· September, 2005

Stories about Tunisia from September, 2005

Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere

  25 September 2005

Neila talks about the International Buttefly Rally (in French) that is taking place in Tunisia from the 23rd to 27th of September. This rally is exclusively for women. The women drivers will drive around the country starting from Habib Bourguiba street on the 23rd in the direction of Kairouan, then...

Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere

20 September 2005

Adib writes (in French) about the solar eclipse that will be visible from Tunisia on October 3rd, which will be nearly a total eclipse with 98% of the sun covered. It'll be best viewed from the southern city of Douz, the portal to the Tunisian Sahara. An eclipse festival will...

Tunisia: The Simpsons in Arabic

12 September 2005

MMM says that shows like “The Simpsons“, “Futurama” and “Southpark” for example aren't really the kind of shows that could be translated well into Arabic language and culture, especially when you mean to show it in Ramadan. A lot of references to Alcohol, sex, God and other taboos that just...

Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere

  10 September 2005

Afrique Magazine (in French) has a feature article by the name “Blogmania Au Maghreb” talking about blogging in the Maghreb countries (Tunisia, Algeria, Morroco, Libya & Mauritania). The article highlights the Tunisian bloggers as pioneers and leaders of blogging in the region. A number of Tunisian bloggers talk about this:...

Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere

2 September 2005

Zizou from Djerba wonders why there is a lack of information and news about cities and towns other than the capital in Tunisia, saying that the traditional media is not covering these places enough and that he hopes blogs will take over this mission. Adib and MMM talk about FIFAK...