marie-Hélène Loftus in Tangier

“Irina, could you run down to the kitchen to fetch some paper towels, please?” my mother called out from the other side of our upstairs living quarters.  “No Mum, I can’t!”, I yelled back angrily. Unable to hold back the heavy tears which began rolling down my cheeks, “I have no idea where the kitchen … Read more Coming Home to the Legation

As we begin our celebrations of Women’s History Month, it is fitting that we honor the “First Daughter of the Legation,” Glorvina Mullowny Fort, who as a young woman traveled to Tangier from Philadelphia in the 1820s to join her father John Mullowny, who headed the American Consulate in Tangier. Later in her life in … Read more Women’s History Month: The First Daughter of the Legation

We are proud to share this announcement from the US Embassy in Rabat regarding TALIM Board Member Madison Cox. The U.S. Embassy in Morocco is pleased to announce the 2021 recipient of the U.S.-Morocco Friendship Award is Mr. Madison Cox, for his “Unwavering Support to the U.S.-Moroccan Relationship through the Promotion of Cultural and Educational … Read more Madison Cox is the 2021 recipient of the U.S.-Morocco Friendship Award