The divorced aunt of the Arab world that might occasionally drink and smoke and is "cool" to her nieces and nephews. This place has some DEEP history dating back to the Phoenician era. Everything from Star wars to Squid coucous can be found here. Enjoy....#TUNISIA!
Tunisia is the most underrated country in the whole world. They have everything, amazing landscapes, a beautiful culture, rich history, great food, a beautiful dialect and gorgeous people and obviously freedom and democracy something rare in the arab world. As a Libyan who lived 9 years in Tunisia, I can assure you that Tunisia is a dream Land
- Oldest and most well preserved still OPERATING Roman Amphiteatre (Second only in size to Rome) - Oldest Torah Book in the World at the Djerba Island Synagogue (Built with stones from the Third Temple of Solomon, site of of Jewish pilgrimage to this day) -The Oasis of Tozeur and its irrigation system. (since Numidian times) -Djerba-Zarzis Roman sea bridge (you can cross it by car) -Tophet of Carthage (Alex Jones favorite site) - Dugga Thugga (Joe Rogan favorite site) And many, many others. The U.S. embassy website LIES...They want to sink us down 'cuz they don't wanna Arab Playas livin' it up come visit we won't eat you.
So far I've been to 19 countries and only one outside Europe - Tunisia. That was way back in 2008 and 2009. It's still by far the most memorable trip I had - first love, ruins of Carthage, camel ride, Kairouan mosque, dune buggy ride through the Sahara, Sidi Bou Said, and so on. I was really sad to hear about the struggles and hardships the people had to go through after 2010. I will always remember them as very hospitable, polite, kind, cheerful and knowledgeable. I really hope to return to Tunisia eventually. Much love from Serbia.
Fun fact: Serbia is the only European country visa-free to Tunisian nationals! that's how strong the bond between the two nations is! Salute from Carthage, Tunisia.
I knew you were from Serbia haha here's another fun fact about the bond our countries have: during the balkan wars a lot of Serbs took refuge in Tunisia after being evacuated by the French (Tunisia was under french rule at the time). And many of those were hospitalized here, especially in the town of Benzart where a lot of Serbs chose to stay there. And today you can still find the Serb Orthodox Church that they have built for the community and they have been a part of Tunisian society since! 😁
Love Tunisia from Greece, i recently saw some pictures of Tunisia and i thought it was a Greek island, turns out it's Tunisia, such a beautiful country 🇬🇷🇹🇳
@@thedstorm8922 "At about 16:40 on 9 April 1942, the Luftwaffe dropped three bombs on the church, and two of them deflected without exploding. However, one 50 kg (110 lb) high-explosive bomb pierced the dome and entered the church, where a congregation of more than 300 people was awaiting early evening Mass. The bomb did not explode, and a Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal unit defused it and dumped it into the sea off the west coast of Malta. This event was interpreted as a miracle by the inhabitants, and a similar bomb is now displayed in the sacristy at the back of the church, under the words IL-MIRAKLU TAL-BOMBA, 9 TA' April 1942 (meaning "The Bomb Miracle, 9 April 1942")." Deep lore sa7bi.
Put Tunisia on your countries to visit list you wont regret it. I've been there multiple times and i plan to go again the food the beaches the cultre the people, you name it. Much love from Sweden 🇸🇪❤️🇹🇳
Well, I can't go even to one of them man I have turkey and russia and Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia and uae and japan i. My plans, but can't go even to one of them because of money thing
Criminally underrated country! The worlds best kept secret by far and a hidden gem! I just love Tunisia and it’s people! Greetings from a Croatian-Canadian! 🇭🇷❤️🇨🇦❤️🇹🇳
@@karimtemimi1803 wooooow brate! I actually believe you don’t worry haha , I am glad to hear about that and I hope an embassy arrives soon! Inshallah ❤️
I went to tunisia last month, I must say probably the friendliest, most hospitable people I've met! Beautiful country and cities with much history, would recommend
@@lucadipaolo1997 Yep, I nearly got scammed by a taxi in New York if undercover officers didn't literally arrest the dude right before I got in his car
@@aliabassi8045 Too be honest, is there a way to tell Middle Easterners and North Africans apart from Mexicans? Because honestly, the two groups are hand in hand when it comes to looks.
@@seanbrummfield448 Too be honest, is there a way to tell Americans and Canadians apart from Mexicans? Because honestly, the two groups are hand in hand when it comes to looks.
Tunisia has always fascinated me , it's such a incredible culture of rich history. Very underrated destination for traveling, I just hope the best to Tunisian people .
Sishilia (Littly Sicily) in Tunis still has a lot of great Italian restaurants and bistros. The greatest "minority" community to ever live in Tunisia no doubt.
Lot of italians immigrated in tunisia cause it was like immigrating to France at the time Then some years after independance, lot of them got back in italy. Altho lot of them stayed in tunisia
yeah you gotta admit that we punch well above our weight to even rival guys like you and Egypt who number in the hundreds of millions!! Much love to you from Tunis ❤️
@@kknives36 Tunisia owned part of Italy and Italy owned part of Tunisia and we both owned part of the Word. It is what is we're like Scipio and Hannibal, frenemiez4lyf.
I happen to be an American that love World History and specially, ancient history, and your nation history and culture is a treasure for me. Would love to travel one day and visit all the historical places and museums. Love your video. Keep it up and keep it coming. Best regards from Miami, Florida.
As a person who doesn't know too much about African and Arabic country Tunisia sounds very nice, I might have to visit someday. Love from Germany 🇩🇪❤️🇹🇳
Can’t get enough of this channel. Gotta thank my 7th grade teacher for playing some of these videos in her class, ever since then I’ve loved this TH-cam channel.
