SOURCE: PRESS TV Tunisian Presidential advisor, Lazhar al-Qorawi al-Chabi, says the Arab League is currently studying the possibility of restoring Syria’s membership in the 22-member regional organization amid promising signs that the incumbent Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad is being admitted back into the Arab world. “There are some positive signs with regard … Continued
SOURCE: XINHUA NET TUNIS, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — On the terrace of a two-floor Dar El Souk cafe, located in the heart of Douz town in southern Tunisia, local university students were drinking coffee, while enjoying the traditional Sahara dance performances. On the souk square, the folk bands wearing farmla jackets and balga shoes, known … Continued
SOURCE: FORBES BY: IVY SCHULTZ Can I interest you in some gladiator sweat? A stone’s throw from Gladiator’s El Djem amphitheater in Tunisia, enterprising business owners would sell gladiator sweat as an exclusive, pricey product to wealthy women who believed the liquid would bring them the vitality of the fearless fighters. If you visit Tunisia … Continued
SOURCE: NEWS 24 Once widespread in rural Tunisia, tattoos have long been considered vulgar and associated with convicts or the uneducated. But now they are emerging from the shadows as young people like Ghada Atiaoui get inked and take up courses at the first tattoo school in the Arab world. The 19-year-old, who also studies … Continued
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG BY: JIHEN LAGHMARI AND SAMER AL-ATRUSH Tunisian activists took the streets Monday in the same rural town where a fruit seller set himself ablaze years ago, demanding more job opportunities and lower prices in a new show of force on the anniversary of the uprising that triggered the Arab Spring revolts. Among the … Continued
By: Amy Hensler/Arab America Contributing Writer It is commonly believed that throughout the history of the Arab world, women have experienced discrimination. The media and various Western attempts at “civilizing” the Arab world have created the idea that Arab women need saving. However, this view is orientalist in nature, and it ignores the work and … Continued
SOURCE: FORBES BY: DECLAN EYTAN “As Arabs, we suffer from the same stigmas – we’re either seen as terrorists or cash machines who have no taste or culture,” says Sofia Guellaty, founder of online magazine Mille World. Guellaty previously worked as an editor for Style.com/Arabia and Vogue Arabia out of Dubai. Upon returning to her … Continued
SOURCE: ELECTRONIC INTOFADA.NET BY: ALI ABUNIMAH Activists in Tunisia are celebrating victory after dockworkers forced a cargo ship chartered by the Israeli shipping company Zim to abandon efforts to land at the port of Radès. The Cornelius A, which had disappeared from maritime tracking websites early Wednesday, reappeared on Thursday. On Thursday morning the … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum Standing atop Mount Byrsa, the Acropolis of both Punic and Roman Carthage, I surveyed the panorama of the modern spread-out urban center covering the historic ruins which, without doubt, form an important part of the heritage of humankind. After having a short time before explored the few Punic, also known as Phoenician … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer Driving northward in the early morning hours, we left Mahdi, tucked away like a precious jewel between Sousse and Sfax, on our way to visit the Roman Amphitheatre at El Jem. We had enjoyed this attractive port with a prestigious and adventurous past and the capital of Tunisia in … Continued
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT BY: ISABEL PUTINJA I didn’t expect the sky to be white. There’s a sandstorm in the Saharaand I’m at its gateway: a windy hilltop overlooking the arid landscape of the Dahar mountain chain in South Tunisia. Gigantic letters perched on the rocky outcrop I’m standing on spell out MATMATA. Matmata is best known … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: SIMON SPEAKMAN GORDALL Taher Lwati sat outside a toyshop on one of the quiet avenues that crisscross central Tunis, soaking up the warm evening air and ruminating on the chances of an unlikely footballing victory. “The national team comes above all else. I’ve been following the sport for years and, really, I … Continued
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