Photobloggers Meetup

Guys! Tomorrow Thursday, April 16th 18:30 pm in Cafe Jamaica - El Hana 10th Floor. special guest : Skydancer.

Via [Photography happens in Tunisia]

Anathema Concert canceled

As predicted previously, Anathema Tunisia concert has been canceled as they didn't get an extra permit from the ministry of interior, the main reasons for this humiliating disaster are about two main points: first some morans have released a rurmour that the band is a satanic metal group and then because Tunisia is the Islam capital of the year(like anybody cares), what can I say it's an other taste of the bitter of the orphaned land we will keep living anyway for a better sunrise ..

Anathema Concert pushed for Monday

The so long awaited Anathema concert has been reported to Monday, for some permit issue given by the ministry of interior, the show has been canceled until next Monday but who knows what's coming next.

i smell some stuff but who cares?

Tunisia Barcamp

BarCamp is an international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. The first BarCamps focused on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. The format has also been used for a variety of other topics, including public transit, health care, and political organizing.

Bravely brought to us by Mehdi Lamlou, the first Tunisian Barcamp will be held Saturady May 9th, 2009. I'll be there as much as many other friends.

Via [Escalier 7] and [Chopitos]

How To Work Better

1. Do one thing at a time
2. Know the problem
3. Learn to listen
4. Learn to ask questions
5. Distinguish sense from nonsense
6. Accept change as inevitable
7. Admit mistakes
8. Say it simple
9. Be calm
10. Smile

Working It Out [Tate Online]

An other alien from the west

While searching for photos about Tunisia, I caught an other awesome well made filled with tons of photography of an special visitor (nothing to do with tourists), Mrs. Darrow’s seems to be the kind to hold a guide, ride a car and go ahead into the unknown, she seems to be a travel hippie, pointing down to very little detail in her way from Tunis, Bizerte, Zaghouan, ....

Take a look at [Mrs. Darrow’s Adventures in Tunisia]

Sama Dubai project almost evaporated

Cartoon: courtesy of [Debat Tunisie]

In Tunisia, first, the project "The Gate of the Mediterranean, the new city that Sama Dubai, a subsidiary of Dubai Holding Group, is proposed on the shores of South Lake of Tunis, with an investment of 25 billion dollars, no longer appears in the immediate future on the agenda. Indeed, meeting in extraordinary general meeting, Sama Dubai and the UK EC Harris, decided on 27 January 2009 to dissolve proactively "Sama ECH Tunisia", their joint venture in Tunisia, which was overseeing the planning and implementation of the project "The Gate of the Mediterranean".

Source [Web Manager Center (french)]

Via [Tunisia Watch(french)]

As I did predict months ago, the prject no longer exits and was hit. back to normal, no skycrapers or Indians welders in the way, just salty water and few birds eating fish.

Wild Monkeys in Tunisia

...last week, of my coworkers , graciously provided me with pictures of monkeys shot in Kalaat Snen close by a mine Bujabr the north-west of Tunisia (Kef state) .... According to my information that people who suffer from hunger and thirst, and would not let them close to keep the rights to them ... and I do not know which of the authorities responsible for land animals can do so...

Tunisia used to be the homeland of many wild creatures until climate changes, wars and natural disasters, but it seems that a blogger's friend did take pictures of a couple of wild monkeys in the northern Tunisia in Kaalat Snen suffering from hunger and thirst -as this is not their natural enviroennment-, the authorities may need to rescue those poor animals before their percish or they may just evolve.

Via [Al Hallège (Arabic)]

Two Tunisian pilots sentenced to 10 years for crash

A pilot accused of praying when he should have been taking emergency measures to avoid a crash in which 16 people died has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by an Italian court.

Source [Guardian]

Via [Zizou]

I was expecting to see our brave pilots getting praised for their bravery saving lifes in a very critical situation instead racial and religious prejudice took the advantage again, as on of my frined said, they neede to blame someone and they got it. I didn't heard no local echoes, but those guys needs support and help.

Google satellite photos to be taken in a Week

In one week, on Wednesday next at exactly 10h 42 'GMT, (attention Tunisia do more time in line with Europe, so it is 42 hours Tunisian 09h), the satellite "WorldView-1 will be over in Tunis for a photograph that serve ten days later to occupy the old Google Earth has become obsolete. I found five years ago on the internet the timetable of shots of the satellite and thought me a photo because I took that position at the precise moment when the satellite was pointing his lens towards me. The resolution used at the time too low did not allow precise identification and was reduced to a tiny point. A pixel corresponded to 1.8 meter and I was not big enough to be included!

