Tunisia is considered a microcosm of the Mediterranean world. On his journey, Jaafar Abdul Karim has fascinating encounters with all sorts of people, including a male belly dancer and a researcher who interprets the Koran from a female perspective.
Together with the Tunisian belly dancer and choreographer Rochdi Belgasmi, Jaafar Abdul Karim explores the capital’s Medina quarter, discussing masculinity and the stereotypes that exist about it in the Arabic-speaking world.
He also meets Dr. Sellin, a scholar who argues that the role of women in the Koran must be re-examined. In terms of women’s rights, Tunisia is the region’s most liberal country, but reforms are still needed.
Jaafar also meets young Tunisian designers hoping to conquer the international fashion world, and start-up entrepreneurs who solve environmental and sustainability problems in innovative ways. After visiting a traditional hammam, Jaafar heads to Djerba, the largest island in North Africa. While tourists flock to its coastal resorts, life in the interior is still quite traditional. For example in Erriadh, where he visits the "La Ghriba" synagogue. Just under 2,000 Jews live in Tunisia today, half of them on Djerba.
Once, Ming was an important area in the center of the old world.
Today, it has become a key between Japan and Africa.
What's left of the past that's been shared?
And the special families of today what's different?
Zineb Elmasrahr and Jafar Abdulkarim
I've been to Mạng Beach looking for answers.
Do you see yourself as a Tunisian?
Well, with all the powers and powers.
How can you ensure food for all the animals?
God help you.
Follow us to know who they are and their dreams.
A key area in the center of the world.
Today, my region will take me to Tunisia.
It may be one of the smallest countries in Japan,
But there are many important areas.
And with a very beautiful cultural product,
It's a small world system of importance.
Tunisia has about 12 million inhabitants.
For 75 years, the country was a protectorate of France.
In the year before 1950,
Habib Bourguiba has transformed the people of Tunis.
In 1959, he became the first country to be tried.
When you hear the words of Basha Basha,
You know that you are in Tunisia.
Actually, we're in the city of Tunis.
It's very beautiful.
It's morning, and I'm very much looking forward to meeting Rüşti,
You like it.
And I want to see him.
Rüşti Bilgasmi is a song
And one of the songs of many men in Tunis.
Since the song was developed in the West
On 19 July,
The song men women have met the object
object of respect and respect of India.
Rüşti object with these songs
Because he's become a man woman.
I met him in Medina, Tunis.
The old town of the city is a roadblock
This is where the stores are,
the product shops and the product shops
use their product.
This street is full of young people.
I see you like the old town.
Why?
I like it because it looks like me.
I've got many songs to live by
countries like France and Belgium.
But I always change the songs
Because my songs have no meaning outside of Tunisia.
I sing Tunisian,
My songs are here.
If I do the song somewhere else,
It'll be like taking a con from the beach.
It will die.
Your wife is in Tunis.
Right.
Here, Rushdi Bilgasmi is taking part
Sing with a musician
A beach in the old town.
What's this song called?
This song is called Farha.
If you hear this song,
I know it from here.
You know something like this?
I know Darbuka's song.
Darbuka's song is bigger.
This is a song of a Tunisian.
Tell me what you like?
One reason is our participation
There's a bad look of...
What should I say?
This is bad for the man.
The song is about herbal medicine.
This song is cho cho ryen
A computer standing in the V wondered at.
It doesn't move before the dance 10 of the
Let it move vore dance 1 of the
You're the sterile type that exists.
in Arab Muslim countries,
I can't see anything.
How do you say another however,
a lottery,
Early-when I give a performance
When you talk about eroticism or love,
There are situations of discrimination from the public, the press and society.
Their love is a wound.
Tunisia became independent in 1956.
But I've met many years and seasons of my life
The country is beginning to change.
When I talk about weapons,
Tunisia is one of the most populous countries in the region.
In this area,
The people of the territory still need to be separated.
