At roundtable events in the presence of EU funders and Tunisians who work in art and culture, the Ministry of Culture affirms that it has moved beyond words and is in the phase of action. For one week, the stage will be set for playsβof varying degrees of intensity and fidelityβdealing with Shakespearean themes and characters.
The event took place in the frame of a theatre festival which lasted from the 23rd to the 28th of March, and which included, a part from theatre and music spectacles, seminars and workshop on dramatic arts. The artists were approached by the organizers of Dream City to create a project for the fifth edition of the event November Soliman shared some time with Nawaat to talk about the creative process behind their creation, a glimpse into the unofficial narrative of the state security apparatus that operated under the Ben Ali regime.
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In a political context where cultural expression is stifled as security measures are intensified, going out to see a movie becomes an act of resistance. Everybody knows that post-revolutionary Tunisian underground hiphop is cool. Brought to appear before the investigative judge in Bab Bnet Tunis at on the morning of October 21, Klay BBJ and two friends are met by a crowd of a hundred or so indignant supporters.
Shortly after am, the three young men are acquitted. In a rather low-key, overlooked way, the Tunisian Minister of Culture, Mourad Sakli, has announced yesterday on a radio program on Jawhara FM that the ministry plans on privatizing Tunisian heritage sites. The plan is to have private companies lease the sites for periods of 25 to 30 years. Two themes that prevail in blogs, reports, news articles, and interviews about art and artists in Tunisia are the gap between politics and people, especially youth, and the criminalization and marginalization of art and artists that has continued after the revolution.
It is not a privilege to openly and fiercely say what one believes and what one dreams. The youth today, in our Tunisia, overflow with powerful emotions, to use the phrasing of the English poet Wordsworth. The film narrates the story of three young and courageous female bloggers, from three different countries, who made a revolution from behind a laptop.
