January 17, 2011
Being a strain of jasmine, “Arabian Jasmine”
The tree releases a nice and pleasant smell especially in the evening.
This variety of jasmine is only found in Tunisia and has a special shape and smell.
Arabian machmoum plays an important role socially
Stratifying the granules of the "Arabian jasmine" tree to form the so-called “machmoum” (bouquet) is one of the traditional crafts in Tunisia.
The flower holds a significant role in weddings and is used in the psychological preparation of both the bride and the groom the day of their wedding.
Tunisian "Arabian jasmine" is a distinctive hallmark as far as the cultivation of Tunisian plants and the manufacture of perfumes at home and abroad are considered.Generations of young men and women inherited the prevailing belief that "the Arabian jasmine machmoum" is a symbol of manhood.
A witness and an actor of Tunisia's rich contemporary history, Tawhida Ben Cheikh is also a symbol of the fighting spirit and the success of Tunisian women before and after independence
TUNISIAN WOMEN BEFORE & AFTER INDEPENDENCE
Tunisia: First Tunisian Female Physician Celebrates 100th Birthday
Tunis, January 5th, 2009
Tunis — Born in Bizerta on January 2, 1909, Tawhida Ben Cheikh, the first Tunisian and Arab female physician, celebrated on Friday her hundredth birthday.
Foreign direct investments witness 40% increase in 2008, says report
Tunis, January 1st, 2009
Invest in Tunisia in 2009
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Tunis, December 31ST, 2008
Accountant of the Tunisian Embassy, Habib Chaouch attending the N.S.F.@the Tunisian Cultural Center
First Woman elected as head of Tunisian Writers’ Union
December 24th,2008
THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN
December 23rd,2008
Tunisia Nobel Chemistry Prize
Tunisia Gender Profile
Wednesday 17 Dec 2008,
Tunisia gender profile
Tunisia tourism revenue up 10 pct in Jan-Oct
Monday 1st Dec 2008,
EID AL-EDHA MABRUK
Wallys Izis, The First Car Entirely Built In Tunisia
October 15, 2008 Tunisia, World News & Politics
First Tunisian Car
Youth Dialogue at the Tunisian Cultural & Information Center
October 11th, 2008
Aramica newspaper about the Tunisian Cultural & Information Center
The Director of the Tunisian Cultural and Information Center thanks the Newspaper Aramica , the Publisher Antoine Faycal for sending journalist Rachel Millard who covered the EID event at the Tunisian Center on October 30th, 2008
Article about EID & more
Eid Mabruk festivities at the Tunisian Center in New York
October 1st, 2008
Guests'Statements about EID & more
Unity in the Diversity is the power of Intelligent and open-minded peoples & Cultures; Tunisia is proud to be part of it
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Director Remadi with Hon.Raymond W.Kelly at a pre-Ramadan conference
Tunisian Center and its community in New York were invited by the Police commissioner Hon.Raymond W. Kelly
at a pre-ramadan conference in the Auditorium, one police plaza, New York.
Director N.Remadi remitted brochures and data about Tunisia and talked about how to involve women in creating activities for the muslim communities in New York. Many medias were present among them New York 1 interviewing Director Remadi.
Bright young Tunisian Engeneers in Wall Street honoring the Tunisian Cultural Center and Tunisia abroad
Japion a Japanese newspaper at a cooking workshop in the Tunisian Cultural & Information Center
The Tunisian Cultural & Information Center at a request of the Japanese newspaper"Japion" hosted a reporter and a fotografer at a cooking-workshop during Iftar.
"Tunisian cuisine" is a melting pot of inspirations and tastes resulting from different conquests crossing Tunisia. Among them: Berbers,phoenicians, Romans, Ottomans, Arabs civilizations that marked Tunisia in 3.000 years.
