Cultural life in Tunisia

Roundtable International, Culture
March 23, 2019Saint-Martin-d'Hères - University campus
Round table discussion with Kmar Bendana, professor at the University of Manouba, Sonia Zlitni-Fitouri, professor of French and Francophone literature at the University of Tunis, Elisabeth Daldoul, director of the Francophone publishing house Elyzad, and Ikbal Zalila, researcher in film studies at the University of Manouba.
Tunisia, through its geographical location, history, and cultures, is a veritable laboratory for researching the changes that Arab societies are undergoing in an increasingly globalized world. Since ancient times, this territory has been defined as a melting pot of languages and cultures, a land of passage, a crossroads of multiple influences that are still visible today (architecture, traditions, cuisine), not to mention the dialectal language that blends Phoenician, Latin, Berber, Arabic, Judeo-Spanish, Turkish, Italian, Spanish, French, and more.

While all these legacies have given rise to the cultural effervescence that the country is experiencing in all areas, they also pose challenges that will be addressed during this round table discussion.
 
Published on March 12, 2019
Updated on March 12, 2019