A round-up of some of the interesting news coming out of Tunisia these days…
Minister of education and training has announced that all Tunisian schools will have access to ADSL and WIMAX internet connections before June 2007.
A zero emission project, which is part of a Tunisian-Japanese cooperation agreement, is currently underway at the Borj Cedria technological park South of Tunis; it aims at creating photo-voltaic fields in order to generate some 260 kilowatts of energy, that can be used in several fields such as pumping of water for irrigation purposes, the recycling of used waters after treatment, the recycling of solid waste, the setting up of solar lighting lamps, as well as the building of a prototype for producing 1.5 Kilowatt of low-temperature wind energy destined to water pumping.
The neurology department of the University Hospital of Charles-Nicolle in Tunis, has successfully tested a new breakthrough surgical treatment which is destined to stop epileptic fits among patients suffering from this neurological disorder.
Tunisian lute virtuoso, Anouar Brahem will open the third edition of
I’ve just come across a group called Kantara who combine Tunisian and Appalachian music – you can hear 4 of their tracks here: http://www.myspace.com/kantaraarabappalachian – unfortunately the don’t have a record deal so no cds so far. It sounds like a really bizarre mix but it works.
I would love to see Anouar Brahem live as I have several of his cds, but he doesn’t seem to tour the UK and I’m never in Tunisia when he’s playing.
PS Have you heard anything about the airport that’s supposed to be built at Hammamet? It would make it so much easier than having to trail back and forth from Monastir, although the journey is quite nice as it gives me time to sink back in to the sights and sounds of Tunisia and that first hearing of the call to prayer makes me shiver and tells me I’m back!
Thanks so much for the link 🙂 I’ll be checking them and their music out, it sounds very interesting 🙂
I hope you do get to see Anouar Brahem live soon, maybe in “Jazz in Carthage” this year, or some other occasion.
As for the airport near Hammamet, according to what I’ve heard, construction of the Enfidha airport, which lies between Hammamet and Sousse, is currently underway. This new airport is expected to be fully operational by 2010.