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The Grand Socco
READ In the heart of Tangier, The Grand Soco, also called the Grand Souk, is a busy place filled with tourists, residents and vendors selling all kinds of products.
Culture
Elisa Chimenti, a life dedicated to educating others
Association She founded the first Italian school in Morocco, she spoke several languages including Arabic and the North African dialects, but her tomb’s been forgotten and abandoned. The Fondation Elisa Chimenti pays homage to her work and plans to reopen the Italian school and pr...
The goal is to avoid having to send artists to Europe: Silvia Coarelli
Music A French mother, Italian father, Silvia Coarelli decided to settle in Tangier just over a year ago to produce African artists. She sat down with Made in Tanger to discuss her arrival, integrating into society here, her work and her life in the city of the Strait.
Darna, a home for the poorest
Association Reknowned association, the Darna cooperative was founded in 1995 by a group of citizen who wanted to help children in difficult situations be offering a variety of activities. Shelter, training farm, women’s community house, and above all a theatre are giving hope to t...
Festival de Martil shines the light on cultural heritage
Documentary Ombres et Lumières, a 56-minute documentary directed by Mohammed Marouazi (Ali, Rabiâa et les autres, Les amies d’hier,Mémoire en détention) on the ksars in the south of Morocco will be presented at the Festival de Martil in June. He took us into the sandy streets of t...
COSPE, rescuing the Tangierian heritage
Tourism & travel , Venues , Culture
Heritage Financed by the European Union and the the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, COSPE (Co-operation for the Development of Emerging Countries) is an Italian NGO whose mission is to protect Tangierian heritage.
A bookstore with a twist
Tourism & travel , Leisure and well-being , Venues , Culture
Books Librairie Les Insolites, on an ususual street, with unusual exhibitions, in an unusual city, and unusual owner. Yet all these elements make this an atypical and unique bookstore in Tangier.
Leïla Kilani, a Tangierian at Cannes
Cinema Director Leïla Kilani presented her first fiction film, Sur la Place, at the Directors’ Fortnight, a parellel selection at the Cannes Film Festival.
Tangier, no longer the city it used to be
History Robert Chastel, a doctor from Rabat and passionate historian, studied the events taking place in Tangier at the beginning of the 20th century, and the representation of these two events in the primary newspapers of the time, the Petit Journal and the Petit Parisen. Th...
Tangier: The mythological city
Mythology Since the beginning of Greek civilization, Tangier has been at the heart of numerous myths. From Hercules in the works of Platon or Ulysse in those of Homere.