Tunisia: Tunisia End Kenyan Dream
September 14th, 2008
Tunisia tops Maghreb countries in "Ease of Doing Business
TUNIS, Sept. 13, 2008 (TAP)
Head of State receives Mrs. Rice(TAP) - Tunisian-American relations and
Grand Tour of Tunisia,Information Evening for Spring Tour of Tunisia
Thursday, September 18, 2008,
Guelph Arts Council presents an Information Evening on its upcoming arts and cultural tour, Between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara: The Grand Tour of Tunisia. Tour leader Jacques Pauwels will be on hand to give more details about the 13-day trip and answer questions
Scheduled for March 30 to April 11, 2009,... At the end of the tour, there is one extra night in Paris courtesy of Air France.
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Strong economic growth in Tunisia
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission headed by Abdelhak Senhadji visited Tunis during the last week to conduct an annual review of the economic policies of the country. Their conclusion of Tunisia's economic situation was surprisingly good, despite the many challenges facing the country as food and petroleum prices are hiking. Tunisia is a large importer of both products, and authorities are subsidising prices to avoid social disruptions.
Strong economy
The Code of Personal Status was promulgated on August 13, 1956
The Code of Personal Status was promulgated on August 13, 1956 and was amended on several occasions since that date. Since its Independence in March 20, 1956, the new governemnt tried to promote women’s rights to fully allow her to integrate the new society.
Being a strain of jasmine, “Arabian Jasmine”
The tree releases a nice and pleasant smell especially in the evening.
This variety of jasmine is only found in Tunisia and has a special shape and smell.
Arabian machmoum plays an important role socially
Stratifying the granules of the "Arabian jasmine" tree to form the so-called “machmoum” (bouquet) is one of the traditional crafts in Tunisia.
The flower holds a significant role in weddings and is used in the psychological preparation of both the bride and the groom the day of their wedding.
Tunisian "Arabian jasmine" is a distinctive hallmark as far as the cultivation of Tunisian plants and the manufacture of perfumes at home and abroad are considered.Generations of young men and women inherited the prevailing belief that "the Arabian jasmine machmoum" is a symbol of manhood.
Tunisian Women
Tunisia and Japan join efforts to address adverse effects of climatic change
July 24, 2008 Tunis
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Guests at the Tunisian Cultural & Information Center
Tunisian Artist Fatma Turki
North Africa beckons for private equity
Published: June 9 2008
few blocks from the American icon of the Empire State Building, foreign culture beckons.
The bright blue awning of the Tunisian Cultural Center, the color of Tunisian skies, ushers the curious into the building.
Tunisia observes World No Tobacco Day
TUNIS, May 31, 2008 (TAP)
Poetic Cultural Forum closed the month of May 2008
TENNIS-TUNISIA-ROLAND GARROS
TUNIS, May 26, 2008 (TAP)
Where Europe, Africa and the Mideast Meet in Tunisia
Published: May 25, 2008By ERIC LIPTON
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Over 6,000 Jews on annual Ghriba pilgrimage
JERBA, May 23, 2008 (TAP)
Tunisia is committed to promote the dialogue of civilisations, cultures and religion
Higher education ministry awarded UN prize for public transparency
TUNIS, May 14, 2008 (TAP)
UNICEF commends "remarkable decrease" of infant mortality in Tunisia
TUNIS, May 13, 2008 (TAP)
Art-work exhibition Fatma Akrout, Tunisian Artist
Friday May 16, 2008 @ 6.30PM
Tunisia: Spring Season is Fostering Strong Demand for Aromatic Essences
May 14, 2008
Tunisian Cultural Center attended a Workshop @ the French Embassy
May 14, 2008
Tunisian Cultural Center invited at Bloomberg's Mansion
May 13, 2008
Tunisian cultural center & ATA together in a Cultural diversity lecture and awarness about Tunisia and tourism
TUNISIA-EU
TUNIS, May 7, 2008 (TAP)
EU report: Tunisia, a model partner
TUNIS, May 4, 2008 (TAP)
France ready to host some 9,000 Tunisian workers/year
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Noway-based, French-raised, Tunisian-born artist Samir M’kadmi
TUNIS, April 22nd, 2008
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Tunisian Festival: “Tozeur, the Oriental, the African”
TUNIS, April 17 to 20, 2008
Tunisia is launching the first edition of a traditional music festival, "Tozeur, the Oriental, the African", which will be held in Tozeur from April 17 to 20.
