ENG 300: Writing Sans Frontieres:

“This creative writing course takes the city of Tangier, a fast-growing metropolis in a developing country, as a living classroom where students engage with and write about the city’s healthcare system, health professionals, people, and the natural environment. An aim of the course is to broaden students’ cultural lens and have Tangier refracted to them through the eyes of its people, organizations, and environment. Topics that will be discussed both in and out of the class include inequality in health care, as well as the relationship between health, illness and the practices of medicine and environmental laws. Class discussions, meetings with locals, and student research will focus on the problems confronting Morocco and Tangier, and the solutions being offered.” – UNE course catalog

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ENG 300: Biography of Tangier

“From the 3000-year old Phoenician graves and the lengths of Hercules to the avant-garde Cinema Rif, Tangier is a place with many personalities. It is at once ancient, medieval, and modern. Its location on the tip of Africa between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean has always attracted a blend of peoples: Berbers, Arabs, Europeans, and sub-Saharan Africans; Muslims, Christians, and Jews. America’s oldest foreign possession is the “Legation” inside the stone walls of the medina. Through research, reading, and writing, we will explore the cosmopolitan fusion of cultures and peoples in this city and the region.” – UNE course catalog