From the Tangier American Legation

Retired U.S. Foreign Service Office Harland Eastman served as Consul-General in Tangier in 1976, the year that the Department of State agreed to allow the Tangier American Legation to be converted into a private museum honoring the historic U.S.-Moroccan friendship. In this podcast, Emily Albrecht of Dartmouth College interviews Mr. Eastman, who recounts the enormous efforts made to restore the Le...

قراءة تعريفية عن محمد بن علي الرباطي

In this episode, Professor Michael Collyer, a geographer at the University of Sussex tells us about the different narratives people employ when talking about migration and borders. According to French sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad, immigration policy reveals how a state “thinks of itself,” and a lot can be gleaned about Morocco, Collyer says, through understanding how it approaches migrant populati...

سارة عريش مغنية، مؤلفة موسيقية و مديرة كورال, وقد تميزت وسط المشهد الفني في طنجة منذ سنها المبكر بأسلوبها المستوحى من الفولك والكلاسيكية والعربية الأندلسية والروك وموسيقى الجاز من خلال هذا العرض، قدمت سارة شكل جديد من الموسيقى الأندلسية و السفاردية، و قد قدمت أيضا ثلات أغاني من ألبومها الجديد و الذي سيتم خروجه ببداية سنة 2018. كانت سارة مرفقة بمحمد شكلي على آلة الكمان، و فرقة فرماطا بالكورال. Sara...

بقلم مؤنث و جد مؤثر، نسيبة لحلو من الشخصيات الاكثر إشعاعا في شعر الشارع النسائي بالمغرب. بإلقائها كتاباتها باللغة الفرنسية، إستطاعت أن تصل إلى جمهور واسع و متنوع، مغاربة و اجانب، من مختلف طبقات المجتمع. بلغة بسيطة لا تبتعد قط من الثقافة المغربية، إستطاعت نسيبة ان تكسب احترام مستمعيها، بتعبيرها عن مشاعرها نحو مغربها هي. With a very feminine and poignant pen, Noussayba Lahlou is one of the most impo...

بقلم مؤنث و جد مؤثر، نسيبة لحلو من الشخصيات الاكثر إشعاعا في شعر الشارع النسائي بالمغرب. بإلقائها كتاباتها باللغة الفرنسية، إستطاعت أن تصل إلى جمهور واسع و متنوع، مغاربة و اجانب، من مختلف طبقات المجتمع. بلغة بسيطة لا تبتعد قط من الثقافة المغربية، إستطاعت نسيبة ان تكسب احترام مستمعيها، بتعبيرها عن مشاعرها نحو مغربها هي. With a very feminine and poignant pen, Noussayba Lahlou is one of the most impo...

Presented by Borderline Theatre Project and the American Language Center in Tangier, the 2017 Youmein Creative Media Festival was a co-production with DABATEATR, in partnership with the Tangier-American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM), TechnoPark Tanger, Association Tanger Région Action Culturelle (ATRAC), and Think Tanger. In its third edition, the Youmein Creative Media Festival...

On a hot August Saturday night at the Legation, Bjorn Dahlstrom, 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 both the architecture and programming plans for the mYSLm...

On Friday, June 9 at 22h, we were reviving a tradition of a Ramadan concert here at the Legation by hosting the young Tangerine singer-songwriter Redouane Hasnaoui, where he sang about Tangier, the environment, motherhood, and Sufi and romantic poetry. And of course, we recorded it for you! We hope you enjoy it!

In this fourth podcast from the April 9th seminar “Tangier 1947 — Two Speeches: Independence and Women’s Education”, Dr. M’hamed BENABOUD, from Tetouan Asmir Association, discussed Spanish archival materials outline the intrigue behind Franco-Spanish efforts to delay or obstruct Sultan Mohammed V's visit to northern Morocco, and he drew links between how Lalla Aicha in her speech was an archetype...

In this third podcast from the April seminar “Tangier 1947 — Two Speeches: Independence and Women’s Education,” Dr. Karim BEJJIT, Professor from Abdelmalek Essaadi University, discussed the nuances of US support for Moroccan sovereignty and King Mohammed V in light of Cold War relations with France and Spain. In subsequent podcast Dr. M’hamed Benaboud of Tetouan Asmir Association speaks on “Prince...

In this second podcast from the April seminar “Tangier 1947 — Two Speeches: Independence and Women’s Education,” Dr. Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Ambassador-at-Large of HM King Mohamed VI, speaks about “The Primacy of Education, Especially of Women, in the Progress of a Nation.” In addition to her prepared remarks, Amb Bensalah Alaoui shared moving personal anecdotes about how King Mohammed V's push for...

April 6, April Seminar: “Tangier 1947 -- Two Speeches: Independence and Women's Education.” This year’s April Seminar, held in partnership with L'Office Cherifien des Phosphates, marked the 70th anniversary of two Tangier speeches which changed history: those of King Mohammed V and of his daughter, Princess Lalla Aicha Alaoui, in partnership with the Office Cherifien des Phosphates. Presenters inc...