READING LIST

Shelves of old books

Interested in reading about Tangier and Morocco? Enjoy this eclectic collection of suggestions from some of our friends.

KARIM BENZAKOUR co-curator Tertulias speaker series and “Discontented with the Ordinary” exhibit
YHTIMAD BOUZIANE Deputy Director of TALIM and co-founder of the women’s literacy program
ERIC CALDERWOOD Professor, University of Illinois and TALIM Fellow
  • The poetry of Hafsa bint al-Hajj (d. 1190). Some translated in Poems for the Millennium, vol. 4.
  • Alberto España, La pequeña historia de Tánger
  • Youssef Fadel, Farah (2016), A Shimmering Red Fish Swims with Me — review
  • Ibn Battuta’s Travels (ed. Tim Mackintosh-Smith recommended)
  • Laila Lalami, The Moor’s Account
  • Muhammad Shukri (Mohamed Chukri), Zaman al-akhtaʾ (Spanish: Tiempo de errores, 2013)
  • Ángel Vázquez, La vida perra de Juanita Narboni
  • Ángel Vázquez, Se enciende y se apaga una luz
  • Jonathan Wyrtzen, Making Morocco: Colonial Intervention and the Politics of Identity
GRAHAM CORNWELL Historian and founder of Orangerie
  • David Crawford & Rachel Newcomb (eds.), Encountering Morocco
  • Mohammed Mrabet, Love with a Few Hairs
  • Mhani Alaoui, The House on Butterfly Street
  • Youssef Fadel, A Beautiful White Cat Walks With Me
  • Mohamed Hamri, Tales of Joujouka (available in the Legation bookshop)
MADISON COX President of the Fondation Jardin Majorelle and TALIM Board Member
  • Pierre Bergé, Yves Saint Laurent: un passion marocaine (2010)
  • Bert Flint, La Culture Afro-Berbère (2017)
  • Jeff Koehler, Matisse in Morocco: A Journey in Light and Color (2025)
  • Kathy Kriger, Rick’s Café (2012)
  • Gerald Loftus, Lions at The Legation and Other Tales (2018) — available at the Legation bookshop
  • Gislhaine Meffre, Architecture marocaine du XXe siècle (2011)
  • Alain Pacard, Le Maroc et l’Artisanat traditionnel islamique dans l’architecture
  • Guippi Pietromarchi, Morocco in Bloom (2017)
  • Moulay Abdellah Nassih, A Short Guide to Moroccan Handicrafts (2016)
  • Moulay Abdellah Nassih, The Street Trades of Marrakech (2012)
  • Josh Shoemake, Tangier: A Literary Guide for Travellers (2013)
  • Edith Wharton, In Morocco (1920; many reprints)
Exhibition catalogues
  • Cy Twombly, Maroc, 1962–1953 (2023)
  • Une amitié marocaine: Tamwy Tazy, Fernando Sanchez, Yves Saint Laurent (2022)
FRANK DIBIASI AND GENE MEYER American designers and Tangier residents
DR. DALE EICKELMAN Professor Emeritus, Dartmouth University and President of TALIM
JAMIE JONES Associate Professor, University of Illinois and curator of “Americans in Morocco” exhibit
  • G. Fort, Coos-Coo-Soo (1859)
  • Randy Weston, African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston (2010)
  • Sasha Pack, The Deepest Border: The Strait of Gibraltar and the Making of the Modern Hispano-African Borderland (2019)
  • Leila Slimani, The Country of Others (2020) & Watch Us Dance (2023)
  • Yassin Adnan, Hot Maroc (2021)
DR. SUSAN MILLER Professor Emerita, UC Davis
ELENA PRENTICE Artist, third-generation Tangerine, and former director of TALIM
  • Richard Hamilton, Tangier: From the Romans to The Rolling Stones
  • Barnaby Roberson, A Traveller’s History of North Africa
  • Alexandre Dumas, Le Véloce (the chapter on Tanger)
  • John Hopkins, The Tangier Diaries
  • John Blake, The Bigger Circle (available in the Legation bookstore)
TIM RESCH Morocco Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and TALIM Treasurer
JANE STUBBS Rare book dealer and the Legation’s volunteer librarian
DIANA WYLIE Professor emerita and author of “Enchantment”
MARY JEFFERS Former Foreign Service Officer and President of TALIM