In his old life, Hosni Kalaia remembers strolling the streets of his hometown of Kasserine in central Tunisia with confidence. He flashed his heavy gold bracelets and rings, and puffed out his chest, broad and sculptured from regular (...)
Egypt's Culture Minister Ines Abdel-Dayem announced on Sunday the choice of Cairo as the Capital of Islamic Culture in the year 2020, confirming the historic status of Egypt that has always allowed it to establish a dialogue between nations.
A (...)
"The cannon is fired. It is now the time for Maghreb (sunset) prayers in Cairo, and residents who live outside Cairo must take the time difference into consideration." This is an Egyptian statement that all Egyptians know by heart.
The Ramadan (...)
Ma b'ad Al-Hazima Al-'Askaryyah li-Tanzeem Daesh – Afaq wa Tahadyyat (After the Military Defeat of the IS Organisation – Horizons and Challenges) by Dr. Hassanein Tawfiq Ibrahim, Al-Ahram Center for Political & Strategic Studies, Strategic Series (...)
Tunis - Egypt's candidate for the post of UNESCO director general Mushira Khattab was awarded the Fatima Fihriya Prize in Tunisia on Sunday, Middle East News Agency reported.
The prize is a tribute to Fatima Fihriya, the founder of the oldest (...)
The general assumption is that filmmaking in Africa is economically and otherwise constrained. But the truth is that, taken together, African filmmakers have a lot to offer, something the Luxor African Film Festival yearly demonstrates.
One example (...)
As soon as German authorities accused the Tunisian Anis Amri of executing the Berlin market truck attack, media outlets in Tunisia started to largely focus on covering the issue.
Amri was not known in the North African country for his involvement in (...)
A Tunisian policeman was killed when security forces clashed with protesters demanding jobs in the western city of Kasserine on Wednesday, as other demonstrations broke out in the capital and towns across the country, residents and officials (...)
Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters demanding jobs in the impoverished Tunisian city of Kasserine Wednesday, as smaller demonstrations broke out in the capital and at least eight other towns, residents said.
Crowds burned tyres (...)
After Tunisia's successful completion of the political transition process in 2014, 2015 was expected to usher in economic and social reforms that w ould promote the aspirations for human dignity and social justice that had originally fired the 2011 (...)
The father of the gunman who shot dead tourists in Tunisia this week said he was ashamed of his son and shocked by his actions.
"I could not comprehend it," Hakim Rezgui told ITV News, "I am so shocked, I have no idea who influenced him, or who put (...)
Tour operators from across Europe are evacuating their customers from Tunisia and cancelling travels to the country following the terror attack at a beach resort that left 39 people dead Friday.
British travel companies Thomson and First Choice say (...)
Tunisian polling firms have declared Beji Caid Essebsi, an 88-year-old official from previous regimes, as the winner of Sunday's presidential runoff, cementing his dominance over a country where his party already controls Parliament.
The runoff (...)
Three European women with radical activist group Femen, who were arrested after baring their breasts in Tunis, will be tried next week for public indecency, which carries a possible prison sentence, their lawyer said on Friday.
“They will appear in (...)
Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said on Thursday that Tunisia is making progress in its bid to dismantle "terrorist" cells despite the presence in the country of armed groups and recent clashes with Islamists.
"There is progress in dismantling the (...)
Two dead, 14 wounded, over 230 arrested — this was the initial toll of the confrontations that erupted on Sunday in the Tadamun district in west Tunis between security forces and members of the Ansar Al-Sharia, a jihadist Salafist group. The (...)
Tunisian Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on its hardline Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress, setting the scene for a possible showdown Saturday on the eve of the planned meeting.
Ansar al-Sharia urged its (...)
Countless visitors to Alexandria, Egypt are unaware of the strong Andalusi cultural imprint that the city bears.
Throughout history, successive waves of Andalusi traveled from southern Spain to Egypt, some as pilgrims on their way to Mecca, some as (...)
A few hours before Lotfi Abdeli was due to stage his play "Made in Tunisia, 100 per cent halal" last month, hundreds of Salafi Muslims who believed the show was offensive to Islam occupied the open air theatre and began to pray.
The play, a satire (...)
Royal Dutch Shell has won a $150 million oil exploration deal in Tunisia as part of plans to attract investments to the energy sector, the industry minister said on Saturday.
"Shell will drill oil wells in the centre of the country at a cost of $150 (...)
Royal Dutch Shell has won a $150 million oil exploration deal in Tunisia as part of plans to attract investments to the energy sector, the industry minister said.
'Shell will drill oil wells in the centre of the country at a cost of $150 million,' (...)
Recent clashes between Salafists and the Tunisian art community prompted graffiti artist El-Seed to transform a religious landmark into a beacon promoting peace and freedom
A number of recent attacks on creative freedom and the scope of artistic (...)
A Tunisian military prosecutor demanded on Wednesday that the death penalty be imposed in absentia on ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali over his alleged role in the deaths of protesters in the towns where the Arab Spring began.
Ben Ali, who (...)
TUNIS: Last May, a public relations agency hired by Tunisia's government placed an advertisement in some of the world's leading newspapers and business magazines. "Invest in Democracy," read the tagline.
The thinking behind the ads was to attract (...)
Last May, a public relations agency hired by Tunisia's government placed an advertisement in some of the world's leading newspapers and business magazines. "Invest in Democracy," read the tagline.
The thinking behind the ads was to attract (...)