21.01.2011
Small country Big Nation : distinctive Tunisia
Même si ces jours de révolution ont créé un environnement peu favorable aux Touristes, le calme revenu dans une ambiance autrement plus agréable, celle de la démocratie enfin conquise, je suis sure, comme Judie Fein le proclame ci-après, que vous aurez envie de revenir dans ce pays du jasmin
Author, Life is a Trip
Posted: January 17, 2011 12:24 PM
Why You Should Travel to Tunisia
Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, is burning. There are riots in the street in the tourist town of Hammamet. Police opened fire. Young demonstrators were killed. The president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, said he would order the police not to fire live ammo. He vowed to stop censorship, cut prices of food staples, create jobs. He said he would serve his term until 2014 and then not run again. He axed his cabinet. Would the protests stop? Demonstrators defiantly held up signs that read, "Ben Ali, degage!" (Ben Ali, leave!) Ben Ali fled. In the middle of confusion and chaos, the Prime Minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, took over power. "Ghannouchi, degage!" the demonstrators demanded, refusing the rule of someone closely associated with Ben Ali. Ghannouchi ceded authority to Foued Mebazaa, the speaker of the Parliament. Free elections will reportedly take place within 60 days.
So why in the world would you WANT to travel to Tunisia? Of course you'll want to wait until there is calm again, but you should definitely pencil in Tunisia in the future.
My husband Paul and I have been to Tunisia seven times. We lived there for six months while we shot and edited two films. It is one of my favorite places in the world because the people are so open, informed, warm, expressive and... well... familiar. I never felt that they were different from me. I was never aware of their "otherness," whether I was in exotic desert climes with cave dwellers or involved in artistic collaboration with artists and musicians.
Même si ces jours de révolution ont créé un environnement peu favorable aux Touristes, le calme revenu dans une ambiance autrement plus agréable, celle de la démocratie enfin conquise, je suis sure, comme Judie Fein le proclame ci-après, que vous auvez envie de revenir dans ce pays du jasmin
Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, is burning. There are riots in the street in the tourist town of Hammamet. Police opened fire. Young demonstrators were killed. The president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, said he would order the police not to fire live ammo. He vowed to stop censorship, cut prices of food staples, create jobs. He said he would serve his term until 2014 and then not run again. He axed his cabinet. Would the protests stop? Demonstrators defiantly held up signs that read, "Ben Ali, degage!" (Ben Ali, leave!) Ben Ali fled. In the middle of confusion and chaos, the Prime Minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi, took over power. "Ghannouchi, degage!" the demonstrators demanded, refusing the rule of someone closely associated with Ben Ali. Ghannouchi ceded authority to Foued Mebazaa, the speaker of the Parliament. Free elections will reportedly take place within 60 days.http://distinctivewomenintunisia.blogspirit.com/media/02/01/688593134.jpg
So why in the world would you WANT to travel to Tunisia? Of course you'll want to wait until there is calm again, but you should definitely pencil in Tunisia in the future.
My husband Paul and I have been to Tunisia seven times. We lived there for six months while we shot and edited two films. It is one of my favorite places in the world because the people are so open, informed, warm, expressive and... well... familiar. I never felt that they were different from me. I was never aware of their "otherness," whether I was in exotic desert climes with cave dwellers or involved in artistic collaboration with artists and musicians.
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