Tunisia's Society

Tunis, December 2, 2008- With the recent onslaught of major ready ware brands in Tunisia, one would have expected the more modest local brands such as Mabrouk, Makni and others to fade into insignificance. On the contrary it has whetted their appetite for competitiveness. With their classy garments, glossy catalogues and chic range ...

Tunis, December 1, 2008- President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received on Monday, Mr Boubaker El Akhzouri , Minister of religious affairs who was entrusted by the Head of State with leading the Tunisian delegation of pilgrims to accomplish the rites of pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
President Ben Ali also focused during ...
Tunis, November 26, 2008- The International Conference on “Youth issues in the Islamic World”: Present Stakes and Future Challenges” which was held in Gammarth, north of Tunis on November 24-26,2008, adopted on Wednesday the “Tunis Pact to promote youth and enhance its social status in the Islamic World”.
The Conference was organized in collaboration between ...

Tunis, November 21, 2008- A cooperation agreement was signed on Friday in Tunis between Tunisia and the International Organisation for Migrations (IOM). The agreement paves the way for the implementation of the integrated program, “Migration and Development in Tunisia”.
The project which aims at promoting economic development in areas with a strong migration ...

Tunis, November 11, 2008- A ceremony was organised in Tunis on Monday in honor of Professor Abdeljalil Zaouche, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, who has just been nominated as an honorary member of the French Surgery Association.
This distinction is in recognition of the Professor Zaouche’s scientific competence, as ...

Tunis, November 5, 2008- Chairing the 9 th meeting of CAWTAR’s board of trustees in Tunis on Tuesday, Prince Talal Ibn Abdelaziz Al Seoud hailed the efforts achieved in terms of the promotion of women in Tunisia and notably their participation in the country’s public life.
CAWTAR, the Center for Arab Women Training ...

Tunis, October 21, 2008- “Draw the world as you see it”, this was the message sent in 2005 to children from 6 to 16 years of age in the 191 member States of the United Nations. Out of the 3500 drawings received, 191 were selected (one per country) and exhibited at the ...