@@flightmaster9331 The guy that makes the videos is American and so is the platform which everybody watches it. So calm down on the stereotypes on Americans
I actually learned to swim in Tunisia back in 2003 when I was six. Now I learned that swimming is a big thing there. Maybe it was meant to be... I find the Maghreb countries so very interesting, and I can't get enough of harissa! I wish I could return to Tunisia asap. Much love from Finland! Ps. people usually talk about the countries here in the comments, which is obviously natural. But I have to say Barbs and the gang, what an amazing video once again! I'm so glad we still have so many vids to come. The guests as well are always a delight, where do you find these people! Sami and Ahmed seem so nice :)
Love what I'm hearing about this country! But in the music segment I was missing something; How can you NOT mention Myrath?! Tunisias biggest and most well known metal band! I watched them the other day on Sabaton Open Air here in Sweden, and my God! What a fantastic band!
Been waiting for this for sooooo long. I made a great friend from Tunisia and he's the sweetest and kindest person I've ever met. I got to see a lot of destinations and my fave is sidi bou said. He also introduced me lots of cuisine and how they use harissa in almost every foodxD. I would say, Tounsi sound so sweet and soft at the same time. Heaven is a place on Earth everyone!! Aslema from Philippines ❤️
@@John-pk9rw Ok "John", you hate Arabs, we get it. But we're Twensa and we're Arab and we love living rent-free inside your head so much that we're dancing doing a conga line around your frontal lobe right now.
Tunisians are some of the sweetest people you will meet in the southern Italian region of Calabria as well as Sicily. Many take up jobs as small store vendors and they tend to offer similar goods for better prices, and generally know Italian. Much appreciation for all of Tunisia and its history from a random Italian :)
Tunisian metal band for Keith: Myrath. Progressive/power metal with a lot of Arab and Mediterranean melodies/soundscapes. I've seen them in concert twice in the US and they're WICKED awesome!
"Braving the Seas" intro made me kind of anxious though, as there are the air raid siren sounds and as a Ukrainian I automatically thought that they were legit and coming from outside 😅
I’ m from southern spain from murcia (not the city) and here we have the most important city for carthage in Iberia , cartago nova (Cartagena) and second for rome, behind tarraco (Tarragona) And as a curiosity we have been controlled by the phoenisians, carthage, the byzantines, the visigods, the umayas, a lot of arab kingdoms, we even had some viking raids, the kingdom of castille and leon and aragon almost took the southern part (La Manga-Águilas)
This is soo cool! I'm Tunisian and I spent 3 months this year in Murcia for my internship at UMU. Murcia felt like home :) I visited many southern cities like Cartagena and Alicante etc.. and they were amazing! I totally miss Spain :)
I'm from north west iran and Tunisia is by far the most beautiful and great country of Africa The hole continent depends on it Great history and people
this was amazing! my best friend from university days is from Tunisia, she was speaking so many languages i was jealous ahahaha , funny enough we met in Turkey where we studied which is the next episode , love from Iran, btw she was the one percent that did not identify as Arab and fed me the most beautiful Tunisian food , we shared many meals to exchange cultures , moooons ago but still sweet memories
@@John-pk9rw I understand what you say, but when he says arab he means arab speaking, and hey i know how much it sucks to be mistaken for a khaliji arab! Lol i get that all the time as Iranian. Totally loving the amazing Tunisians tho Cheers to you
Actually most of Tunisians could speak TunisianArabic, French,English and Italian so we are good in languages we can also understand Spanish and we have a lot of interest on learning German
Imagine being angry at a 30 minute long, small amateur production getting one thing wrong after being fact checked by two Tunisians, like John here. Sad life...
You can take the bush train from Tunis to Gabes and reach Djerba Island or the Sahara by bus. Many foreign backpackers do so. Many Youth Hostels along the way.
As a Tunisian the episode is great despite some inaccuracies, the represenation of Tunisia is excellent but i think what makes a Tunisian a Tunisian wasn't quite represented accuretly and that's understandble since the country has tons and tons and tons of history the video will be longer and some parts are complexed. some inaccuracies are : 1) La Galite جالطة and les Canis (2 islands) جزر الكلاب are two different islands in the north. 2) there are other variants of Kosksi considered as classics as Kosksi bel l7am (Meat typically sheep) and Kosksi bel 3osben ( with sheep stomach wrapped in intestines but some governorates do it differently you can find it mainly in the Sahel region (Sousse or Monastir and their suburbs) 3) as a Tunisia i've never seen a Ski resort in Tunisia. (Yes we get some snow in some northwest parts of the country) but i don't think there is a fully-fledged resorts for that. Overall, despite some true interpretations like the identity crisis, The complexed and chaotic political strucutre and enviorment in the past 10 dark years etc.. I genuinely liked the video. there is more of Tunisia than this but good effort on the episode, it's not easy to find stuff about Tunisia and Barbs come to Tunisia one day and explore it personally.😁
Another thing, maybe there's no "an actual tribalism" in the coastal regions but it exists strongly in the southern parts and in the western mountains near the Algerian borders. Also the some words like "sabbat" it's actually an arab word not Spanish since almost all arab countries use this word. Honestly I've felt that there's some kind of "inferiority complex" comes out from both of these guys in order to show Tunisia like more western.
@@أدرار_ؤمعروف it was a bit like "yeah, we're not like other arabs, we like western values" and trying to look not so muslim and not so arab, but I understand, with all the steriotypes about arabs and muslims, ppl might feel pressured to act and look a certain way, that kinda of vibe was not so on your face so it doesn't really matter, I feel like the video was mostly accurate and fun to watch
I actually had the privilege of going to Tunisia a long time ago. (Before the Arab Spring) Unfortunately it was only for a week, so I mostly stayed within the Tunis region, but hopefully one day I can go back and see more of this beautiful country. Their history is in my opinion some of the most interesting and fascinating as a history nerd. Love from Belgium 🇧🇪🧡🇹🇳
Finally! Had been waiting for this episode for a while 🥳 So glad we’re finally here. Tunisia is one of the countries id love to visit some day in n africa, along with morocco. Much love to Tunisia
I'm from Italy 🇮🇹 and I really hope in the next years to come to visit our fantastic "Pasta bro", it's not so expansive to fly from here go Tunisi (how we call Tunis)... Well see you in Tunisia !
