Tunisia

Nabeul, Mon Amour

Nabeul, Mon Amour

Yesmine Abida, a Tunisian in the diaspora, returns home to document the last vestiges of Nabeul's once-thriving Jewish...

MARCH 5, 2023 • By Yesmine Abida
Benjemy : The unclassifiable Tunisian DJ

Benjemy : The unclassifiable Tunisian DJ

In which Sarah Ben Hamadi meets a key figure of Tunisia’s cultural underground.

JANUARY 16, 2023 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Sexploitation or Cinematic Art? The Case of Abdellatif Kechiche

Sexploitation or Cinematic Art? The Case of Abdellatif Kechiche

Film critic and historian Viola Shafik pillories cinematographic voyeurism.

DECEMBER 15, 2022 • By Viola Shafik
Thousands of Tunisians Are Attempting the “Harga”

Thousands of Tunisians Are Attempting the “Harga”

With illegal immigration from Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Libya at an all-time high, desperate North Africans risk death...

OCTOBER 31, 2022 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabaoui with Stambeli Trance in Tunis

Celebrating Mawlid An-Nabaoui with Stambeli Trance in Tunis

Shreya Parikh joins an authentic ritual for the birth of the Prophet in her Tunis medina.

OCTOBER 31, 2022 • By Shreya Parikh
44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

44th CINEMED fest to Fête Simone Bitton & Abdellatif Kéchiche

Montpellier's venerable Mediterranean film festival announces retrospectives and avant-premières.

OCTOBER 5, 2022 • By
In Tunis, Art Reinvents and Liberates the City

In Tunis, Art Reinvents and Liberates the City

Sarah Ben Hamadi explores street art, graffiti and the popular art scene in Tunis.

AUGUST 29, 2022 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Poem for Tunisia: “Court of Nothing”

Poem for Tunisia: “Court of Nothing”

Farah Abdessamad responds to Tunisia's July 25 constitutional referendum with a poem for her country.

AUGUST 1, 2022 • By Danielle Haque
Tunisia’s Imed Alibi Crosses Borders in new “Frigya” Electronica Album

Tunisia’s Imed Alibi Crosses Borders in new “Frigya” Electronica Album

Melissa Chemam in her latest music column interviews Tunisian electro-world creator Imed Alibi.

JULY 18, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Tunisians On the Couch in “Arab Blues”

Tunisians On the Couch in “Arab Blues”

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the film in which a Paris-trained shrink analyzes fellow Tunisians suffering from mental maladies.

JULY 15, 2022 • By Alia Mossallam
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