Tag: Culture

Tunisian writer Fawzia Zouari has been crowned laureate of the 15th edition of Cinq Continents literature of La Francophonie for her novel “Le corps de ma mère” (My mother’s body). She succeeds Congolese writer In Koli Jean Bofane author of “Congo Inc. Le testament de Bismarck” (Congo Inc. Bismarck’s will). Zouari’s novel depicts her mother. In the book she tries to understand what it is being a mother and also understand the world surrounding her and her progresses. The book describes the life of Tunisian Bedouin women stranded in a…

The 18th edition of the Carthage Theatre Days (JTC) opened on Friday evening with a tribute to the founder of these Days, the late Moncef Souissi, who died on November 6, 2016 by screening a short documentary highlighting half a century of his dedication and his significant contributions to Tunisian and Arab theatres, thanks to his record of passion, creativity. Posthumous tribute is to be paid to the memory of actress Saida Sarray (died on November 6, 2016), actor Ahmed Snouissi (died on November 20, 2015), journalist and playwright Ahmed…

Most of the yellow cabs racing through Tunis are decorated with air fresheners, glittery pendulums, and framed baby pictures. Sometimes you’ll find a complimentary box of tissues. But taxi driver Ahmed Mzoughi, 49, has taken a more cerebral approach to his vehicle’s decor. Scattered on the seats and lining the dashboard are slim volumes of poetry, fat novels, and psychology books. Stuck on a side door is a decal that says, “Attention: This Taxi Contains a Book.” That’s the tagline for a literary initiative launched in October by online book-sharing…

”Lieux Saints Partagés” (shared holy sites) is an exhibit at the Bardo Museum held from November 19 until Febriary 12, 2017. The show is organized in cooperation with the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) in Marseille on the theme of tolerance and inter-faith dialogue. The exhibit in 2015 in Marseille attracted a record 120,000 visitors and vies to encourage a moment of reflection on cohabitation in the Mediterranean with a particular regard on the religious behaviour of populations on its shores and one of the most interesting and least-known…