Anyway 5 Presidents in 10 years is not that much, considering the fact that you were in a revolution period, here in Italy we are a stable country but we changed something like 8-9 Prime minister in 10 years 😂😂
@@zaoualimahmoud7117 and Tunisia was under sicilian rule for years (and it was a roman province for centuries), and a lot of tunisians have sicilian roots because of the siculo-arabics, who were expelled from Sicily and ended up in Tunisia ;)
*As a British who went to Tunisia in the summer of 2022 I can confirm that this country Tunisia is one of the best countries in the world ! I love the weather there with the food (I like spicy food) and the beach 😍🤩 this summer I will return to Tunisia 💗*
Woaaaah it's finally my country's turn in this channel 🥳 I've been watching the show since the beginning and I've always wondered how Tunisia's episode will be like and yeah it is indeed sooo cooool!! Thank you everyone who participated in this video you guys are amazing! And YES Tunisia is one of the most unserrated, non-popular countries that the world should know about... We have it all from food to culture to nature to everything exciting.. I do label us as "normal people yet extraordinary" .. تحيا تونس 🇹🇳
as a Tunisian i'm realy thankful for this episode barbs it was amazing even i knew new things about my own country as for the comments section i saw alot of support and love guys thank you alot it realy warms my heart and don't forget VISIT TUNISIA🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳!!!! 😍😍😍
Tunisia has a big Jazz scene. This might be visible with their greatest fusion jazz musician Dhafer Youssef. I suggest you listen to "Les ondes orientales". You'll see what I mean
FINALYY 😀😄. As a Tunisian I would like to thank all of those who helped with this episode ❤❤ . Everything is pretty accurate although a lot of stuff is still missing so yeah long live Tunisia .
Great episode. Much love to Tunisia! Just one thing: The Romans did not cover Carthage with salt. The only existing record where this alleged event is talked about is in a book found in Oxford that was practically invented out of nowhere. The Author of said writing knew the Bible from cover to cover, and in it there is a passage where it is told of an ancient city covered in salt after its destruction, and for some reason he wrote that the Romans had done the same to Carthage.
true he actually mixed it with other story but in history Tunisia (Africana) know to be the land of the richirest roman Senators and who ever control it would be the closest to te empror or even the empror himsekf (rome had a lot of tunisian emporors)
CARTHAGO DELENDA EST The myth likely originated from Roman propaganda and a war tradition. Rome detested Carthage especially after the Second Punic War so wanted to wipe them from existence and show the consequence of opposing Rome to any potential rivals. If they claimed to have entirely destroyed Carthage (salting it), it warned rivals of Rome's wrath. Carthage had traumatised and humiliated Rome at times and Rome wanted said humiliations to be forgotten forever. So if Carthage was "destroyed", so would the memory of their humiliations. A tradition in Rome was that they would have a patch of "enemy soil" in Rome and when they went to war they would thrust a spear into said patch to symbolise the beginning of war. It is possible that they covered this patch in salt and therefore (by this logic) covered Carthage in salt.
The most accurate video about Tunisia I've ever seen on youtube !! some other videos make me cringe because of the false informations they share about Tunisia. So thank you for the effort ! Amazing work !
As a tunisian i feel that the closest countries to us are Algeria Morocco and Libya and of course Italy and Malta, France is a love hate story but pretty close to us as well and i would add Lebanon too
@@nostalgic6979 i mean that's a reality to a big oart of tunisian people and internet clowns wouldn't change that, but personally i live in France abd most of my friends beside french are moroccan and libanese
Thank you for this video guys this is amazing how you describe Tunisia 🇹🇳 this video will help me a lot in Argentina 🇦🇷 when people ask me about my country
Great video, been waiting for it for a while ! Big up to Sami & Ahmed ! 📙Few important additional information : Carthage under the lead of Hannibal Barca came the closest to beating the Roman republic and have occupied all of Italy but the city of Rome. Tunisian football is very influenced by Italian football culture. Some of the cities in the east have to this day neighborhoods called Sekili or the Sicilian, with the majority of people coming from sicily historically, namely in the 80s. The east and the west have very contrast values, namely regarding liberalism and conservatism, and some cities like Sfax and Djerba have quite different cultures and customs. Tunisians are known to be very flexible on learning languages, besides having to learn Arabic (very different from Tunisian), French and English, they also have to pick another language in high school in order to graduate (Italian, Spanish or German). Following the attacks in Sousse, Tunisia saw a shift of tourists from French and German tourists to more Russian tourists, and most of the people working in the tourism industry picked up russian in a year's time (Namely in Sousse, Mahdia and Djerba) Ons Jabeur, currently WTA #2 is the most popular athlete in Tunisia and you can go to small cafes/bars in small cities and you will have people that know nothing about Tennis watching the full game Tunisians and Moroccans are not that close, at least not the same level with the Algerians, namely in the past 10 years because of some incidents (Football, political influence, a sort of trade shifts etc) Tunisia is also where Saint-Augustine was born and where he got his education. Tunisia is hosting the summit of Francophone countries with all the leaders of Francophone countries in September 2022 in Djerba. Indiana Jones was also shot in Tunisia (Tozeur) Tunisian culture has a strong culture influence from countries in the region, namely in the 2000s (Italy, with Rai Uno being one of the only TV channels available in the 90s, Lebanon and Egpyt with the influence of thier music and movies, France, namely with the culture influence of the expats there) As a Tunisian from Djerba I want to clarify that 1. The ethnicity/Religion numbers are very inaccurate, there are more than 2000 jews in Tunisia 2. The 98% Muslims is very inaccurate and very outdated, In Tunisia, 31 percent of all ages define themselves as not religious according to a more recent survey 3. A higher percentage identifies as berber, namely in the following 10 years
Yeah the government numbers are notoriously fake and made to just buy social peace by not speaking about identity or religion saying everyone's the same
As a Sicilian, Tunisia is not only my favourite African country but also the one i feel closest to. My family is originally arabic and phoenician too. I see Tunisia (and much of the Maghreb) as just as Mediterranean in culture as us Italians, Spaniards, Greeks etc... We share so many cultural ties, including one of our best regional(ized) dishes of Sicily, cous-cous. I love how colorful everything is, I love how they never forget their culture and history but i also love how they don't let the past dictate how a modern society should be run. Tunisia is the bridge between the European, Arab and African worlds, as most places in the Mediterranean tend to be.