Honoring Tunisia's Independence Day
TUNIS, March 20, 2008
Fashion Show with Juniors, Seniors and Adults:All in one and one in All for a commun cause-Tunisia-Independence-Safety-Security-A Future.
Tunisia to Host Stage of Intercontinental Marathon
April 9 Martyrs'Day in Tunisia
February 8, 1958---50 years ago
— The French air force bombards Sakiet Sidi Youssef (68 dead and 87 injured ; 3/4 of the village destroyed).
• July 20, 1961 :
— Eruption of the « War for Evacuation » in Bizerte (670 martyrs, 1155 injured).
On 8 March 1944, the Tunisian nationalists sent a note to the French Government rejecting the ‘French Union’ project. After fierce repression of the nationalists, these made contact with the British and American consuls in Tunis. The two diplomats showed a certain understanding regarding the Tunisian claims and promised to submit them to the French authorities.
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Second Poetic Forum Abou Al Kacem Chebbi
March 22nd 2008
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At the Tunisian Cultural and Information Center in New York, First Poetic Forum in 2008
January 30th 2008
First Poetic Forum 2008.
Several distinguished poets from the Arab-American Mahjar participated in this First Poetic Forum.
The following poets are:
1- Ala Al-Araji(a poet from Iraq)
2- Yousuf Abd-Assamad(a poet from Lebanon)
3- Francois Basili (a poet from Egypt)
4- Najwa Barax (a poet from Lebanon)
5- Ghazi Barax(a poet from Lebanon)
6- Saadun Suayeh (a poet from Libya)
7- Toni Shasha (a poet from Lebanon)
8- Ahmed El-Esawi (a poet from Egypt)
Dr.Ahmed El-Esawi,a poet and renowned journalist from Egypt, was the moderator of this forum, he recited a poem of Tunisian Abu-Al-Kacem-Chebbi.
Tunisian pastry and mint tea have been served .We thank all participants and guests that attended this First Poetic Forum hosted by the Tunisian Cultural & Information Center in 2008
Tunisia: Major Archeological Discovery of Necropolis in Sousse Sheds Light on Punic Life in The 4th century BC
January 29, 2009:(Tunisia online)
Tunis
Major Archeological Discovery
How to fund a startup in Tunisia
January 25 2008: 5:44 PM EST(CNN Money)
CNN Money
Tunisia elected at the presidency of the Arab experts Committee on Human Rights
Tunisia has just been elected at the presidency of the Arab experts Committee on Human Rights, in the person of the magistrate, Mrs Monia Ammar.
The committee which was set up following a resolution of the League of Arab States in September 2007, is composed of 7 members representing Tunisia , Palestine , Egypt , Kuwait , Qatar , Bahrain and Jordan .
It is entrusted with examining files from the Arab permanent Commission of Human Rights, as well from the Secretary General of the League. Other tasks involve elaborating studies on Human Rights in the Arab world, as well as draft conventions and documents on Human Rights.
The move which comes following Tunisia's appointment as a member of the United Nations Council of Human Rights in Geneva in May 2006, and its election in August and September of the same year, respectively as reporter of the
under-commission of experts of the UN Human Rights Council and as a member of the UN Committee of Human Rights, is a testimony of the capital of trust it enjoys among the international community.
