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Tangier and i'm headed out. most cities of 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 moroccans to take to the streets of ville nouvelle. otman nosaeri is from a generation of moroccans far removed from the romantic conceits of the bowles/burroughs era. he's invited me out for a casual snack. bocadillos, spanish-style sandwiches with tuna, veggies, hard cooked eggs and a health...

Most cities of 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 moroccans to takeo the streets of ville nouvelle. otman nosaeri is from a generation of moroccans far removed from the romantic conceits of the bowles/burroughs era. he's invited me out for a casual snack. bocadillos, spanish-style sandwiches with tuna, veggies, hard cooked eggs and a healthy wad of mayo. a crispy la...

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: that's what's hard to do because when you have a european purchasing power coming over here to tangier -- >> anthony: they come. well, like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come. and then we -- it all up. will tangier's unique character survive? ♪ >> nosaeri: i hope so. i really hope so. ♪ >> anth...

Else, there are those who like that feeling. >> jonathan: mmm-hm. >> anthony: i like that feeling. um, and then there are those who they may live apart, they may live somewhere else, but they're not entirely comfortable. it's, the difference annoys them or is a burden. >> jonathan: it is. and it frustrates them. some people have to leave home to find their home. i'm one of those people. whereas 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. >> anthony: there is, indeed, something special about this place. burroughs described the ...

>> 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 they come here expecting this romantic paul bowles w...