well you said it right bro. i found out i have 29.7Iitalian DNA but Sicilians are the closest to us within all europeans, it's true our history makes what we are. Greek at first also in Sicily Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantium, vandals, Normans, Spanish, Turkish , French all of this made us as a country and people. when i go to any of this country i always fels home. but Italy was and stil exception . much of love from a Dutch with Tunisian roots
My mother had an idea to visit Morocco. I stated I would prefer to visit Tunisia instead as it more interesting. Mostly because of Romans and Star Wars.
and even in islamic, jewish,phoenician,carthaginian monuments ..it's far away impossible to be compared to morocco honestly.. morocco copyied already the tunisian old architecture and painted the old cities with blue and white which is tunisian 100% but to be realistic morocco is chill too and there's a good hotels there
When it comes to ruins and history Tunisian would be more interesting, when it comes to tourism and infrastructure i think Morocco is more interesting (i'm Tunisian and i've been go Morocco and it is according to what i've seen way more organized and easy to travel in than my country unfortunately)
@@Sara-dv2nj تو بجدك تحكي؟ انا اصلا مشيت للمروك و ريت بعيني الي اخيب شط في تونس يجي احسن من شطوطهم الكل، شطوطهم عبارة على قلتة، لا رمال ذهبية و لا بحورات تعوم، المروك فالبنية التحتية تحسنت و خير من تونس ولات، اما اذا نحكيو على متطلبات السياحة الاساسية كاثار و مدن اثرية و شواطئ ساحرة و مدن قديمة جميلة فتونس لا ينافسها احد فالقارة الا مصر، المروك كي حبت تروج للسياحة نسخت سيدي بوسعيد و دهنت مدنها القديمة ازرق و ابيض ههههههه يعني لا مقارنة راو تونس تقعد ديما تونس شوية وقت البلاد تركح و الاقتصاد يتحسن و تو ترا بعينك الي المروك سوف تندثر من خريطة السياحة في افريقيا، المروك لي تحكي عليها لو كانت احسن من تونس ما تتسببش فالعمليات الارهابية في باردو و سوسة باش تفتك السياح من تونس و السلام
Very interesting and informative episode even for an Arabic speaking African (Sudanese-Brit). I have a whole new curiosity and respect towards Tunisia.
@@John-pk9rw If you are Tunisian speak Derja w'warrilna rou7ek... Or are you more interested in Role Playing and spreading Amazign Supremacist Propaganda? Did the 300 people that lynched and burned Djamel Bensmail (God rest his soul) alive ask for his 23andMe report? You are not Tunisian and all you are interested in is appropriating the culture of other people because you have none of your own.
@@John-pk9rw If you are such an "indigenous" guy how can you not speak the language that everyone speaks in our country? Or is belonging to a nation only a matter of a DNA test result to you? Is that why you burned the kid Djamel Bensmail who was trying to put out forest fires alive? To prove how much of a Good People you are?
@@John-pk9rw I don't speak "Tamazight" because Tunisian Derja is a mix or Arabic, Berber, and other languages. Eastern Berbers have existed continuously in Tunisia for thousands of years and are a distinct people and not "Amazigh" in the least way. Almost all Tunisians are "Arabo-Berber" like almost all of the English are "Anglo-Saxon". The Amazigh Alphabet was phased out in the 6th Century when its own people decided to switch to writing Latin while not an Arab man was in sight, that is a historical fact. The Amazigh Culture has no books, movies, series, or pop-culture to explore. Since I am not an Algerian mountain man there is no interest for me to learn it or speak it, much like a Scotsman has little to no interest in learning Welsh. Tunisia's History as a DISTINCT territory starts with the Phoenecians and Punics, not the "amazigh" and that is an easily verifiable Historical fact. Have a nice day. It feels good to speak the language of the country you were born and raised in, and that 99.9% of your people speak that same language... An amazing feeling really, and enough for me.
@@John-pk9rw Listen John I know it's hard to accept but you will never "get" Tunisia. We don't lynch and burn people alive on camera in Tunisia during modern day witch-hunts like what happened in the Djamel Bensmail case... We're a peaceful and educated people. As for "trying again"... I don't need to. As I have said, a simple internet search could provide you with a diverse set of Academic Sources, none of which support your claims, and many of whom support my points. Also Algeria IS Arab... And it seems that it will remain so for the foreseeable future, sadly for you, I might add. I know you have a strong fixation on so-called "genetic studies", but those are still work-in-progress, proprietary, and the pool that they use in Africa and the Middle East has a known European bias that is acknoledged by many academics. Again: A simple search of any of my points will prove my point and hopefully dissipate any misunderstandings you might have. Tunisia is Arabo-berber, or Berbero-arab, however you want to slice it... But it does not have a strong identitarian Amazigh presence. That is just a simple fact of life that you will have to cope with, sadly for you. Let me say this AGAIN: The "Amazigh" people decided to abandon their own alphabet (NOT their spoken language, I say this again so that this fact may properly enter your brain) under Rome for the more popular Latin script. No Arab forced them to do it... Out of curiosity, I would also like to ask you... What is your favourite "classic" Amazigh TV series or Novel? Could you perhaps name one that was written before 1999? I'll wait. May I suggest that there is some latent anti-semitism holding you back from looking at sources with a neutral eye? Perhaps it is time to start doing some "soul searching" instead of "DNA searching" my friend. Good luck and have a good one.
Your timing on releasing this video couldn’t be more perfect for me. I’m writing a fiction novel about a girl trying to haphazardly survive the French Revolution and she’s half Tunisian. This week I’m working on the chapter about her full-Tunisian mother, and I’m in the midst of learning all about 18th century Tunisian and North African history and geography. I’m trying to make the story as historically and geographically plausible as possible despite being fictional, so if you have any recommendations on Tunisian research resources I’d greatly appreciate it! Long live Tunisia! I hope to visit one day!