Saying it with flowers: Tunisian fragrances sought after by the world's greatest perfumers
January 14th 2008
Tunis, December 31, 2007 (TunisiaOnline) --From time immemorial, or more precisely from the time when Carthage ruled the Mediterranean waves, Tunisia has always been one of the world's greatest exporters of flower extracts such as that of the ‘Neroli' or orange flower, the rose, the jasmine, the fell, the lavender, the geranium, the thyme the wild rose, and the rosemary to name but some of the major fragrances the country is famous for.
The Tunisian Neroli in particular is very much sought after by the world's greatest perfumers who sometimes resort to more than 50 fragrances for the creation of one perfume only.
Historians, often refer to the Carthaginians as great experts in the field of producing perfumes from the different fragrances that had no secret for them; and indeed there are tangible vestiges of glass and porcelain perfume recipients that have been found throughout all Carthaginian sites in Tunisia , and around the Mediterranean
22 Tunisian poets gather in Bizerta for 13 th national colloquium on modern poetry
January 12th 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!)
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January 10th 2008
Travelers want to go green and stay clean in the next year -- and they don't want cell phones disturbing their peace, according to an annual survey of travel trends.
TripAdvisor, a travel Web site, surveyed more than 2,500 travelers globally, finding the top trends were concerns about germs, the growth of green tourism, and opposition to cell phone use on planes.
It also found emerging hotspots for vacations in 2008 were Jerba in Tunisia, Makandi Bay in Egypt and Phangnga in Thailand.
2008: International Year of Languages
January 9th 2008
As declared by the United Nations General Assembly, 2008 will be the International Year of Languages (IYL),. The official launch of the year will take place on 21 February 2008, the International Mother Language Day, at UNESCO in Paris, France. It is estimated that a third of all the world's languages will disappear throughout this century. It is therefore timely to look at ways in which languages can be documented, enhanced and revived. One of the key issues is linguistic diversity in cyberspace linking the potential offered by modern communications tools.
Tunisia: "National Translation Year" Launched in Country
January 8th 2008
The fields of culture and creativity can flourish only within a climate of freedom.
CinemaEast Film 2007 Festival Highlights
by Nejib Belkadhi. NEW YORK PREMIERE
Tunisian filmmaker Moncef Kahloucha
Filmmaker's Biography
Born in 1972 in Tunis, Néjib Belkadhi studied management and marketing at the Institut des Hautes Études Commerciales in Carthage. He made his first steps in film and theater as an actor in productions such as Habiba M’sika (1995), a film by Selma Baccar; L’École des femmes, directed by Mohamed Kouka in 1995; and Khottab al-Bab (1996–98), a TV series by Slah Essid. His first shot at directing was at Canal+ Horizons in 1998, when he conceived, produced and co-presented the show Chams Alik from 1999 to 2001. In 2002, he founded Propaganda Production with friend and accomplice Imed Marzouk. In 2003, he produced and directed the fake reality show Dima Labess for the Tunisian TV channel Canal 21. His first film was a short: Pics, directed in 2005
November 8 - 15, 2007
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Tunisia to host the 1 st International Environmental Investment Forum
10-18 November, 2007
The first International Environmental Investment Forum also dubbed “Green Ifriqia 2007“, will be held in Tunisia from November 9 to 11, 2007 at the El Kram Exhibition Hall, North of the capital.The Tunisian Cultural & Information Center contributes to this 1 st Forum with the movie "Un unconvenient truth".The same movie for this special occasion will be televised at the Tunisian Center on a Plasma HDTV 42'. Welcome all Tunisians and the public to participate. Refreshments will be served .
"The oceans cannot save themselves," says Christopher Flavin, president of Worldwatch. "Collective commitments to thriving ecosystems are needed to save overfished species from being systematically depleted from compromised habitats."
At Restaurant Layaly
Marathon New York Kamel Ayari
November 4th, 2007
NYC Marathon's most courageous disabled competitors. Our TUNISIAN CITIZEN, KAMEL AYARI, winner of the Marathon 2001 is participating at the 2007 Marathon NYC crossing 26 miles 385 yards covering boroughs,crossing bridges, hurdling walls, reminding the world that the impossible is possible and that it is worth doing it. All Tunisians and Americans and other communities should be waiting at the finish line the arrival in Central Park. The Champion Kamel Ayari is dedicating this competition to Tunisia's tomorrow.