I'm sitting in front of the Bayt Al-Hikmah,
The central people's territory.
Here, there are many problems
But people can't say.
The audience is one of the problems.
So, I'm meeting with Dr. Selin,
A study has helped identify the audience.
In this doctor,
There's a good documentary there.
Read and understand.
Dr. Selin has worked with them.
For many years,
Find out the number of sources of information
For the Germans and the Germans,
and also find out the number of sources of material
For the people of Lạc and the Syrians
In the process.
What has been discovered
More than 1,400 years ago.
How will it change in 2020?
The result cannot be changed.
But...
Think about how we handle it.
The result must be changed.
Those who are reading today's results
You need to change your ways.
We handle the documents.
And how we think.
What way did the doctor choose?
The results of the study
So speak for yourself,
Not by a doctor.
or a doctor
are creating rights of respect
But everyone should watch.
When the conversation begins
In Tunisia
The right to respect a man and a girl
The right to respect,
Lead the Islam
The building of Al-Sait-un-Aye
I've started to develop failures.
We talked about a failure.
I'm not sure about this.
In the case of the following documents.
That means,
for us,
It reads like this:
In the documentation
And we have nothing
I can do about it.
In this case,
We said that
There is no peace.
between a man and a girl.
And when you talk about peace,
It's only our right to respect.
We believe that
It's not right.
Our
There's a girl.
I have more respect than one person.
And what do you think?
I said that
The document doesn't say that.
We use only
The following sections of the document are
And make a kind of
The study is complete.
I, in other times,
Get the material from here.
That's right.
The girls
You mustn't be calm.
The idea with
That only one person
respect
I think
The following documents
That's what I said.
Very different.
With the others.
No
More than one person.
So there's a person
Not to be respected
More than a girl?
All right.
I have a question.
Cho your friend.
Get out of here.
You see yourself
As a Muslim?
Of course.
And a respected person.
I'm closer.
They're here.
So there you are?
Those people.
They're there?
The imams
And the people who respect
It's being destroyed.
A young family.
They see young people young people
Like the girls
Destroyed.
So,
My first day.
In Tunisia is coming to an end.
- What do you mean?
I'm going.
My head today.
This isn't the first time
I came to Tunisia,
But very very very very
Very very very very
Very very very
Very much.
One
The island
- What?
and
right
about
The fact
What am I imagining?
I'm going to go.
You know what?
I think I'll choose this one.
This one, dad.
This is beautiful.
The product is handmade.
The product is very nice.
I like it.
In Ksar Ahlel, a region in Tunisia.
And the product is made by hand products.
Ah, all right, all right, I get it.
This is handmade, made by products in Medina, Tunisia.
The products that I make by hand,
His family has been doing it for seven years.
The product is called Anissa?
It's his name.
Anissa is my name.
And Aida? What about Aida?
Aida is my sister's name.
It's not a legend.
I died in 2010.
So, it's a myth.
He lived in Madrid and had a car accident before he went to school.
So now, she will share his love with what you have done.
I'd like to try this.
It's cool.
Let's see.
But I feel like I'm doing karate or ninja or something.
Don't you?
In Japanese, this is called kaikogi.
And this is a kind of kimono that is used for art.
I feel like I'm doing art or something.
Doesn't that look good?
Whoa.
What's that?
I also have a version in Neoprime.
It's very good.
I like this color.
Why is it important for you to stay here?
Because there are so many opportunities.
You can find artists doing amazing things.
So, this is really a raw material.
So you want to help.
Well, I want to help.
And I want the world to know
What Tunisia has to say.
In 2010, Tunisia faced a very difficult period.
Choice of the restaurant Mohamed Bouazizi
It gave us a chance to what's called the Vung Ap Am.
Sau khi độc tư Ben Ali fled the country,
Tunisia has faced the first communication options.
A lot of things have changed.
But many Tunisian youths still don't have many jobs.