Thank you guys so much for the kind and encouraging words! The book is on its second (and likely final) draft and about 20-25% complete based on word count, so it'll be quite some time before it's finished unfortunately. I'm doing my best to keep a steady pace--this story means the world to me and my hope is it will one day help people smile, so I'm dead set on finishing and publishing it!
I came across this channel upon my return from a trip to Tunisia. It's a fun channel full of very pertinent information, which helped me understand all I saw much better.
Hey I loved the episode, favorite one by far! Just wanted to say in the beginning when addressing the Tunis Carthage airport, that’s its full name. It used to be called Tunis Carthage International airport but due to the lack of renovations and upgrades to the airport, it is no longer referred as International, you can see this in front of the building where they rearranged the words from Aéroport International Tunis Carthage to just Aéroport Tunis Carthage. Thxx
@@John-pk9rw You're way over reacting, first they never said population is 98% arab, they considerably nuanced it by saying at least 60% have berber heritage and that "arab" is just speakers of Arabic, not really grounded in culture or origins. If you want more you have to pressure the government to change these kind of crazy figures. Secondly throughout the video they mentioned several times all the complexity of the different identities of Tunisia and one of the Tunisian speakers clearly mentioned that they have an identity crisis and in the end it didn't matter, they were just Tunisians and that's all that mattered "We could be aliens as far as I know, we're just people"
@@John-pk9rw we're genetically (mostly) berber and our food has some berber dishes and language has berber in it but you can't expect a video on Tunisia to focus on berber identity, it's not like morocco or algeria where there is a big living berber community that enforces its identity. How many chelha speakers are even in Tunisia ? I for one think that the best answer in the case of Tunisia, is to say that Tunisians are their own ethnicity as it encompasses everything.
About the music, the world famous american song Ma Baker was inspired from the tunisian folklor song Sidi mansour. Thank you for having interest in my beloved country Tunisia. Proud. Theres also a dinosaur named after a tunisian town Tataouin and also a meteroid. we are Amazigh Berbers FREE and Proud. Hannibal was Tunisian , Ibn khaldoun too, and we celebrate womens day twice a year.
I have visited Tunisia, but I learned so much more about this wonderful country from this excellent video. The people there were so friendly to us, everywhere we went, people thanked us just for visiting their country. We felt so welcome there. Other Tunisian metal bands to check out include Dividing the Element and Myrath. Kafon is also a well known song artist in Tunisia, though some of his songs have been controversial. The grand mosque in Kairouan is one of the holiest mosques in the Islamic world, but if you look closely at some of its pillars, you will see Christian crosses. These pillars used to construct the mosque were probably taken from an ancient Byzantine structure!
Great video!! Super pumped about the Star Wars reference. It is the first thing I think about when I think of Tunisia. For Keith, in Turkey, Ascreaus, but sooo many bands!!!
The divorced aunt of the Arab world that might occasionally drink and smoke and is "cool" to her nieces and nephews. This place has some DEEP history dating back to the Phoenician era. Everything from Star wars to Squid coucous can be found here. Enjoy....#TUNISIA!
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Tunisia is the most underrated country in the whole world. They have everything, amazing landscapes, a beautiful culture, rich history, great food, a beautiful dialect and gorgeous people and obviously freedom and democracy something rare in the arab world. As a Libyan who lived 9 years in Tunisia, I can assure you that Tunisia is a dream Land
- Oldest and most well preserved still OPERATING Roman Amphiteatre (Second only in size to Rome)
- Oldest Torah Book in the World at the Djerba Island Synagogue (Built with stones from the Third Temple of Solomon, site of of Jewish pilgrimage to this day)
-The Oasis of Tozeur and its irrigation system. (since Numidian times)
-Djerba-Zarzis Roman sea bridge (you can cross it by car)
-Tophet of Carthage (Alex Jones favorite site)
- Dugga Thugga (Joe Rogan favorite site)
And many, many others. The U.S. embassy website LIES...They want to sink us down 'cuz they don't wanna Arab Playas livin' it up come visit we won't eat you.
and a bunch of women demanding polygamy to be legal!
@@sollrandomguy Yeah... Don't know about that one sa7bi.
It has some of the best food I have ever tried. Agree
no?
So far I've been to 19 countries and only one outside Europe - Tunisia. That was way back in 2008 and 2009. It's still by far the most memorable trip I had - first love, ruins of Carthage, camel ride, Kairouan mosque, dune buggy ride through the Sahara, Sidi Bou Said, and so on. I was really sad to hear about the struggles and hardships the people had to go through after 2010. I will always remember them as very hospitable, polite, kind, cheerful and knowledgeable. I really hope to return to Tunisia eventually. Much love from Serbia.
Comeback broh any time u r welcome
Fun fact: Serbia is the only European country visa-free to Tunisian nationals! that's how strong the bond between the two nations is! Salute from Carthage, Tunisia.
@@magoncarthago5194 Shokran! :)
@@ThePunisher014 I didn't know that, but I'm sure glad about that. :)
I knew you were from Serbia haha here's another fun fact about the bond our countries have: during the balkan wars a lot of Serbs took refuge in Tunisia after being evacuated by the French (Tunisia was under french rule at the time). And many of those were hospitalized here, especially in the town of Benzart where a lot of Serbs chose to stay there. And today you can still find the Serb Orthodox Church that they have built for the community and they have been a part of Tunisian society since! 😁
Tunisia has been on my top 5 must visit list for years. I hope I'll get a chance to go there soon. Greetings from Croatia! 🇭🇷❤🇹🇳
I hope you do
if u need any help when you come to tunisia send me a message
You are welcome.
you are welcome fellow mediterranean neighbour
Welcome to our beautiful country ❤️❤️❤️
Love Tunisia from Greece, i recently saw some pictures of Tunisia and i thought it was a Greek island, turns out it's Tunisia, such a beautiful country 🇬🇷🇹🇳
Yes a lot of Similarities in a lot of things not only architecture… food, Music and traditional clothes 🇹🇳🇬🇷
Love Turkiye from Tunisia! 🇹🇳♥️🇹🇷
@ibrahim _HMB anta tounsi?
