-Speech at the 'Rethinking the Euro-Mediterranean cultural partnership' 2018-
In 2016 a survey[1] to evaluate youth drug consumption and free time use, took part in the Medina, the historical urban quarter of Tunis. The survey concerned youth age 15-19,…
Press release 8/12/2019
Blue Fish, a firm specialized in improving the socio-economic dynamic of heritage, organizes the ‘Kayraouani Millennium’ celebration at Dar Ben Gacem Kahia on the 8th of December 2019. The Kayraouani is an Arabic calligraphic script that…
ظهرت التجارة ۔ أي تبادل السلع والخدمات ۔ منذ ظهور الإنسان. إذ تقص كتب التاريخ قصص الحروب والاستعمار والهجرات التي تعود كلها لسبب واحد ألا وهو رغبة البعض في امتلاك ما يعوزهم وما يملكه غيرهم، أكانت أراضي خصبة،…
Yamna just got back from her hunt on Chanbi Mountain, 40 miles from the city of Kasserine in Tunisia. Now her whole house is filled with halfa, and she can’t wait to start braiding the grasses into baskets that will travel all…
Abstract
This document outlines the initial findings and achievements of a pilot project aimed at Emirati heritage revival via micro-entrepreneur development of women home based weavers in the western region of Abu-Dhabi. The project was initiated by Khalifa fund for…
Once upon a time, the artisans of the Medina of Tunis were the masters of trade and commerce. Five words were used, to describe the entire urban commercial system which regulated the Medina’s artisans and their trade.
The “Orf”, is…
When visiting Souk el-Chaouachia in the Medina of Tunis, you find yourself passing by the little workshops of Chaouachi (Chechia artisans), where you can observe them, in their working overalls, busily working, brushing, ironing, checking the finishing or counting Chechias.…
After my modest entrepreneurial adventure of restoring an old home into a boutique hotel, all I see are opportunities for more adventures at almost every corner of the oldest part of our beloved capital, the Medina. I am not a…