Portraits
For some months during the Second World War, Tunisia was turned into a battlefield. The local population was suffering under the consequences of the war while Great Britain and the US were fighting against Germany and Italy. Through his personal letters, the story of Hermann Franz, a German soldier, gives us an insight into the situation in the country at that time.
Alice Pesavento
| 13 May 2023 | 15 minutes
At 27 years old, Ons Jabeur is the second best female tennis player in the world. She has accumulated international titles, making her the first Tunisian as well as Arab woman to reach the highest levels of world tennis. Inkyfada takes a look at her journey from Monastir to the tennis top. 
Mathilde WardaLinda Kaboudi
| 13 September 2022 | 12 minutes
Hamrouni* and Aziz* practice the same profession, without having the same rights. She works legally, while his work is clandestine. From their police interactions to the dirty looks from local residents, their daily lives look nothing alike.
Hortense Lac
| 23 February 2018 | 7 minutes
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Letters from the battlefield: My great-uncle’s experience of WWII in Tunisia
For some months during the Second World War, Tunisia was turned into a battlefield. The local population was suffering under the consequences of the war while Great Britain and the US were fighting against Germany and Italy. Through his personal letters, the story of Hermann Franz, a German soldier, gives us an insight into the situation in the country at that time.
Alice Pesavento
| 13 May 2023
Yves Eliahou, Guardian of Jewish Heritage in Tunisia

A Tunisian Jew, Yves Eliahou Kamhi, speaks on the discrimination Jewish Tunisians have experienced from non-Jewish Tunisian citizens and the Tunisian State.
Walid Mejri
| 25 February 2015
Cléo: a transgender activist seeking refuge in Tunisia
Her gender identity and activism led Cléo* to leave her native country of Benin. Now in Tunisia, Cléo has recently obtained refugee status. She tells us about her journey.
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