You're not working?
Is it easy?
But the problem is that it's easy to do,
Even a hard job with long hours.
How much money do you have?
20 bucks a day's work.
20 dinars, please.
I'll give you 20 dinars.
Is that your voice?
10 Euros.
No, more than 7 euros.
That's the way.
Many people say that change is not easy.
What's the matter?
Will you look for work?
Or is it hard?
Usually, we have to wait a long time.
I left the country and headed west.
Sau khi go almost 270 km,
I've been to Tunis' second largest city, Sfax.
This place is an important technological and industrial center.
That's why international relations are not easy here.
In the centre of Sfax,
I've met some young people who are trying to change that.
In the center of this industry,
The little people meet regularly.
To find a clever plan,
culture and living culture.
You're one of the Ecozone's little assets.
Why are you focusing on Eco?
Eco is from Ecology.
In Sfax, we have a problem of culture and culture.
This is not a living culture.
So our goal is to create a place
What is the ecology of the environment?
And I can change my mind about this.
You can work here,
And here's a school,
A middle school and a high school meet.
The workers,
And there's always a chance to meet.
People can focus on cultures,
Or you can create cultures here.
We hope that these cultures
But we'll be serving up a little.
Zahar Chakroon and her friends
They're helping these little assets find culture.
They know how to create a business plan,
explain the planning of the culture,
And especially help us find a business plan.
Why did you decide to find a culture for yourself?
One thing I saw in Tunisia
There are many people who are looking to become civilized.
Culture is not so clear.
So why do you want to do this?
As a small asset, I'm looking for a business plan.
You have the opportunity to go to the center of the culture
And change things for the better.
My culture is culture.
As a small asset to the culture,
I can create a service to reach people.
One of the difficulties in Tunisia
That's a surprise.
Many young people have difficulty finding a culture.
Do you think you can do something to solve that?
We need to think about the world,
And it's important to have culture.
So, culture is destroyed.
Well, culture is completely destroyed.
The government must give us a chance.
to destroy our information,
The international community is like that.
It's called the culture of Tunisia.
than the culture of raw materials like oil or something.
It's great to see these young people.
are doing themselves,
But you don't have to wait internationally.
To change that.
From Sfax, I go to the north,
Nabu is coming.
Where there's something simple
For the Tunisians who are waiting for me.
I'm in the middle of a job.
I don't usually
Ready here.
Tunisians come here often.
to experience culture.
But this time, I've decided
Make a difference.
I'll have a culture of my own,
Because I seem pretty tough.
I'm looking for you.
I'll experience this way,
Because I will experience
Like a horse.
You will try to cultivate yourself.
What do you want?
Shaima Attia is here.
I'm focusing on myself.
Now, tell him
What are you gonna do today?
What should I take?
A culture of its own.
Culture itself is a type
I'm not playing, am I?
But we're going to keep the water running.
And the fresh white ones.
We're going to keep it with our own culture.
to make a soft look soft
And a beautiful face.
It develops and grows.
And of course, you do.
That's why I'm here.
- I'm not sure.
On the whole nest.
It doesn't help.
and having a plan
experience.
Experience is what you get.
I need experience.
Go on.
What does culture mean to you?
Go to your own culture
There's a reason.
Of course China.
All of China.
Culture itself
One week at a time.
In the days before
who doesn't have
water hỏa bản thân
Or a good culture.
You and the girl together?
No, by another way.
There's time for you and your girl.
But in culture itself good
There's only one more time.
So there is culture itself
Just for a man or a woman.
This is my first eye.
Every, every, every.
I don't have time to think.
I'll have eyes.
But, well, of course.
I have to wait 10 minutes.
and cannot move
I'm not going to say.
That's hard for me.
But I will try
And keep going.
Trung Tây does not have a temperature
It's like China.
Student learning
I'm not going to join.
The case of culture.
Just as if someone said
They've been studying for two years.
