Background: Following independence from France in 1956, President Habib BOURGUIBA established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. In recent years, Tunisia has taken a moderate, non-aligned stance in its foreign relations. Domestically, it has sought to defuse rising pressure for a more open political society.
March 12th 2008Africa » Tunisia Ok, get ready, this is a long one.
For Spring Break I went with about half of my school (100 kids) for 10 days to Tunisia! Talk about another world! Even going to Europe, everything is still so Wes ... 31 photos[full story]
February 21st 2008Africa » Tunisia Today we returned to the medina, this time with our history professor. Must say I didn't absorb much, until we entered some of the buildings and old houses. Those were brilliant. Lunch was strange. ... [full story]
February 21st 2008Africa » Tunisia We walked out near the hotel after breakfast, around the sea. It was rough, but beautiful. The stone walkway was interrupted by huge orangey stones that jutted up out of the water. Those that ventu ... [full story]
February 21st 2008Africa » Tunisia » Tunis Today we left early for our first weekend trip. Its cramped on the bus but I survive with Asja and Samia cracking jokes and conversations with the others, whether I am actually involved or just liste ... [full story]
February 21st 2008Africa » Tunisia » Tunis Arabic class in the morning, more strange gammer. I'm becoming addicted to cappacino. Anyway, most of the time I was fretting over cooking dinner. I'd only followed recipes before, and never cooked ... [full story]
February 5th 2008Africa » Tunisia » Tataouine the Jedi Mindtricks of: Sober-One Kenobi
So, I Believe I left off with us stranded helplessly in the Sahara, sick with infections and horny camels... Oh wait-- Did I not mention that last little fu ... [full story]
February 9th 2008Africa » Tunisia » Tunis Today we had class again, nothing new. We had a lecture by Dr. Dhaouedi about his theory of the "other underdevelopment." While the article was interesting, I found the leture lacked substane and th ... [full story]
February 9th 2008Africa » Tunisia » Sidi Bou Said Today we had classes for the second time. It was difficult, and I don't think everyone understood the grammatical concepts he was trying to teach us. Or at least I hope I wasn't the only one.
We ha ... [full story]
February 9th 2008Africa » Tunisia » Tunis Today we had classes for the first time. Half of us are taking Upper Intermediate Arabic, and half are taking Art History. All of us take Contemporary North Africa, which mostly consists of the trip ... [full story]
February 9th 2008Africa » Tunisia » Tunis Today we went to the American cemetery. The speaker was probably the best so far. He was very engaging. It was emotional for some of us, too. We then visited some Carthaginian sites. We saw the a ... [full story]
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