Tunisia 134

Day Two January 5th

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January 17th 2008
After a Tunisian breakfast in the hotel, we headed to the old medina. It was like in pictures that I had seen inmy Modern Middle East class at Rutgers. There were narrow streets lined with stalls where people tried all kinds of languages to get us to come in and buy their merchandise. They are clever, but I was not surprised. They get a lot of tourists every year, it's the biggest part of thei ... read more

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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.... ... read more