Search Results for “Literacy” – Page 2 – Tangier American Legation Museum

Podcast: Writing on Kingdom Walls: Practices, Narratives, and visual politics of graffiti and street art in Jordan and Morocco

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

Soufiane’s focus is a comparative study on cultural practices and narratives related to art production and its entanglement with resistance and visual politics in North Africa and the Middle East. By working on Morocco and Jordan, I mainly focus on wall-writings, street art, and graffiti in order to understand what wall expressions do, the extent … Read more Podcast: Writing on Kingdom Walls: Practices, Narratives, and visual politics of graffiti and street art in Jordan and Morocco

Bicentennial, Cultural Diplomacy, Events, Historic Landmark, Morocco

Official Celebration of the Tangier Legation Bicentennial

August 3, 2021June 3, 2021 by Mary Jeffers

On May 17 in 1821, the first American consul to Morocco, John Mulwany, arrived in Tangier and took up residence at the American Legation in Tangier. 200 years later, a ceremony marks the occassion.

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Marie-Hélène Loftus in Tangier

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 by John Davison

Image of Distribution of Arabic literacy diplomas July 2013

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

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

Visit our new virtual tour

August 3, 2021February 17, 2021 by Michael Toler

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

The Legation in the Media

On this page, you’ll find highlights of recent coverage of the Legation in the media. Follow us on social media to see all recent coverage as it happens. Click on any of the blue setions below to go straight to the one you are interested in. Highlights (prominent media coverage of TALIM) Most Recent (media … Read more The Legation in the Media

Deputy Director:Yhtimad Bouziane

My name is Yhtimad Bouziane, and I am Associate Director, coordinating academic research and community outreach activities. I joined TALIM in 2000 and am from Tangier. I studied at university in France, and I am preparing my PHD in Tangier on the « Universality of Human Rights. » From a very young age, I have been attracted … Read more Deputy Director:Yhtimad Bouziane

Staff

Executive Director Jen Rasamimanana Deputy Director Yhtimad Bouziane Museum Curator Mohammed Jadidi Outreach Director Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi Literacy Instructor Fatima Ben Guerch Administrative Assistant Latifa Samadi Gardner Ahmed Temlli Operations Director Mustapha Temlli Maintenance Agent Abdellah Temlli

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!

November 13, 2020January 26, 2020 Leave a comment by John Davison

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!

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

Peace “Corps-ner” Display at the Legation

December 29, 2019December 26, 2019 Leave a comment by John Davison

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

Literacy and Skills Training, Uncategorized

20 سنة من محو الامية – Vingt ans d’alphabétisation

November 13, 2020August 9, 2019 1 Comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

احتفلت مؤسسة طنجة المدينة هذه السنة بمرور 20 سنة على تأسيسها، وتخليدا لهذه الذكرى تم انتاج فيلم قصير من طرف السيدة نوار ناصح من جامعة عبد الملك السعدي، وذلك بالتعاون مع المفوضية الامريكية التي تدعم نساء المدينة القديمة، اللواتي يستفدن من برنامج محو الأمية This short film was made by Nawar Nasseh of Abdelmalek Essaadi University In … Read more 20 سنة من محو الامية – Vingt ans d’alphabétisation