We have the same colors but everything else is different. Culture, architecture....Sidi Bou Said is so unique in the world. 😍
@@bilel4496 you have a traditional Greek clothes? 😂
I love Tunisia from Malta 🇲🇹❤🇹🇳
Love malta from tunisia
Everytime I remember "El Miracel ta3 el Bomba" being written in a Church somewhere it cracks me up... Malta is Bizarro Tunisia for me hahahahahah
@@Umkarz
هههههه معجزة البومبا؟ هههههههه صح كاينة منها؟
Thanks love back to Malta
🇹🇳🌹🇲🇹
@@thedstorm8922 "At about 16:40 on 9 April 1942, the Luftwaffe dropped three bombs on the church, and two of them deflected without exploding. However, one 50 kg (110 lb) high-explosive bomb pierced the dome and entered the church, where a congregation of more than 300 people was awaiting early evening Mass.
The bomb did not explode, and a Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal unit defused it and dumped it into the sea off the west coast of Malta. This event was interpreted as a miracle by the inhabitants, and a similar bomb is now displayed in the sacristy at the back of the church, under the words IL-MIRAKLU TAL-BOMBA, 9 TA' April 1942 (meaning "The Bomb Miracle, 9 April 1942")."
Deep lore sa7bi.
Love Tunisia from Brazil 🇧🇷♡🇹🇳
See you on September 27th.
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Put Tunisia on your countries to visit list you wont regret it. I've been there multiple times and i plan to go again the food the beaches the cultre the people, you name it. Much love from Sweden 🇸🇪❤️🇹🇳
I’m a Tunisian moving to Sweden in a week! Your comment made me happy 😊
Well, I can't go even to one of them man
I have turkey and russia and Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia and uae and japan i. My plans, but can't go even to one of them because of money thing
@@GhofraneBornThisWay Most welcome! hopefully you like it here, also bring warm clothes its already a bit chilly 😅
@@aliemadi4993 Tunisia way cheaper
I'm from zambia and I do love tunisia so much 🇿🇲❤️🇹🇳
Zambia is a such underrated country
I'm really curious to know why a guy from Zambia has a sardinian flag on his picture: )
Felix katango No 10
U r welcome any time broh
@@giorgioguidomessina2555 I can tell you're an italian.
Criminally underrated country! The worlds best kept secret by far and a hidden gem! I just love Tunisia and it’s people! Greetings from a Croatian-Canadian! 🇭🇷❤️🇨🇦❤️🇹🇳
Hvala prjatel. Greetings from a Canadian Tunisian.
you would probably never believe this but I'm Tunisian Croatian ( and we have a small community in Tunisia ) still waiting for an embassy though !!
@@karimtemimi1803 wooooow brate! I actually believe you don’t worry haha , I am glad to hear about that and I hope an embassy arrives soon! Inshallah ❤️
Kinda like how Jordan has a historical community of Bosnians.
Greetings from a Tunisian :)
As a Tunisian, I would like to thank you for this video, it really did present everything about my country. Thank you, welcome to Tunisia 🇹🇳
Would it be wrong to say Tunisians are Arab-Ish?
@Mghaieth Alaeddine Hence the ISh part
I went to tunisia last month, I must say probably the friendliest, most hospitable people I've met! Beautiful country and cities with much history, would recommend
@Purpeler right lol
The taxi drivers in the Carthage airport can rip you off be careful 👁️👁️
@@VoidOctopus Yeah you need to ask for the meter to be started and just pay whatever the meter says...
@@VoidOctopus I mean, that's airport taxi drivers in a nutshell lmao, regardless of country.
@@lucadipaolo1997 Yep, I nearly got scammed by a taxi in New York if undercover officers didn't literally arrest the dude right before I got in his car
Long live Tunisia and the people there! Greetings from a Mexican American.
🇹🇳🤝🇲🇽
i'm actually mexican-tunisian lol
@@aliabassi8045 Too be honest, is there a way to tell Middle Easterners and North Africans apart from Mexicans? Because honestly, the two groups are hand in hand when it comes to looks.
@@seanbrummfield448 Too be honest, is there a way to tell Americans and Canadians apart from Mexicans? Because honestly, the two groups are hand in hand when it comes to looks.
you were born in America with Mexican parents?
@@Adamcram yes
Love to Tunisia from New Zealand 🇳🇿 🇹🇳
👍🙏👌🥰
and love back to you from Tunisia , I can not wait to visit NZ ! :D
They are Tunisia, end of story
Love form Brazil :) 🇧🇷🇹🇳
Tunisia has always fascinated me , it's such a incredible culture of rich history. Very underrated destination for traveling, I just hope the best to Tunisian people .
Been waiting for this episode for weeks, much love and support to our Tunisian brothers from Morocco.
Finallyyy!!! The country where my father and grandfather were born!🔴⚪🔴 Greetings from the neighborhood (Italy 🇮🇹😁)
Sishilia (Littly Sicily) in Tunis still has a lot of great Italian restaurants and bistros. The greatest "minority" community to ever live in Tunisia no doubt.
Lot of italians immigrated in tunisia cause it was like immigrating to France at the time
Then some years after independance, lot of them got back in italy. Altho lot of them stayed in tunisia
Guess what, I'm Tunisian and I didn't know that I'm 11% pure Italian 😂
@@Umkarzare you talking about halq el wed ?
great country and great episode! i'm so hyped up for the turkey episode man waiting for it since day one!!! 🇹🇳🇹🇳➡️🇹🇷🇹🇷😁
7 yıldır kanalı takip ediyordum 1 ay kaldı :DD
Me too abi
@@arnbey aynen ahahahaha
aynen vay anasini beeee
Bence çok fazla heyecanlanmayin. Bir çok meseleyi carpitacagini düşünüyorum. Gorecez bakalım.
Love Tunisia From Morocco! 🇲🇦🇩🇿🇹🇳 ❤️💖
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Hello Tunisia from Nigeria 🇳🇬, our AFCON battles are always a classic
yeah you gotta admit that we punch well above our weight to even rival guys like you and Egypt who number in the hundreds of millions!! Much love to you from Tunis ❤️
Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹
Tunisia is an amazing land 🇹🇳🤝🇮🇹
Vero
Verissimo
i think the amount of likes an italian got, shows how Tunisians really like Italians but ... would this really last for long?