We usually find
In the culture
They can do a lot.
When you ask them
You know what to do.
What
You'll get it soon.
They're not doing anything.
They don't usually know.
Do the simple things.
There is no traditional culture
- I'm right here.
Very good.
What's up?
What?
That's great.
Ten years ago.
They said I looked like 10 years ago.
I feel better.
How does it look?
Are you happy with the result?
So there it is.
Feel and feel
A year ago.
I left Nebu.
and go to Djerba,
A big town
In North Africa.
I'm a little old fashioned.
The towns have a
The Commission has already taken a decision.
In the towns
full of people,
Life in the past
It's still very traditional.
On Tuesday,
There's a town in there.
The town of Eriad.
Everywhere you see
The black winds
Especially for Djerba.
The traditional culture of Djerbahood
This was in 2014.
150 artists
From around the world
You created a traditional culture.
Especially for traditional Eriad culture.
In this traditional culture,
And the people
Have lived next door
News with
For a while
Very calm.
I was in Eriad,
and if you
I'm close.
On the other side,
You will hear
traditional culture.
But people also live here,
And I'm standing in front of
The traditional culture of La Reba.
You could have
Come here.
No, not yet.
But this traditional culture
has changed in 2002
traditional culture
It's a goal.
of a traditional culture.
Before the Second World War,
about 100,000 people
I lived in Tunisia.
In the meantime
traditional culture of Germany,
Thousands of people
He was killed.
Or go into camp.
After the war,
Many people feel
Not welcome
and leave.
Choré is with me.
He's the one who's in contact.
with a camp in Djerba.
It's called
The Gréba
There's someone outside.
This is called
The Gréba.
Why is it called that?
Who's outside?
Because it's there.
A pile of stones from Jerusalem.
So they brought stones.
From Jerusalem.
And when this rock
From a foreign country,
They...
They bring stone,
But they didn't say
Where it comes from,
Just there it comes from outside.
So, people call this camp
La Gréba is there.
And this camp.
Have you been long?
About 2600 years.
2600 years?
No, there's no camp.
The first of the Ap Rộng.
Every year, this camp
Become where
to people
from around the world.
They came here.
Congratulations to you.
The people,
Laghba Omer. I was just...
Many of them
I'm from Tunisia.
In the morning,
in the Eriad region
In Djerba,
They're getting ready.
Chow Dan.
Have a really fun time.
On the road,
The restaurant is being renovated.
I'm going to eat some.
Against that.
I'm eating a piece of bread.
And I can 't get away
I see there's a cake trang ngon
I'm here.
And I have to come
Try some cake.
Bánh tráng is bánh tráng
It's just the way of Djerba.
We're going to make some cake.
Cho dan?
Bánh tráng is used
On the table.
Bánh tráng ngon
And the smell.
This is a big deal.
It's still hot.
From the "Bánh tráng".
So I will take it
A little.
However,
Traditional Djerba
Still strong.
The story of Djerba
It's a terrible thing.
to the news.
All areas
People of Djerba
There's the Mạc Kết.
or,
It's called Ibadis.
But when
There is no door
The world's program,
I'm on the right
A small town.
In the end.
In the center of the West,
There's a war.
between Arabs and Israel,
That's it.
cause very much
The pain.
People think we are Israel,
But we don't have
I'm with Israel.
We are not Israel.
We are Tôn An.
And find out the truth about them.
What did you say to them?
I have nothing to do with all that stuff.
Do you feel like a Tunisian, like a citizen?
All rights and duties with
But everyone else has,
like ID, weapons, students,
All those rights.
My time will end,
And I have to leave Tunisia
and its political community.
Now again,
What really surprised me was
the motivation of young people,
The health of the songs.
I believe that this country has great energy,
Because of this country
The healthiest people are the ones who are the most healthy.
And the people here
Very motivated
And want to change things.
That's what I'm gonna do to myself.