Stories about Tunisia from October, 2005
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
Adib talks about bird flu, giving a complete explanation of the virus and it's dangers, as well as how much risk there is that it could reach Tunisia through bird migration, the places that would be affected, and what measures should be taken. (in French) He also writes about “Operation...
Tunisia: Natural Born Searchers
MMM is searching…
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
The 7th Tunisian blogger meetup was held last Saturday. We met for a Ramadan dinner, then spent the evening together. We talked about everything; Ramadan, religion, blogging, new blogs, WiFi, the internet, personal stuff, …etc. As usual it was a lot of fun. The next Tunisian blogger meetup will be...
Tunisia: Hunger Strike and Censorship
Neila Charchour Hachicha writes that the PLM’s web site, which was the unique political website accessible in Tunisia has been censored today. “However we want you to get the declaration of the 7 political personnalities who undertook today October 18th 2005 an unllimited hunger strike. We need the help of...
Yezzi on Al Jazeera TV
Here is the link to the transcript (Arabic) of Arab TV Al Jazeera program about www.yezzi.org. The title of the program was “What's behind this news: Tunisians are protesting on the Net” and the subject was: “Can a virtual action on the Net have an impact on the real political...
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
The beginning of this week marked a big buzz in the Tunisian blogosphere about Tunisia's national soccer team qualifying to the World Cup next year after a 2-2 draw with Morocco. Marouen writes about the ReachOut initiative that the British Council has launched. This initiative encourages and enables open discussion...
Tunisia: Jailed activist sews mouth shut
Tunisian activist Neila Charchour Hachicha reports that Mohamed Abbou, jailed for criticizing Tunisia's president in an article on the internet, has sewed his own mouth shut in protest.
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
The holy month of Ramadan started in Tunisia on Wednesday, October 5th. Now a Ramadan Tunisian blogger meetup is being organized. Nostradamus publishes (in French) the program of the Tunis Medina festival that goes on from the 7th to the 29th of October. This festival takes place every year during...
Tunisia: WiFi Internet
MMM writes a post, which is more about some of his ideas and thoughts on how WiFi internet can get off the ground and become a reality in Tunisia.
Tunisian online protest blocked
As Tunisia prepares to host the controversial World Summit on the Information Society in November, Tunisian opposition activist Neila Charchour Hachicha informs Global Voices that the online freedom of speech protest site launched by Tunisians on Monday, www.yezzi.org has already been blocked by the Tunisian authorities. The online protest, called...
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
TuniZika, the first bi-monthly Tunisian musical podcast, releases it's second show, featuring music from a number of new artists. Zizou from Djerba attends his first Lebanese blogger meetup since he went there to study in the AUB. He's also writing about his discovery of Lebanon (in French), the different places...
