Tunisia, Through the Eyes of Its Artists and Intellectuals

The New York Times
By: Nikil Saval

Tunisia in the middle of summer has a stubborn, marine insouciance about it. Everything in the capital city of Tunis seems defined by the endless coast, by the unutterable, swimming-pool warmth of the Mediterranean Sea…

The paradox of contemporary Tunisia is that it is a seaside tourist destination that, according to a 2015 report by the security-intelligence firm The Soufan Group, has seen, proportionally to its population, more of its people leave to join jihadists in Syria, Libya and Iraq than any other nation…

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