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Part of daily life. for a long time the rest of the country and the government didn't really like tangier a whole lot. because it was seedy. there are these foreigners that came here and did god knows what. >> anthony: the new king is -- the new -- >> george: he likes tangier. >> anthony: he likes? >> george: yeah, it makes money. >> anthony: he sees it as a future economic super power, as i understand it. he's talking condos, boutique hotels. is that good or bad? >> zineb: for moroccans, it's work. >> anthony: right. >> zineb: but of course, ex-pats want to keep tangier like they know it befo...

Tangier, before anything else, is essentially a port city, with all the things that traditionally come with port cities. it's situated at the chokepoint 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 seine-haul fishing. where weighted nets basically drag fish across the bottom of the sea. some of that fish, the good stuff anyway, ends up here. the seville de poisson, or restaurant populare, or popeye's. the place has got a lot of names, but locals and ex-pats...

>> anthony: when tangier was interzone, back in the day, it seemed to some, i'm sure, as if ex-pats outnumbered the locals. that was never true. but you certainly could live a life apart, make your own world within the existing one. reinvent yourself and live entirely within a universe of your own creation. far from the grand socco is a 14-acre estate owned by christopher gibbs, a well-known dealer of antiques and long-time ex-pat. today, he's having a garden party. who's coming? jonathan, you know. maggie dean is from scotland. she's been living here for more than a decade. g.p. de richmont, ...

A crispy layer of french fries within the sandwich. >> anthony: this is delicious, by the way. the bread here is very good. you work in a magazine? a journalist? >>nosaeri: yeah, i am 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's not for any purpose that william burroughs or paul bowles or henri matisse. all these people came to tangier. this city has something which makes it different from other, you know, from other cities. >> anthony: well, what about young artists, young writers, young musicians? did ...

Of, uh, things from the sahara. >> anthony: so you travel a lot? >> abdelmajid: little bit. not like you. [ laughter ] >> anthony: oh, this is, uh, for pounding -- >> abdelmajid: yes, yes, this is from the gond tribe from mali. >> anthony: how much will this sell for, do you think? >> abdelmajid: around $300. >> anthony: really? for this? that's very reasonable. >> abdelmajid: yes. >> anthony: i'll be buying that. that's going to be an old friend. >> abdelmajid: also, memory of tangier. >> anthony: and a memory of tangier as well. majid suggests lunch at andalus, a locals-only place nearby. >>...