Didn’t Genoa own part of Tunisia for a while?
@@kknives36 Tunisia owned part of Italy and Italy owned part of Tunisia and we both owned part of the Word. It is what is we're like Scipio and Hannibal, frenemiez4lyf.
My aunt has been to Tunisia 🇹🇳 !!! She enjoyed this trip and I hope to follow her steps and visit Tunisia too !!! Salam from Greece 🇬🇷.
Kalimera ! I'm Tunisian and I visited Greece 3 years ago i really loved your country nice people and tasty food 😍
@@karims4168 Marhabaa Karim. You are always welcomed to my country !!!
We Tunisian like Greece
@@zaoualimahmoud7117 We Greeks love Tunisia
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U r 🤗 welcome
I happen to be an American that love World History and specially, ancient history, and your nation history and culture is a treasure for me. Would love to travel one day and visit all the historical places and museums. Love your video. Keep it up and keep it coming. Best regards from Miami, Florida.
That's awesome because we always been unknown unless we mentione Carthage then people go ahhh
As a person who doesn't know too much about African and Arabic country Tunisia sounds very nice, I might have to visit someday. Love from Germany 🇩🇪❤️🇹🇳
Love Tunisia from Greece 🇬🇷❣🇹🇳
Mediterranean Gang
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Sparta and Carthage combo
Love you guys back! My city Monastir is of Greek origin and looks like it too. If only we all remained Byzantines haha.
Can’t get enough of this channel.
Gotta thank my 7th grade teacher for playing some of these videos in her class, ever since then I’ve loved this TH-cam channel.
you have good teacher.
@@flightmaster9331 The guy that makes the videos is American and so is the platform which everybody watches it. So calm down on the stereotypes on Americans
@@TheRilluma yes, she was super fun and her class was always enjoyable.
Definitely one of my favorite teachers.
Wish To Go To Tunisia Someday.
Love To Tunisia From Ireland 🇮🇪♥️🇹🇳
Be safe there and have good trip one day!
By Tunisian
i'm tunisian and have an close irish internet friend
We love Irish people 🇹🇳❤️🇮🇪
We love you too❤️ so much ❤️
I'm Tunisian and Ireland is on my bucket list of countries that I intend to visit one day ❤🇹🇳 much love !
I actually learned to swim in Tunisia back in 2003 when I was six. Now I learned that swimming is a big thing there. Maybe it was meant to be...
I find the Maghreb countries so very interesting, and I can't get enough of harissa! I wish I could return to Tunisia asap. Much love from Finland!
Ps. people usually talk about the countries here in the comments, which is obviously natural. But I have to say Barbs and the gang, what an amazing video once again! I'm so glad we still have so many vids to come. The guests as well are always a delight, where do you find these people! Sami and Ahmed seem so nice :)
Isn't there a group of people in Finland called the Sami People?
@@XY2Moroccoball the sami people do indeed strech from Norway to Finland
@@XY2Moroccoball yea! They are our indigenous people and live in the north
@@sahiblindberg interesting. Sami is a popular name in the Maghreb region
@@curiousmind_ it's actualy pretty popular name here in Finland too!
I'm Algerian and I love my Tunisian brothers. They're the best neighbors one can ask for.
Thanks our Algerian brothers ❤❤❤🇩🇿
Love what I'm hearing about this country!
But in the music segment I was missing something; How can you NOT mention Myrath?! Tunisias biggest and most well known metal band!
I watched them the other day on Sabaton Open Air here in Sweden, and my God! What a fantastic band!
As a Tunisian these 30 minutes warmed my heart thank you a BILLION TIME FOR THIS
Fax
Been waiting for this for sooooo long. I made a great friend from Tunisia and he's the sweetest and kindest person I've ever met. I got to see a lot of destinations and my fave is sidi bou said. He also introduced me lots of cuisine and how they use harissa in almost every foodxD. I would say, Tounsi sound so sweet and soft at the same time. Heaven is a place on Earth everyone!! Aslema from Philippines ❤️
@@John-pk9rw who the hell do you think you are?
@@John-pk9rw also its Geographic Now
@@John-pk9rw Ok "John", you hate Arabs, we get it. But we're Twensa and we're Arab and we love living rent-free inside your head so much that we're dancing doing a conga line around your frontal lobe right now.
@@John-pk9rw bro is either on cocaine or just drunk💀
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Tunisians are some of the sweetest people you will meet in the southern Italian region of Calabria as well as Sicily.
Many take up jobs as small store vendors and they tend to offer similar goods for better prices, and generally know Italian.
Much appreciation for all of Tunisia and its history from a random Italian :)
Much apprecian for Italy and its honest people from a Tunisian sa7bi.
@@Umkarz :) thank you!!
Frenemies for life :D random Carthaginian here ^^
Tunisians are mostly more favorable of Italy than france. We feel Italians are kinda nicer for some reason. I mean lets face it, u guys are awesome!
Tunisian metal band for Keith: Myrath. Progressive/power metal with a lot of Arab and Mediterranean melodies/soundscapes. I've seen them in concert twice in the US and they're WICKED awesome!
true 💯 the singer is from my city sousse 🔥🤟
plus "myrath" means "heritage" in arabic ;)
Thank you for your suggestion, Myrath sounds really good to me!
