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Update on the Recent Violence
I don't know if you know already, but things in Tunisia have been quite incited recently. Violence, protests, arrests and, of course, a curfew give people much to fear and worry. Some say Salafists (a...
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On how the Travelesse is doing
One month ago, my eyes were glimmering: "I'm going to Tunisia so soon," they would have told you. "The birthplace of the Arab Spring; the focus of my studies; the place that may just set me free, and...
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An Islamic Wedding and a different Way of Spending Curfew (w/ Photos)
"Si quieres puedes assistir con la boda," suddenly we're speaking Spanish. I wonder what my brain is gonna look like after weeks and weeks of language meshing. But Spanish is helpful, otherwise I would...
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Unintended Wedding Guests # 2
I recall: "To a Tunisian wedding, you invite your family, your friends, everyone you know, and everyone you don't know." And, of course, everyone else as well. It is true. So so true. read more
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Alternative Tourism in Tunisia: the Exposition
It is a new product, a new strategy, a new future. "Except it isn't actually new," one friendly skeptic reminds me at some point. Well, for Tunisia it is. It has potential, and it can be a big step --...
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Carthage: Where the Queen Resides
"Remeeeember me!" she sings with resounding echo. Yes, Dido, I will remember you. She is the Queen of Carthage, and she is featured in the world's first opera: Dido and Aeneas. Today, I head to what is...
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Travel, Travel
5 days. 10 cities. 4 trains. 1 bus. 6 louages. 2 autostops. 1 car. 1 motorbike. And about 100 conversations, maybe more. I need to see what I will write about, so I headed to the south, and - in the...
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The Perfect Taxi Ride
He is in his 60s, maybe 70s, he is short and he wears a yellow straw hat in a kind of cowboy-style, that is common in the south. We're on the same "louage" from the mountain village in the center of...
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From the Revolution Birthplace # 1
The mother of Mohammed Bouazizi was detained last Friday. Mohammed Bouazizi died setting off the Tunisian Revolution. I met his cousins. Here are a few impressions of the birthplace of the Arab Spring...
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Before the Dawn of Ramadan (Preliminary Observations)
"Preface" I am invited to eat Couscous. It is urgent, because one day later Ramadan might start, and so the friendly older man from the Carthage Museum cannot invite me for food during the day another...
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