Showing posts with label Tunisia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tunisia. Show all posts

Saturday, October 04, 2025

Tunisia embraces Chinese language in schools

The Chinese language is spreading! This Chinese government video says at least twice that Chinese is the "language of the future". Call me skeptical!

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Tunisia’s Transformation Into a Transit Hub: Illegal Migration and Policy Dilemmas

What is going on in Tunisia!

"... The government’s failure to develop a coherent and realistic approach to migration has had a particularly destabilizing effect. ...
Tunisia’s use of migration as a geopolitical lever to exert pressure on European countries ...
... Tunisia is at the center of a significant shift in the Mediterranean migration landscape. The country has emerged as a key transit point for sub-Saharan African migrants and asylum seekers from Sudan, Chad, Guinea, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, and elsewhere aiming to reach Europe. Years of deteriorating political and economic conditions had already compelled Tunisians to migrate. However, in the second half of 2022, sub-Saharan Africans surpassed Tunisians as the largest group migrating to Europe from Tunisia.3 This trend gained momentum in 2023, consolidating Tunisia’s status as a migration hub. ..."

Tunisia’s Transformation Into a Transit Hub: Illegal Migration and Policy Dilemmas - Carnegie Middle East Center - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Saturday, September 02, 2023

Tunisia eyes surge in tourist arrivals from China

Good news! There up to 100,000 Chinese tourists expected to come to Tunisia this year. It looks like the Chinese tourists are interested in the many archaeological sites of Tunisia.

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Ons Jabeur - The third ranked world female tennis star from Tunisia

The sometimes conservative Arab world is changing!

Will Ons Jabeur be an idol or inspiration to other Arab women? You bet!

P.S. My apologies for this late blog post on her, but I do not follow sports very closely! 😊

Ons Jabeur - Wikipedia