Tunisia Way

1. Other archeological sites
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...visible form the Ghoumrassen of modern days. The sanctuary, or zawiyya, is built around the holy man (marabout) Sidi Moussa Ben Abdallah GIGHTIS Roman ruins at the bay  Th...

2. NEFTA
(Tourism/Sahara)

...y souffle souvent. La ville était jadis une cité numide puis romaine et enfin arabe où elle devient un haut lieu du soufisme. La confrériezaouïa Kadria, &...

3. Douiret
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...uiret in order to live in the new, and dull, settlement a bit down the valley,- are also changing into Arabic language. When you walk along the one long street, you'll see some few women dressed ...

4. Chenini
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...day, knowledge of this remains, and the older women use it, but all younG people, girls and boys, use Arabic as their first language. The whole village holds around 2-3000 inhabitants, and as is t...

5. TAMERZA
(Tourism/Sahara)

...e vertical. The top photo shows these gorges at their most photogenic. Old village of the three marabouts Old Tamerza was abandoned following the great flood of 1969, when it rained for ...

6. Chemtou
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...orked at at the times when Chemtou and its heyday came to an end, sometime in the 7th century with the Arab invasion. Numidian Altar & Roman Temple  It looks almost as if it was ne...

7. Bardo Museum
(Tourism/Museum)

...as beautiful illuminated pages from the sacred texts. Excelling in the decorative arts, finely wrought arabesques and intricate geometric pattern characterize much of Islamic artwork in wood, stucco ...

8. Sidi Toui
(Tourism/National Parks)

...he hills. In the whole of the Solid mass of Sidi Toui still ruins ancient, as well Berber, as Roman or Arab are. One particularly raises the presence of several marabouts who constitute a major rea...

9. Tozeur
(Tourism/Sahara)

...r, February,1909; d. October 9, 1934), is a famous Tunisian poet and known and respected throughout the Arab world for his elegant style and powerful words. The current Tunisian anthem is based on one...

10. Bulla Regia
(Tourism/Historical sites)

...While their neighbours,the inhabitants of Chemtou, had long ago deserted them.In  the writings of Arab travellers, Bulla Regia is referred to as Henchir bul. Archaeology and in particular Latin...

11. DAR CHERAIT
(Tourism/Attraction & Entertainment)

...ntures of Aladdin, Sindbad the sailor, the cavern of Ali Baba, the subterranean cave, the paths of an Arabic city...    ...

12. foreign direct investment (FDI)
(Economy/Investment)

...re attracted by Tunisia's proximity and preferential trading relations with the European Union and the Arab Maghreb Union, as well as by the newly revised Investment Code which offered tax and cust...

13. Investment Incentives
(Economy/Investment)

...ements Tunisia prides itself on maintaining preferential trading-partner relations with African, Arab and Mediterranean nations. Tunisia has entered into trade agreements with forty-one devel...

14. First screening of documentary film highlights career of Tunisian karate world champion
(News/Culture)

...mpetitors. The choice of the title is significant as it purports to show that a child from the Arab world with enough talent and ambition, is likely to shine in a highly technical sport that...

15. Tunisia first in Africa and in the Arab world in terms of environmental performance
(News/International)

...“environmental performance index” (EPI). Tunisia stands out as first in Africa and in the Arab World in the 2008 edition of the EPI, with an overall score of 78,1%. The first three coun...

16. Golf
(Sport/Individual sport)

...various activities of associations and clubs of golf in Tunisia. cantact: Addresses: 4 Avenue of Arab League - the 1002 View-point Tel: 71-281.745 Fax: 71-280.922 Addresses site: www.ftg....

17. Various trades
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...d Very elegant and very decorative, the cage of Sidi Bou Said is inspired in its decoration by the arabesques by the window by wrought iron (Zlabiya) which decorates frontings of the residences ...

18. Wood
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...sembled. It is not only most beautiful “minbar” known but also oldest of the Moslem world arabo. The Tunisian craftsman did not only excel in the sculpture of wood. Other techniques, su...

19. Iron made handicrafts
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...ans). The various reasons which decorate grids, doors, windows, transoms of Souks, and brackets, are of Arab, Spanish and Portuguese inspiration.  The reasons for filling are composed of ir...

20. Traditional costume
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...nbsp; The male traditional costume has to him also its regional specificities all while referring at Arab ancestral origins for its general aspect (full costume). Kaddroun, the blouse, the bden ...

21. Jewels and silverware
(Culture/Craft in Tunisia)

...e current jewels. This secular craft industry was enriched by various contributions Roman, Byzantine, Arabic, Turkish and Andalusian who modelled in various materials the ornament of the woman of th...

22. International Centre for Environmental Technologies
(Environment/Relevant Organization)

...and Hydraulic Resources, the CITET aims to improve and strengthen the capacities of Tunisia and other Arab-African and Mediterranean countries in the fields of transfer, adaptation and promotion of...

23. Presentation
(Education/Education in Tunisia)

...dentity. Building on the French model left behind, the focus of education reformers has been to “Arabize” curriculum and faculty at the nation’s schools and universities while prod...

24. Basic School
(Education/Basic School)

...ations at the end of the sixth grade to progress to the lower-secondary cycle. Students are tested in Arabic writing and reading comprehension; French writing; reading and dictation; mathematics; i...

25. Vocational Training
(Education/Vocational Training)

...nical support from the World Bank, the European Union, the AFD (French Development Agency), the FADES (Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development), Germany, Belgium, Canada and Japan. ...

26. Secondary school
(Education/Secondary school)

... and mathematical fields is French; with the exception of foreign languages, all others are taught in Arabic.  Students are evaluated on a cumulative basis, with end-of-year grades calcu...

27. Telecommunication
(Economy/Services)

...teways, Connections through underwater cables with Europe, Satellite connections on Intelsat and Arabsat. Tunisia has also joined to major telecom projects such as RASCOM, THURAYA, OXYGEN and A...

28. Kebili
(Tourism/Sahara)

...pared to other Tunisian governorates. There are three main race/ethnic groups: Arabs: They came to Kebili in early days of Islamic Conquest. Most came from the Southern Arab...

29. Bizerte
(Tourism/Coast)

... Diarrhytus or Zarrytus, was dismantled and moved to Utica. Bizerte was successively conquered by the Arabs in 647 (who gave the city its current name), by the troops of Charles V of the Holy Roman...

30. Korbous
(Tourism/Coast)

...f Lladin, sydd i'w gweld yn Amgueddfa'r Bardo yn Tunis heddiw. Ond ar ôl goresgyn Tunisia gan yr Arabiaid yn y 7fed ganrif, syrthiodd y spa i ebargofiant gan bawb heblaw'r bobl leol. Yn y 19e...