The city of Tangiers in Morocco was for a long time a site of seductions, where painters, literati, and bon vivants could discover all of the delights of the Orient. After the »white dove on Africa's shoulder« disappeared from Europe's consciousness for 30 years, it is now experiencing a new economic and cultural boom. At the center of this book are the inhabitants of the city: how do they deal with the changes, and how do they recall the city's cosmopolitan past? What is the significance of the spirit-beings, what of the trance fraternities? What is the reputation of the city as a site of sin and sexual fulfillment all about? Dieter Haller's ethnography shows that rediscovering Tangiers is certainly worth the effort.