i ve been to mumbai, kolkata, sundarbans, rajasthan, kerala. this is a part of india that s different than any other part. it s fascinating and beautiful. oh, yeah. sweet. whoa, it s moving. end of the road. i ve always wanted to get as far away as possible from the place that i was born. far both geographically and spiritually. to leave it behind. tangier, it s morocco. but from 1923 through 1956, it was loosely governed by the major powers, an international zone. for years it seemed everything was permitted. nothing was forbidden. at the northern tip of africa, a short ferry hop from spain, tangier was a magnet for writers, remittance men, spies, and artists. if you were a bad boy of your time, you liked drugs, the kind of sex that was frowned upon at home and an affordable lifestyle set against an exotic background, tangier was for you. matisse, genet, william burroughs. many have come this way, staying a while or hanging around. but no one stayed longer
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: that s what s 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. other people want to come. and then we it all up. will tangier s unique character survive? nosaeri: i hope so. [ laughter ] i really hope so. anthony: tangier is morocco. always was morocco.
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. that s what s 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. we ll, will tangier s unique character survive? i hope so. i really hope so. tangier is morocco.
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. you re a journalist? i m not a journalist, but i own an urban magazine here in tangier. we re living in a place that is pretty special. it s 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 bowles wonder land of the 50s? some were. two bohemians. two bohemians? yeah, they saw coming to be an artist is going to be enough. it s not enough. it s pretty tough for them. and most of them have their
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. it s 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 bottom of the sea. some of that fish, the good stuff anyway, ends up here. the restaurant populare, or popeye, the place has a lot of names. people have been coming in here for years and say it has the best tangine in town.