Tunisian Culture, Economy and Society

Culture and Heritage

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Which language is official in Tunisia, with French widely used in business and education?
Which Tunis suburb has Punic ports, Roman baths and Byrsa Hill, listed by UNESCO in 1979?
Which Tunis museum holds one of the largest collections of Roman mosaics in the world?
Which mosque, founded in 670 and rebuilt by the Aghlabids, is one of the oldest in the Maghreb?
Which mosque in the medina of Tunis, a seat of Islamic learning since the eighth century, is also called the Olive Tree Mosque?
Which Andalusian musical tradition is a classical heritage of Tunisia?
Which film festival of Tunis, founded in 1966, is among the oldest in Africa and the Arab world?
Which poet born in Tozeur in 1909, author of The Will to Life, is among the most famous of Tunisia?
Which Tunisian-born writer wrote The Colonizer and the Colonized?
Which hot chili paste is the signature condiment of Tunisian cuisine?
Which thin pastry parcel, filled with egg and tuna and fried, is a Tunisian starter?
Which chickpea soup, served over bread with harissa and egg, is a Tunisian breakfast?
Which date-filled semolina pastry is a speciality of Kairouan?
Which red felt cap is made in the souk of the Tunis medina?
Which hand-shaped charm is common in Tunisia as a protection from the evil eye?
Which flower is a symbol of Tunisia, sold in small bouquets in the streets?
Which Roman poet's epic tells the story of Queen Dido of Carthage and Aeneas?
Which early Christian writer, born in Carthage and author of the Apologeticus, is credited with coining the Latin term for the Trinity?
Which two women were martyred in the arena at Carthage in 203?
Which fortified monastery built in 821 stands in the medina of Sousse?
Which goddess, the chief deity of Carthage, was shown by a sign of a triangle, a disc and a crescent?
Which sweet cream of Aleppo pine seeds is traditional at the Mawlid?
Which pottery of women in the north-west, shaped without a wheel and fired in open fires, was inscribed by UNESCO in 2018?
Which spiritual music, played with the gumbri and iron castanets and rooted in Sub-Saharan Africa, is Tunisia's version of gnawa?
Which Tunis-born fashion designer made his name in Paris with form-fitting clothes?

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