Via [Du photographique (Frnech)]

Via [Photography Happens In Tunisia]

can we go ahead and do some stuff next Tuesday starting 9 am?

Radio Tunisie Culture

The project was launched back in 2005 with a main goal to promote culture and compete with other private radio stations (Mosaique FM) and spread a culture in need, as the National radios turn into jukeboxes with void content, and a big lack of accuracy with the life style of the country.

The radio is located in the same building as the the national radio (Lafayette) broadcasts on the AM waves and the the satellite, the staff is made up with young crew, as matter of fact I knew some of them and I wished never knew any.

The radio doesn't have a website (a single and brief scarp in Wikipedia) nor an online stream (there is an unofficial stream), never gets involved or partnership or sponsor or initiate any cultural events, the program are boring and you can guess that nobody does listen to this station or even heard about.

I'm personally disgusted by the fact that we are pouring wine over the window for free and upset to see such lovely institution doing nothing while it can do much, I just want to know why the radio is not open to the world of culture in the heat of Tunisian cultural cuisine.

If this radio is wiling to get some audience it has a lot to do (as much as the others national radio stations beside RTCI) by having a website, an official stream getting more involved in the overground and especially underground of the cultural being of the country.

The radio is really needed now as ever with quite the same basic stuff it has today, I wish if they would involve some bloggers spread the word over the Internet and lead some intellectual events.

Debat Tunisis cartoon chronicles banned

The real talented "Debat Tunisie" featuring excellent cartoons criticizing the stuff happening on in Tunisia with a black humor has been banned lately for .... let's say many reasons that we can't stand, an other bites the dust.

Anathema Saturday 4th April - Acropolium of Carthage, Tunisia

At last, a real great music event involving a great rock band far away from the usual Jazz and Pop stars we used to see coming, it could be just the beginning of a long Music adventure here.

There is a big Tunisian rock community worth telling about and those guys as much as I think needs some stimulation beyond the local and regretful music.

ANATHEMA will be headlining a a festival in Tunis, Tunisia in early February. The show will take place on April 4th at Acropolium of Carthage.

The dutch band would be performing their music feat. Fabio Lione (Rhapsody) covering some Iron Maiden and Judas Priest songs and a local band called Carthagods.

The tickets sales open March 10th on this locations:

- L’Acropolium
- Le Café Journal
- Restaurant le Tam Tam (Sidi Bou Said)
- Le théatre municipal.

I'll be there, what about you?

Tunisian first aerospace educational centre coming

Tunis, Mar 06, 2009 (Tunisia Online/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- ITLS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Tunisia will soon have its first aerospace educational centre. The centre which will house the activities of the Tunisian Educational Aerospace Association (OTEAS), will be built in the town of Jammel, in the governorate of Monastir.

A meeting debate was organized on this occasion with the participation of the Tunisian scientist and NASA expert, Mr Mohamed Lawcet Ayari and Mr Mohamed Ezzeddine Mili a former International Telecommunications Union (ITU) secretary general and a native of Jammel. The meeting which was attended by a panel of experts, scientists and journalists was the occasion to discuss the project, which will be built on a plot of land donated by a native of the region.

During the meeting, Mr Ayari, evoked his scientific career, including his latest invention known as the "Chahed Telescope", an optical instrument capable of unifying dates corresponding to the lunar months in the Moslem world. The telescope which will be set up in Kairouan is equipped with a system enabling the continuous observation of the movement of the moon, from several independent observation points. It will also enable the observation of a great number of other planets, he noted.

The Tunisian scientist who was part of the NASA team that worked on the Hubble telescope, said he was proud of being Tunisian, a land of civilization and encounters which produced many renowned scientists and intellectuals.

Source [Trading Markets]

that looks almost like science fiction, but according to the Tunisian spirit it is possible to eat harissa on mars. amazing but hopefully feasible!

Houssein: the Godfother of the Tunisian Bloggers

Journalists do not hesitate to make a turn. Of "responsible" as the monitor milk on the fire. Tunisian bloggers refer to it every day. It is tn-blogs, the hub of blogs tunisiens, baby Virtual Houssein Ben Ameur.

Source [Tekiano]

Via [Pink Lemon]

I remeber back in the late 2003 when houssein send me an email offering hosting for my moest blog while i was just beginning the fun, the domain at that time was called rundom.com and hosted serveral blogs (Me, Subzero, Infinity, Jaz, La rebelle) and that the frontpage was a local feed aggregator quite eariler than the new tn-blogs.

Such wonderful memories, was Houssein did accomplish was more than just some bits hosted in a far server as muh as giving to our very first steps a stairway to heaven.