Tunisia's culture
Tunis, January 1, 2009- The Gateway to the Sahara:
From December 25 to 28, 2008 the city of Douz, also known as the gateway to Tunisia’s Sahara desert, hosted its traditional Saharan festival. Created in 1910, the event is now running in its 41 st edition.. With more than a 100,000 international and ...
Tunis, December 31, 2008- A new book retracing Tunisia’s 3000 year history, provides an illustrated bilingual history of the country. The book, written by Mr Noureddine Mejdoub, a former Tunisian ambassador, is written in French and includes an English version. The book is published in Tunis by the publisher "Dar Ismailia".
Entitled “The ...
Tunis, December 30, 2008- Following its 17 th congress, held in Gammarth, North of Tunis on Sunday, the Tunisian Writer’s Union elected its Executive Board and at its head, Mrs Jamila Mejri, who becomes the first woman to occupy this function.
Forty three candidates ran for the 10 positions of Chairman of the board ...
Tunis, December 26, 2008- From January 23 to February 3, 2009, the Tunis Municipal Theatre will host the third edition of the Laughter Festival.
The festival which was originally scheduled to assist UNESI, (The union of specialised and integrated schools) an NGO which helps children with learning disabilities, has retained its charitable dimension ...
Tunis, December 24, 2008 - If for some of us museums are places where “the present is burdened too much with the past” to quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne, for the majority they are places of inspiration and culture.
This is certainly the case for Tunisian museums which are treasure troves of some 3000 ...
Tunis, December 23, 2008- Known as ‘the gateway to the desert’, the Saharan town of Douz has become over the years a vibrant cultural pole where visitors from all horizons, merge together against the backdrop of the majestic, yet telling desert silence.
Like each year, Douz is currently hosting the 41 st edition ...
Tunis, December, 23, 2008- The Carthaginian military strategist, Hannibal Barca who challenged Rome from 234 to 146 BC, and whose war tactics are still being studied in the world’s most prestigious military schools, is now immortalized in music thanks to a symphony retracing his extraordinary career.
The symphony which was composed by Mr ...
