Pop Culture

Tunisian Pop Culture

- Tunisia has one of the most liberal, most inventive and prize winning cinemas of the Arab World

- 1896 the Lumiere Brothers showed animated views in the streets of Tunis, these were some of the few first    cinema related projects and would continue through the nations history

Municipal Theater of Tunis

- Tunisia hosts a film festival called "Carthage Film Festival" which has been taking place since 1966

- The festival is the oldest film festival in both the African and Arab worlds

- November 7, 1962 Habib Bourguiba proclaimed a speech to the art of theater at the Municipal Theater of Tunis

- From then on November 7th would be regarded as the Tunisian National Day of Drama

- Prohibition of the reproduction of the human image made it so potential artists and painters could not perform their mastery.

Tunisian Painting

- These artists then turned to calligraphy as their art form and this lasted until the French protectorate

- Though at the beginning of the twentieth century galleries had become reserved for European painters and artists
   - Some artists such as Moses Levy and Yahia Turki were able to display their labors of art

- In 1956 Independence was established and the art movement in Tunisia was accelerated by dynamics of nation building and by artists serving the state

- A Ministry of Culture was en-stated, under the leadership of ministers such as Habib Boulares who saw art and education as power.

Couscous served with side dishes, this one includes fish.

- Tunisian Cuisine is a blend of Mediterranean cuisine and other culinary traditions

- Fieriness and spicy are distinctive to Tunisian food

- A favorite dish of Tunisia is Couscous which is made of minuscule grains that are cooked and usually served with meat and vegetables

Wissem Hmam

- Football is the most popular sport in Tunisia

- The Ligue Professionelle 1 has 14 teams that compete for a trophy, they have a chance to qualify for the Champions League of the African Cup of Nations

- The Tunisian national football team won the African Cup of Nations in the year 2004

- In May 2007 the country had 1,673 registered sports clubs whose main assets were football