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Bags. >> anthony: right. >>nosaeri: there, today, we have so many investments going on here in tangier. thanks to our king investors are here, have been attracted. tourists are attracted. but the most important part of it is that we should keep the old parts of the city intact, the kasbah, the medina. >> anthony: the medina. >>nosaeri: thats whats hard to do because when you have, european purchasing power coming over here to tangier -- >> anthony: they come. well, like we come. we embrace it. o...

>> today we have so many investments going on here in tangier thanks to our king. investors are here. tourists are attracted. but the most important part of it is we should keep the old parts of the city intact. the kasbah, the medina. thats whats hard to do because when you have a european purchasing power coming over here to tangier -- >> they come like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come. and then we throw up. well, will tangiers unique character survive? >> i hope so. i really ...

Spanish style sandwiches wi. a crispy layer of french fries within the sandwich. this is delicious, by the way. the bread here is very good. youre a journalist? >> im not a journalist, but i own an urban magazine here in tangier. were living in a place that is pretty special. its not for any purpose of burrows or bowles. the city has something which makes it different from other cities. >> what about young artists, young writers, young musicians? did they come here expecting this romantic paul b...

Its smell was particularly notable to him, including a mix of hashish, seared meat and sewage. tangier before anything else is essentially a port city. with all the things that traditionally come with port cities. its situated at the choke point between the atlantic ocean and the mediterranean sea. the moroccan coast is a rich fishing ground, and a lot of people make their living from the sea. on shore they use a method called haul fishing. where weighted nets basically drag fish across the bott...

There is a nice collection. >> so you travel a lot? >> like you. >> oh, this is for pounding? >> this is from the gong tribe for money. >> how much do you think it would sell for? >> around $10. >> really? thats very reasonable. ill be buying that. thats going to be an old friend. >> also a memory. >> a memory of tangier as well. najid suggests lunch at a place nearby. as a moroccan, many westerners who come to tangier come with a romantic notion that they read of tangier in the books. are they ...

Else. the ground socko is the gateway where you can find the kasma, which means fortress, by the way. the port of tangier is to the east. and right in the middle of it all, what uncle bill borrows called the last stop. the meeting place. the switchboard of tangier. reasons for settling in tangier diverge. but everyone sooner or later since the beginning of memory comes to cafe tingeas. jn a than dawson came to this city over 20 years ago as a journalist and he never left. he lives a life not too...

And recently the countrys leadership seems to have embraced it. in all its ill reputed glory. the days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration in young flesh are probably over for good. hippies can just as easily get their bong rifs in portland or pe peoria. but the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and look of tangier, what you see and hear when you lean out the window, to take it all out the window, to take it all in, thats here to stay.

Including a cafe. years living in tangier? unknown. an american has been here forever. many lives i gathered and carolly translates books. and dashing and mysterious baron. an artist from chile who has been working since a tasty exit from puerto rico for reasons never fully explained. on the menu, bastia. a meat or often pigeon pie as traditional moroccan as it gets. today made by gibbs full-time cooks. the meat on this particular day is chicken. which is slow cooked in broth and spices, pulled ...

Tangier, and im headed out. most cities of the islamic world, getting a beer could be difficult. not here. as long as youre outside the medina, nearly anything goes. here, western influences become very apparent. ♪ any night of the week is a good night for young moroccans to take to the streets. this boy is from generations of the bowles-burrows era. he invited me out for a snack.

Bags. today we have so many going on here in tangier, thanks to our king. veterans are here. the most important part is we should keep the old parts of the city intact. the medina. >> the medina. >> thats whats hard to do. people coming to tangier. >> they come like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come. and then we fall off. will tangiers unique character survive? >> i hope so. i really hope so. >> tangier is morocco. always was morocco.