28 Days in Tangier  / 2025  (research + calendar design)
The calendar / Asriyya عصرية / Takweem تقويم / Ruznama رزنامة is a quotidian item found in many Moroccan and Lebanese homes. It sits there, on the shelf in the kitchen, hanging on the fridge, with an expiry date wide and proud. An object that carries little traces ; perhaps a religious story, a recipe, or a proverb to inspire your day, an Arab fortune cookie of sorts, bearing witness to the multi-lingual realities, part lunar, part solar. This calendar is a multi-lingual take on this object, influenced by the calendar culture between Morocco and Lebanon. It tells parallel stories of two multi-lingual port cities: Tangier and Beirut. It also speaks to daily habits, pace, and the passage and perception of time in those two cities through food and coffee / tea habits, encounters and stories of how we experience this object. It also offers a glossary that reflects the nuances of dialects between the two places. A heavy history carries them across; two Arab and Mediterranean cities, widely occupied, fighting in their own ways.