Anthony Janszoon van Salee, a 17th-century settler of Moroccan and Muslim descent, was one of the first North Africans to establish roots in New Amsterdam (now New York). His father was a pirate and one of the founders of the Salé Republic.
Since 2011, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has been home to a Moroccan court that required a trip to Fez and the work of several months of Moroccan artisans. The design of this courtyard is inspired by Al Attarin and Al Bu-'Inaniyya, two 14th-century Madrasas of Fez built during the reign of the Merinid sultans.