From the Tangier American Legation
Episodes
Reflections on Randy Weston and Tangier Jazz: A Conversation with T. K. Blue
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Dr. Hisham Aidi of Columbia University hosts T. K. Blue, renowned saxophonist and the late Randy Weston's musical director, for a fas...
Seeing the Words of Poets: Muḥammad Bennīs and the Visual in Moroccan Poetry
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Abstract: Frustrated by the fragmented scene of modern Morocco poetry, Moroccan poet and critic Muḥammad Bennīs pens the Bayān al-Kitāba in 198...
Climate change, mobilities, and social remittances in Skoura M’Daz, Morocco, with Rachael Diniega
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change and migration have a complex relationship, and Morocco presents an interesting case of intertwining environmental change, national deve...
Watermelons, Dates, and Living with Water Scarcity in Zagora, Morocco
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Abstract: Southeast Morocco is known for its oases, dates, and diverse linguistic and cultural landscape shaped by Amazigh, Arab, African, Jewish, nom...
Narrative Subversions: “Unnatural” Narration and an Ethics of Engagement in the Work of Mahi Binebin
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast presents work related to my first book project, The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire—which concludes wi...
A History of Franco-Muslim Education in Morocco and in Northwest Africa
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abstract: Between the 1850s and 1950s, colonial schools called médersas combined elements of French and Islamic educational traditions. First created...
Podcast: Landscape And Identity In Medieval Morocco
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abstract Why does Marrakesh look the way that it does? The Red City is the topic of the forthcoming book by Dr. Abbey Stockstill, in which she discus...
The "Lush Garden" Of Andalusian Music By Dr. Carl Davila
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast explores the Andalusian music tradition of Morocco, known as al-ala, through the written song collections, such as the famous Kunnash al-...
Modern Art And Architecture In Morocco In The Aftershock Of The 1960 Agadir Earthquake
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Abstract On February 29, 1960, an earthquake leveled much of the southern Moroccan coastal city of Agadir. Over the next decade, a new Agadir would be...
Queens Of Words Moroccan Women Zajal Poets by Catherine Cartier
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zajal, which flourished in 14th century Andalusia, is a genre of poetry composed in spoken Arabic—Moroccan Arabic/Darija in this case. The genre ree...
Roots And Traces Of Contemporary Cultural Life In Tangier by Aida Alami and George Bajalia
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this discussion at Youmein 2021: Roots and Traces, anthropologist George Bajalia and journalist Aida Alami explore the roots and traces of contempo...
Writing on Kingdom Walls: Practices & visual politics of graffiti & street art in Jordan and Morocco
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Soufiane’s focus is a comparative study on cultural practices and narratives related to art production and its entanglement with resistance and visu...
Engendering Inclusive Politics: Gender Quotas In Morocco's Legislatures By Delana Sobhani
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In response to the February 20 movement, the Moroccan government passed electoral laws that institutionalized and expanded gender quotas at the nation...
Protecting Morocco´s Rarest Forests by Dr. Peter Fulé
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The high mountains of Talassemtane National Park protect some of the rarest trees and animals in Morocco and North Africa. Forest fires can have negat...
Ibn Rushd, Ecotheology, and Morocco's Environmental Policy by Austin Bodetti
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ecotheology, a new academic discipline and social movement, focuses on the relationship between nature and religion. In a number of Muslim-majority co...
Soukaina And Mehdi Podcast
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, celebrated artists Soukaina Fahssi and Mehdi Qamoum talk about their art, experiences, backgrounds, personal and artistic lives, amon...
Chi Podcast with Saad El Baraka
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Casablanca-based singer, Saad el Baraka, chats with Ayoub el Jamal about his artistic experience, background, motives, things that ha...
Chi Podcast with Nada Azhari
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Chi Stage Project director, Ayoub el Jamal, hosts Casawi singer & song writer, Nada Azhari to speak about her rich artistic experienc...
Podcast with Marouane Sibari
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Casablanca-based artist, Marouane Sibari tells his stories in his hometown, things that affected his artistic experience, passions, p...
Hafid & Salma Podcast
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, famous Moroccan street performance couple, Hafid W Salma tell their audience about their respective lives, passions, plans, projects,...
