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French fries within the sandwich. this is delicious. by the way. the bread here is very good. you work in magazine journalist? >> yes. i'm not a journalist but i own an urban magazine here in tangier to inform moroccans we are living in a place that's pretty special. it is not a place for burroughs or paul bowles or other people came to tangier. the city has something which makes it different from other cities. >> what about young artists, young writers, young musicians? do they come here expecting this romantic paul bowles wonderland of the '50s? >> some were. some weren't. too bohemian. >> t...

Thank you, yes. most cities in the islamic world, getting a beer can be difficult. not here. as long as you're outside the medina, nearly anything goes. tangier reverts to its libertine past. here, western influences become very apparent. ♪ any night of the week is a good night for young moroccons to take to the streets. he's from a generation of moroccans far removed from the the romantic conceits of the bowles-burroughs era. he's invited me out for a casual snack. tuna, eggs and a healthy wad of mayo.

How stoned are people here? >> we can ask, just ask. >> you're not getting totally ripped here? >> no. it's a functional part of daily life. for a long time, the rest of the country and the government didn't really like tangier a whole lot. it was seedy. there were foreigners who came here and -- >> it makes money. >> he sees it as a future economic super power as i understand it. taking condos boutique hotelses that good or bad? >> for moroccans, it's work, but of course ex-pats want to keep tangier like they know it before. >> i mean, this cafe is very similar to the way it was, but there's ...

Mo moroccans. >> the notion of living a life apart, of being somewhere else, there are those who like that feeling. i like that feeling. and then there are those who they may live somewhere else but they're not entirely comfortable. it's the difference annoys them or is a burden. >> and it frustrates them. some people have to leave home to find their home. i'm one of those people. where i didn't feel at home in the country i was born in at all. but here i feel okay. i feel very very happy here. >> there is indeed something special about this place. burroughs described the native quarter of tan...