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Fatma Samet is keeping Kerkennah’s oldest craft alive
For decades, the Tunisian artist and entrepreneur has taken an endangered island tradition and pushed it into the future. Her recent UNESCO-backed distinction recognises more than embroidery. It honours a lifetime spent protecting a place through the work of its hands.
The Times of Tunis · 7 Jul 2026, 13:22
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Testour, the Tunisian town where al-Andalus still breathes
In the Medjerda valley, Testour carries one of Tunisia’s most distinctive memories: the arrival of Andalusian Muslim refugees after their expulsion from Spain, and the survival of that inheritance in stone, music, names and everyday life.
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