Chi Podcast with Sarah Ariche
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, the founder and director of the Chi Stage Project, Ayoub el Jamal, hosts the Tangier native and based singer and songwriter, Sarah Ar...
Coastal Change In the Maritime Maghreb
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Tangier ALC is inviting Dr. Alex Kolker, Associate Professor at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for a talk at the American Legation M...
Lawrence Peskin: James Simpson: The First American Consul to Tangier
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence Peskin, a history professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore, is in Tangier to research the life of James Simpson, America’s first c...
Johanna Sluiter: Building Habitat:The Atelier des Batisseurs in North Africa and Beyond
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Johanna Sluiter is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU where she is writing a dissertation on the Atelier des Bâtisseurs and the devel...
James Miller: Moroccan-American Archaeological Project of Ancient Sijilmasa
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, September 30 2019, James Miller spoke with TALIM Director John Davison about the joint Moroccan-American archaeological project at the site...
Emma Snowden: Reviving Al-Andalus in Almohad Chronicles (Podcast)
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded at the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE) in Rabat on September 18, 2019. In this...
Fayçal Belattar: Youmein Festival 2019 / « Désir »
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Grâce au soutien du Musée de la Légation Américain, le festival Youmein a pu inviter le conteur et artiste pluridisciplinaire algérien Fayçal Be...
L’image de la Femme dans l’Islam et la Culture Contemporaine
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Le 23 Mai 2019 à 21h30 nous avons accueilli une conférence organisée par Business étiquette sous le thème: l’image de la femme dans l’Islam e...
David Balgley: Land, Labor, and Youth Aspirations in the Gharb, Morocco
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded on August 23rd 2019, at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies. In this podcast, we welcome David Balg...
Ari Schriber: Moroccan Shari’a In The Age Of Colonialism
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded on July 25th 2019, at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies. In this podcast, we welcome Ari Schriber...
Paul Bowles: A Musical Portrait
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded on March 8th, 2019, at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies. In this podcast, Carole Blankenship, So...
Ian Vandermeulen: Tuning in to Morocco’s “Recitational Revival”
23 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast featuring Ian VanderMeulen, doctoral candidate in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, and TALIM resident director ...
Carleton Coon, Jr. on the Conservation and Transformation of the Tangier American Legation
23 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Retired U.S. Ambassador Carleton Coon, Jr. served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Rabat in 1976, the year that the Department of State agreed to allow ...
Dr. Hassan Aourid; Les Fondements Institutionnels du Maroc Traditionnel : Makhzen, Zaouias, Tribus.
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ce podcast a été enregistré le samedi 2 Février au TALIM, le Tangier American Legation Institute for Maghreb Studies, dans le cadre d'une confére...
Peter Kitlas: Moroccan and Ottoman Contributions to 18th c. Diplomatic Developments
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Kitlas: Moroccan and Ottoman Contributions to 18th c. Diplomatic Developments by TALIM
Mike Turner: Teaching Darija to Americans: Orienting Pedagogical Approaches for Different Audiences
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast, featuring Dr. Mike Turner of the University of North Carolina Wilmington and TALIM resident director John Davison, was recorded on Janua...
Anny Gaul: "The cuisine of the city of Tetouan"
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast featuring American doctoral candidate in the department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University Anny Gaul and TALIM reside...
Tangier Youmein Creative Media Festival -- Firas Hamdan and "Cabaret"
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast featuring Jordanian architect Firas Hamdan and Columbia University anthropologist Audi George Bajalia was recorded as part of Tangier...
Franklin Graham: La Résilience Architecturale en Mauritanie
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
La Résilience Architecturale en Mauritanie Professeur Franklin Graham de South Florida University, nous a joint le 26 juin pour discuter du thème ...
2018 Youmein Festival Round Table
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded on August 3 at a roundtable held at the Old American Legation as part of the 4th edition of Tangier's annual Youmein Festiv...
Sharon C. Smith: "Documenting the Built Environment: Why and How?"
04 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Institut of Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar on the the...
Dr. Michael A. Toler: "The Documentation of Cultural Heritage a Society in Transition".
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Institut of Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar on the the...
