the Berbers was the origin habitant in tunisia they are until today setteled as few commities in the south of Tunisia specially in tataouine they were jwech at the
beginning but after that with the arrivals of Arabs they covert to Islam.
By the 5th centery the roman empire was totally crumbling. it was followed by the rampaging .
People called the vandals also they had conquered In Spain vandals led by Genseric crossed to north Africa.
After the Punic war there was a period of Berber kings allied with Rome.
ellyssa Phoenicians’ queen that came from finicia (Lebanon) to found quort hadacht cathage nowadays
this city is in the northeast of tunisia and it open directly to the Mediterranean sea so it becomes an important pole of commercial exchange
At that time Some Berbers rose in society and after that the city of carthage was rebuilt
Finally with the stability of the Romans Christianity at that time became the official religion of Tunisia.
many civilizations pass through tunisia beside the Romains and the Arab like the ottomans civilization :
The arrival of Turks spelt the end for the hafsid empire
The Turks were fighting against the Byzantines and Rome
the Spanish king tried to establish protectorate over Tunisia but it was defeated by the ottomans on sea .
Tunisia became a province of the ottomans and there is many pashas that ruled Tunisia like khaireddine pasha and many others.
Habib bourguiba
One of the leader of Tunisia he was born on 3 august 1903 he is considered as the architecte of Tunisia after it takes her independence and it becomes one of the major voices of moderation in the Arab world
He practiced low when he was in Tunis in 1927 and he became engaged in political struggle for independence
He was also active in the nationalist newspaper in 1932 and in the constitutional party.
The constitution party won about 90 seat in the new national republic.
Bourguiba set to lead the new republic in accordance with his own vision.
Bourguiba has built modern Tunisia he was the first one that he gave the right to everyone to educate freely also he gave rights to women with the code of personal status in 1957 written by Taher el Haded
he died on 6 April 2000 in monastir
LISTE OF REFRENCES
http://en.tunisientunisie.com/history-of-tunisia-ottoman-rule/
http://www.worldtravelguide.net/tunisia/food-and-drink
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Habib-Bourguiba
code of personal status
many religion man try to find a compatibility between religion and the woman situation like taher el hadad and taher ben achour
this code was Written by taher el haded.
its a series of progressive Tunisian lows.
it gave the woman a unique place in the Tunisian society.
it was promulgated on 13 august 1956
it aim the institution of equality between men and women some of this lows are:
.the civil marriage is the only one considered in Tunisian republic
.polygamy is abolished for man.
.the divorce can be only in the tribunal.
.people can marry at age of 18 not before
.the marriage can be done only with the agreement of both parts.
this low came to effect on 1 January 1957.
Woman has taken many important posts we found her as minister also we find her as a pilot and many other.
CULTURE
1.MUSIC
One of the most known type of music is malouf
its played in small orchestras that consisted many instrument like violins drums flutes and so on
it basically came from the andalous and it still till now having this temperament
many artists that was concerning by this type of music like zied gharsa and his father taher gharsa also saleh el mahdi and many others
one of the most old school that still practicing this type of music is al rachideya.
also there is many artists that were concerning of tunisian music like oulaya, hedi el jouini, ali el riyahi, choubayla rachedd, soulef and many others.
more than that we cannot speak about music without speaking about the most great musicians nowadays is the gharbi brothers they are twins called bechir and mohammed
mohammed plays violin and bechir plays oud
they are one of the greater instrument players in tunisia they are considered one of the underground musicians
they compose their music by them selves
they had many prices and the last one was in jmc "journees musicales de carthage" in march 2015 some title of their music 'taamoulet' 'hams' 'khaouater' and so on.
foods
tunisian food is a combination of Arabic Mediterranean meadle eastern and French influence most of the dashes are cooked with olive oil and many other ingredient
some of this food are
couscous,kaftaji ,lablabi, mloukheya,jelbana,tajine,brik,chorba,salade mechweya , hrissa and so on tunisia is an Islamic country however alchool is not prohibited we can find it in bars resturants and some supermarkets tunisia produces some alcoholic product like beers wine and many others.
tourism in tunisia
Tunisia is an attractive place in eyes of all her visitors and there is many wonderful places to visit like Tunis the capital ,Hamemet ,Soussa , Djerba,Mahdia and so on
there is many wonderful beaches that anyone could enjoy it during the summer
we have to mentioned that every year have that the Jews committee came from all over the world to do their periling in Djerba "alghriba".
One of the most wonderful villages is sidi bousaid its colored with blue and white also it appreciate all tourist visiting it from all over the world
Everyone can visit many monumets like the roman
colisee in Jam,Carthage ,Sbitla and so on
2. poetry
poetry have a main role in the culture of Tunisia that’s why we have to mentioned one of the most important poets in Tunisia is abouelkacem el chebbi is one of the greater in the Arab world
he was born in 1909 and he was died in 1939
He wrote many poems and they was translated in many languages
His poems was singed by many singers such as majida elroumi and many others
He was engaged by loving his country and sacrifice for her especially during the French colonialism
Conclusion
Tunisia is one of the countries that mark the history throughout culture and civilization
I’m happy to represent country even with small parts
I’m really proud to be a Tunisian woman and I always try to honor it by knowledge and education
Although all the challenges and problems that Tunisia is faced now this country surely Tunisia will never die
Tunisia is the best one for me I love it now …and always
OUTLINES
1.Introduction
2.History
3.code of personal status
4.habib bourguiba
5.culture
a.music
b.poetry
6.tourisim in Tunisia
7.foods.
8.conclusion
9.liste of refrences
Amarican university of sciences and technologie
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