Sara Haba First Lady To Reach Makkah on Bicycle
A Tunisian female, Sara Haba, recently formed a record of the first cyclist to reach Makkah using a bicycle. In the past, only three Muslims, having the urge of visiting […]
Tunisia Bans Full-Face Veils for Security Reasons
Source: The New York Times By Lilia Blaise Prime Minister Youssef Chahed of Tunisia on Friday prohibited anyone wearing the niqab, a religious covering for the face with only an […]
Up to 70 migrants drown after their boat sinks off Tunisia
AP May 10, 2019 Tunisia’s state news agency TAP said 70 people drowned as the boat sank and that fishing boats rescued 16 others So far this year, 17,000 migrants […]
Hazrat Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrulla Khan r.a. – Part IV
19th April 2019 Hazrat Chaudhry Sahibra was a companion of the Promised Messiahas, member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council, judge of the Federal Court of India, president of the International […]
Arab League summit in Tunisia to focus on Golan amid bitter rivalries
ASSOCIATED PRESS TUNIS Published29.03.2019 This picture taken on March 28, 2019 shows the flags of the Arab League member states flying outside the Council of Arab Interior Ministers’ headquarters […]
TUNISIAN & EGYPTIAN ACTIVISTS CALL FOR POLYGAMY TO SOLVE ‘SPINSTER CRISIS’
Jerusalem Post “If some people condemn polygynous marriages it is because of imperialist and colonialist attitudes toward Muslim women”- Svetlana Peshkova, associate professor at the University of New Hampshire. BY […]
Tunisian citizens’ backlash against the Saudi crown prince shows it’s possible to choose morality over economic benefits
Citizens seemed aware of the difference Saudi aid might make to them, yet they took to the streets in droves anyway Simon Speakman Cordall The Independent Voices Against rumours of […]
Tunisia tour operator first Jewish minister in decades
By AFP – Nov 06,2018 -JORDAN TIMES TUNIS — Rene Trabelsi, Tunisia’s first Jewish minister in decades, has for years been co-organiser of an annual pilgrimage to the oldest synagogue […]
Tunisia: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon in Tunis On Two-Day Official Visit
Tunis/Tunisia — UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon expected Thursday in Tunis for a two-day official visit. During his visit, the […]
Meet the ‘first woman in history’ to be elected mayor of an Arab capital
by Narjas Zatat in new Picture: EPA The Tunisian people have elected the capital’s first female mayor. Souad Abderrahim was officially elected mayor of Tunis, winning 33.8 per cent […]
Countries wanting to tackle migration should follow Switzerland’s lead and boost local economies rather than punish individuals
Switzerland wants to give Tunisians an incentive to stay home rather than leave for Europe, but instead of building walls it’s investing in promoting tourism to the region to create jobs […]
In Tunisia, Jews gather at Africa’s oldest synagogue under tight security
Reuters International This content was published on May 2, 2018 A Jewish woman lights candles inside the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (reuters_tickers) By Tarek […]
Tunisian Islamist party endorses Jewish candidate
By AFP – Apr 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Simon Slama (centre), the only Jewish candidate on the Islamist Ennahdha Party’s list for the municipal elections in the central coastal city […]
Tunisia scraps ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims
Source: Arab News TUNIS: Tunisia has abolished a decades-old ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims, the presidency said Thursday. “Congratulations to the women of Tunisia for the enshrinement of the […]
Tunisian President Suggests Allowing Muslim Women to Marry Non-Muslim Men
Source: Egyptian Streets Tunisian President Beji Caed Essibsi called on Sunday on the prime minister and minister of justice to make changes to the publication No 73 that bans Tunisian […]
Tunisia says Hamas drone expert killed by ‘foreigners’
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP TUNIS The Tunisian government on Sunday said that foreigners were behind the murder of a Tunisian engineer, after the Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Israel was behind his death. “The investigations concerning the assassination of Tunisian citizen Mohamed Zaouari and the latest findings have proven […]
Father Killed in Turkey Attacks Was Trying to Save His Son from ISIS
The New York Times By LILIA BLAISE2 hrs ago Chilling CCTV of Istanbul bombers PARIS — Fathi Bayoudh was a respected officer and doctor in the Tunisian military, but on Tuesday night at Istanbul’s main airport he was a father worried about his wayward son. Dr. Bayoudh, 58, had […]
A benchmark April day of Arab despair and radical change
Apr 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI During a very fast, one-day, visit to Washington, DC on Monday, I participated in a day of lectures and panel discussions organised by a private company on some of the world’s most challenging political and economic issues, including the “Arab youth” […]
Militants attack Tunisian forces near Libyan border, 53 killed
By Reuters – Mar 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Tunisian special forces take position during clashes with militants in the southern town of Ben Guerdan, near the Libyan border, on Monday (AFP photo) TUNIS — Dozens of militants stormed through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan near the Libyan […]
Impoverished interior poses risk for struggling Tunisia
By AFP – Mar 03,2016 – JORDAN TIMES People shelter from the gun fire outside a house in El Aouija, outside Ben Guerdane, 650km away from Tunis, Wednesday (AP photo) TUNIS — Government neglect in central Tunisia, where poverty and unemployment rates are several times the national average, risks […]
