Category: Tunisia

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Tunisia’s first private radio station Mosaique FM has launched its website and is now offering a live audio stream, as well as a live webcam from the studio, over the internet.

Radio Mosaique enjoys great popularity in Tunis, according to a recent survey by a market-research company SIGMA, carried out in May 2005.

The survey revealed that Radio Mosaique had around 1.3 million listeners daily, with a 59.4 per cent audience share and an average listening time of two hours 36 minutes.

I think Mosaique FM are doing a really good job, and I hope they keep it up and that others will follow suit; creating a healthy and vibrant media environment in Tunisia.

A second private radio station, Radio Jawhara, should start broadcasting soon from Tunisia’s third-largest city, Sousse, and will cover the country’s west-central region.

Israel Bans Saber R’bai from Palestine

Israeli officials have decided to forbid Tunisian singer Saber R’bai from entering Palestine to hold a concert in the city of Ariha, which is under control of the Palestinian authority.

According to the London based Elaph, the singer was scheduled to hold a number of concerts in Palestinian cities.

No justifications or reasons were provided for why Saber was banned from entering and performing in Palestine.

This is totally unacceptable!
First of all, the cities in which Saber was to perform are Palestinian cities under Palestinian authority control, and they should be free to let whoever they want in or out. Another thing is that there can be no reason whatsoever to ban a great and peaceful artist like Saber from performing for the people of Palestine.

Third International Photography Meetups

The Third International Photography Meetups will be held, from Friday July 15th to Monday July 18th, in Ghar El Melh (Tunisia), in the third fortress near the old port.
Their goal is to accentuate and develop exchanges between photography professionals and amateurs, as well as between the adult and young audiences of this art.

The programme of this edition showcases works from a score of Tunisian photographers (Hamideddine Bouali, Marianne Catzaras, Nicolas Fauqu

Tabarka Jazz Festival 2005

Tabarka Jazz FestivalAnother year has passed and the Tabarka Jazz Festival is around the corner again. Everyone has started planning for the concerts they’re going to attend.

The schedule this year is as follows:

01/07/2005: Amedeo Bianchi & son Sextuor (Italy) + Chucho Valdes (Cuba)
02/07/2005: Le minaret & La tour, Riadh Fehri (Tunisia) + Golden Gate Quartet (USA)
03/07/2005: Rayjam Quintet (Holland / Tunisia ) + Louis Prima (France)
05/07/2005: James Cotton (USA)
06/07/2005: Aldo Romano (Italy)
07/07/2005: Daniel Huck (France)
08/07/2005: Thomas Kaufmann & Wolfgang Reisinger (Austria) + Omar Sosa (Cuba)
09/07/2005: Fawzi Chekili (Tunisia)