Tunisia: 2007 Edition of the 'Carthage Theater Days'
November 30 to December 8, 2007
Held under the theme "Drama from Chebbi to Darwish, a will to live", this year's edition is meant to highlight the relationship between art and life and more particularly between dramatic art and life
Tunisia: Country Elected As Chairman of Arab Communication And Information Technologies Organization
December 1st 2007
Tunisia has been unanimously elected at the head of the Arab Communication and Information technologies Organisation. The move came during the organization's extraordinary meeting held on Monday in Yasmine Hammamet.
Sunday Times
November 21st 2007
Sunday Times travel expert Richard Green responds: One of the joys of actually sleeping in Sidi Bou Said, are the sunsets, followed by the evening quite, after the day-trippers have negotiated the steep cobbled street back to the little train station and the line back to Tunis.
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Twelve Grade students visiting Tunisian Cultural Center
October 26th 2007
11 students and their teacher Bram Hubbel visited the Tunisian Cultural Center on the 26th of Octobre 2007. They have been reading about Tunisian politics and economics, as well as history. The students have been talking about Tunisia a lot and are intrigued to know more about. They also are interested in knowing how Tunisians see themselves. In general, they want to have a better sense of what life in Tunisia is like.
The Jews of Tunisia
A brief historical background about Tunisia’s Jewry. A tradition among the descendants of the first Jewish settlers were that their ancestors settled in that part of North Africa long before the destruction of the First Temple in the 6th century before the common era. After the dissolution of the Jewish state, a great number of Jews were sent by Titus to Mauritani a, and many of them settled in Tunis. These settlers were engaged in agriculture, cattle-raising, and trade. They were divided into clans, or tribes, governed by their respective heads, and had to pay the Romans a capitation tax of two shekels.
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New York City's public school teaching Arabic
17 September 2007
One of New York City's smallest public schools is probably one of the most controversial – the Khalil Gibran International Academy. The Brooklyn middle school, devoted to Arabic language and culture, opened its doors for the first time this week as the city's new academic year got underway. Paige Kollock reports. "A public school that's going to teach Arabic, which is good for our kids." "While most Muslims are not terrorists, virtually all terrorists are Muslim, says Wiesinfeld. “Yes, the world is different since 9/11. The Saudis have funded terror. Other Arabic groups have funded terror, and we have to look at those schools a little bit differently than we look at the Chinese and the Greek and the French [schools]." Rabbi Ellen Lippman is an Arabic school supporter But the school has many supporters, including Rabbi Ellen Lippman. "Many of us feel that there is room in this city for this new public school and that it will grow and thrive and perhaps build bridges between people, instead of having so much divisiveness."
The Celebration of the Personal Status Code
Deputy Chief of Mission Mr.Mourad Belhassan gave a conference on:
The Personal Status Code is indeed still a unique model for pro-women reform, expecially in the Arab Muslim world. "The position of Tunisian women is unequalled anywhere in the Arab world".
Download the rest of the speech in .pdf format
New event posted in the "Calendar" section: Gala on Saturday, August 11 at 6:30pm in honor of Tunisian Woman Day. .
The Grand Opening
25th JULY2007
Mr. Belhassen's Speech
Dear ladies and gentlemen, members of the Tunisian and American communities,
Grand Opening
24th JUNE 2007
New event posted in the "Calendar" section: NAAP Annual Cultural Street Festival.
06th JUNE 2007
Welcome to the TunisianCenterUSA.com, the online presence of The Tunisian Cultural Center USA. Here you will find informations about the center and about Tunisian life, culture, art and history. The center is located in the heart of New York City at 168 Madison Ave New York, NY 10016.We hope you enjoy your stay.
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