Before you go, immerse yourself in Tangier through these books, articles, films and podcasts—they provide essential context for curious travelers wanting to explore the city's layered history and singular energy.
Recommended Books
Fiction
- Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Meryem Alaoui, translated by Emma Ramadan, 2020
- Tangerine, Christine Mangan, 2018
- Street of Thieves, Mathias Énard, 2012
- The Last Friend, Tahar Ben Jelloun, 2004
- Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, Fatima Mernissi, 1994
- Si Yussef, Amour Majid, 1992
- Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence, Leila Abouzeid, 1989
- The Lemon, Mohammed Mrabet, translated by Paul Bowles, 1972
- For Bread Alone, Mohamed Choukri, translated by Paul Bowles, 1972
- The Simple Past, Driss Chraibi, 1954
Nonfiction
- Inside Tangier: Houses and Gardens, Nicoló Castellini Baldissera, 2019
- Eden Revisited: A Garden in Northern Morocco, Umberto Pasti, 2019
- Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture, Hisham Aidi, 2014
- Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco, Aomar Boum, 2013
- Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam, Choukri el Hamel, 2012
- In Tangier, Mohamed Choukri, 2008
- Spirits of Tangier, Tessa Codrington, 2008
- A Long Way From Home, Claude McKay, 1937
Recommended Articles
From Indagare
- Indagare’s Tangier Cheat Sheet
- Tangier Insider Frank de Biasi Shares His Passion for One of the World’s Oldest Cities
- Just Back From Tangier with Melissa
Others We Love
- "11 Moroccan Artists To Have on Your Radar, Right Now," Architectural Digest, February 2025
- "Inside the homes of Tangier's tastemakers," Financial Times, May 2024
- "Take a walk in Italian writer Umberto Pasti's Moroccan hillside garden," House & Garden, January 2024
- "Inside Veere Grenney's elegant Tangier garden," House & Garden, January 2024
Recommended Viewing
- Changing Times, André Téchiné, 2004
- The Sheltering Sky, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1990
- El Chergui or The Violent Silence, Moumen Smihi, 1976
- The Woman From Tangier, Harold Daniels, 1948
Recommended Listening
- "Jasper Conran on Design and Morocco," Passport to Everywhere with Melissa Biggs Bradley, November 2023
- "Tangier American Legation Museum," The Atlas Obscura Podcast, January 2023
- "Tangier, Morocco," Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, November 2021
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Published onSeptember 8, 2026
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