Mhammad Benaboud: "Documenting the Cultural Heritage of the North Moroccan Medinas"
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This series was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar,...
Jordi Mas Garriga: "Towards valuing Tangier's Alawite heritage"
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This series was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Institut of Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM's annual April Seminar on the theme ...
Eric Calderwood: Colonial Andalus
26 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eric Calderwood (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) speaks about his recently published book Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and ...
Tánger Segunda Patria por Rocío Rojas-Marcos
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Presentación del último trabajo de investigación de Rocío Rojas Marcos a cargo de la profesora e investigadora Randa Jebrouni. «¿Qué tiene Tá...
"Gunpowder Women: A Generation Galloping Past the Mudawana": Lecture by Gwyneth Talley, UCLA
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Morocco's little known tradition of women troupes who perform the famous Fantasia ("tbourida") equestrian ceremony is the doctoral focus of Fulbright ...
Caitlyn Olson - عقائد السنوسي و اختلافاتها عن العقائد الفلسفية المعاصرة في المشرق
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
قد تغير فهم الباحثين للتاريخ المتأخر للفلسفة وعلم الكلام تغيراً كبيراً. بينما افتر...
Salaheddine Mezouar - “Le nouveau visage de Tanger.. lutte contre l’amnésie”
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cet épisode a été enregistré le 23 Février 2018, au TALIM, le Tangier American Legation Institut for Moroccan Studies, et présenté dans le cadr...
Samuel Metz: Sub-Saharan Migrant Networks in Tangier
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Following up on his presentation at 2017 Annual Fulbright Symposium. "Spreading Awareness or Stealing Stories? How Sub-Saharan Migrant Networks in Ta...
Harland Eastman: The Rescue and Transformation of the Tangier American Legation
26 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
قراءة تعريفية عن محمد بن علي الرباطي
31 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
قراءة تعريفية عن محمد بن علي الرباطي
Michael Collyer; Migrant Subjectivities and Crisis Narratives in the Euro-med Region
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Professor Michael Collyer, a geographer at the University of Sussex tells us about the different narratives people employ when talkin...
Sarah Ariche (Acoustic Concert at TALIM)
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
سارة عريش مغنية، مؤلفة موسيقية و مديرة كورال, وقد تميزت وسط المشهد الفني في طنجة من...
Moniem EL BOUDIABI
14 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
بقلم مؤنث و جد مؤثر، نسيبة لحلو من الشخصيات الاكثر إشعاعا في شعر الشارع النسائي بال...
Noussayba LAHLOU
14 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
بقلم مؤنث و جد مؤثر، نسيبة لحلو من الشخصيات الاكثر إشعاعا في شعر الشارع النسائي بال...
2017 Youmein Festival Panel discussion
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by Borderline Theatre Project and the American Language Center in Tangier, the 2017 Youmein Creative Media Festival was a co-production with...
"PREVIEWING THE YVES SAINT LAURENT MARRAKECH MUSEUM." Saturday, August 5, 7:00 p.m.
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On a hot August Saturday night at the Legation, Bjorn Dahlstrom, Director of the Musée Berbère Jardin Majorelle and the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Ma...
2017 Ramadan Nights Concert with Redouan Hasnaoui
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 Redo...
April 6 April Seminar “Tangier 1947 -- Two Speeches: Independence and Women's Education.” Part 4/4
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this fourth podcast from the April 9th seminar “Tangier 1947 — Two Speeches: Independence and Women’s Education”, Dr. M’hamed BENABOUD, f...
April Seminar “Tangier 1947 -- Two Speeches: Independence and Women's Education.” Part 3/4
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this third podcast from the April seminar “Tangier 1947 — Two Speeches: Independence and Women’s Education,” Dr. Karim BEJJIT, Professor fr...
April Seminar “Tangier 1947 — Two Speeches: Independence and Women’s Education.” Part 2/4
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this second podcast from the April seminar “Tangier 1947 — Two Speeches: Independence and Women’s Education,” Dr. Assia Bensalah Alaoui, Am...
April Seminar “Tangier 1947 -- Two Speeches: Independence and Women's Education.” Part 1/4
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
April 6, April Seminar: “Tangier 1947 -- Two Speeches: Independence and Women's Education.” This year’s April Seminar, held in partnership with...