"Braving the Seas" intro made me kind of anxious though, as there are the air raid siren sounds and as a Ukrainian I automatically thought that they were legit and coming from outside 😅
@@kagenekoUA Stay strong
I’ m from southern spain from murcia (not the city) and here we have the most important city for carthage in Iberia , cartago nova (Cartagena) and second for rome, behind tarraco (Tarragona)
And as a curiosity we have been controlled by the phoenisians, carthage, the byzantines, the visigods, the umayas, a lot of arab kingdoms, we even had some viking raids, the kingdom of castille and leon and aragon almost took the southern part (La Manga-Águilas)
Murica
@@aguy9175 knew someone was gonna say it
This is soo cool! I'm Tunisian and I spent 3 months this year in Murcia for my internship at UMU. Murcia felt like home :) I visited many southern cities like Cartagena and Alicante etc.. and they were amazing! I totally miss Spain :)
I've been legit waiting for this video for THREE YEARS. Tunisia is my #1 destination to visit 🥰😍❤️ soon inshallah. Greetings from Argentina
Saludos Argentina desde Tunez
You're most welcome here trust me you'll love it 🇹🇳🌶️😁
U're wlcm love Argentina and love messi xD
Come to kantaoui, you won't regret
Argentinian Muslim? 🤨
I'm from north west iran and Tunisia is by far the most beautiful and great country of Africa
The hole continent depends on it
Great history and people
U r more than welcome in our country
@@dali338 thanks
Love iran from tunisia
Tunisia is such a nice country🥰
Love from Chile 😍🇨🇱
Love Chili 🇨🇱 from Tunisia 🇹🇳.
Chile is my favorite South American country!! not just saying it to your face, but i always appreciated Chile. 🇹🇳🇨🇱
Dated a Chilean before, wonderful people, much love from a Dutch born Tunisian 🇹🇳❤️
Tunisia has been next on my list of places to go! Excited to see it and meet people from here 👏🏽
Love Tunisia from a Spanish guy living in Guinea 🇪🇸❤️🇬🇳❤️🇹🇳
this was amazing! my best friend from university days is from Tunisia, she was speaking so many languages i was jealous ahahaha , funny enough we met in Turkey where we studied which is the next episode , love from Iran, btw she was the one percent that did not identify as Arab and fed me the most beautiful Tunisian food , we shared many meals to exchange cultures , moooons ago but still sweet memories
@@John-pk9rw I understand what you say, but when he says arab he means arab speaking, and hey i know how much it sucks to be mistaken for a khaliji arab! Lol i get that all the time as Iranian. Totally loving the amazing Tunisians tho
Cheers to you
Actually most of Tunisians could speak TunisianArabic, French,English and Italian so we are good in languages we can also understand Spanish and we have a lot of interest on learning German
Imagine being angry at a 30 minute long, small amateur production getting one thing wrong after being fact checked by two Tunisians, like John here. Sad life...
@@John-pk9rw You are Arabs
Most North Africans are genetically Amazigh and Tunisia is no exception. But those that speak Arabic they're called Arabs that's all.
I love traveling off the beaten path. I never considered traveling to Tunisia before, but now it is on my radar.
You can take the bush train from Tunis to Gabes and reach Djerba Island or the Sahara by bus. Many foreign backpackers do so. Many Youth Hostels along the way.
Love Tunisia from Egypt 🇹🇳❤️🇪🇬
We love you too khoya masri 🇹🇳❤️🇪🇬
Much love to Egypt and Inchallah you make it even stronger and better through these dark times.
As a Tunisian the episode is great despite some inaccuracies, the represenation of Tunisia is excellent but i think what makes a Tunisian a Tunisian wasn't quite represented accuretly and that's understandble since the country has tons and tons and tons of history the video will be longer and some parts are complexed.
some inaccuracies are :
1) La Galite جالطة and les Canis (2 islands) جزر الكلاب are two different islands in the north.
2) there are other variants of Kosksi considered as classics as Kosksi bel l7am (Meat typically sheep) and Kosksi bel 3osben ( with sheep stomach wrapped in intestines but some governorates do it differently you can find it mainly in the Sahel region (Sousse or Monastir and their suburbs)
3) as a Tunisia i've never seen a Ski resort in Tunisia. (Yes we get some snow in some northwest parts of the country) but i don't think there is a fully-fledged resorts for that.
Overall, despite some true interpretations like the identity crisis, The complexed and chaotic political strucutre and enviorment in the past 10 dark years etc..
I genuinely liked the video.
there is more of Tunisia than this but good effort on the episode, it's not easy to find stuff about Tunisia and Barbs come to Tunisia one day and explore it personally.😁
Some of his videos are flat out BS but the others are enjoybale
Another thing, maybe there's no "an actual tribalism" in the coastal regions but it exists strongly in the southern parts and in the western mountains near the Algerian borders.
Also the some words like "sabbat" it's actually an arab word not Spanish since almost all arab countries use this word.
Honestly I've felt that there's some kind of "inferiority complex" comes out from both of these guys in order to show Tunisia like more western.
@@أدرار_ؤمعروف
it was a bit like "yeah, we're not like other arabs, we like western values" and trying to look not so muslim and not so arab, but I understand, with all the steriotypes about arabs and muslims, ppl might feel pressured to act and look a certain way, that kinda of vibe was not so on your face so it doesn't really matter, I feel like the video was mostly accurate and fun to watch
Well said 👏
And how could he bring up the Rock culture without talking about Myrath!
I actually had the privilege of going to Tunisia a long time ago. (Before the Arab Spring) Unfortunately it was only for a week, so I mostly stayed within the Tunis region, but hopefully one day I can go back and see more of this beautiful country. Their history is in my opinion some of the most interesting and fascinating as a history nerd. Love from Belgium 🇧🇪🧡🇹🇳
Finally! Had been waiting for this episode for a while 🥳 So glad we’re finally here. Tunisia is one of the countries id love to visit some day in n africa, along with morocco. Much love to Tunisia
I'm from algeria, i love my Tunisian brothers and i wish to go there! 🇩🇿♥️🇹🇳
Wtf
@@united5532 Showing love and support to your neighbouring country doesn't require a goofy reaction
@@united5532 What's Wrong with Liking I country.
@@ramyssou Exactly.
Tunisia seems like a wonderful place to visit
I'm from Italy 🇮🇹 and I really hope in the next years to come to visit our fantastic "Pasta bro", it's not so expansive to fly from here go Tunisi (how we call Tunis)... Well see you in Tunisia !
Anyway 5 Presidents in 10 years is not that much, considering the fact that you were in a revolution period, here in Italy we are a stable country but we changed something like 8-9 Prime minister in 10 years 😂😂
@@MrLuca998 lmao 🤣
Tunisian share a lot with sicilian, Sciliy was under tunisian Aghlabid and Fatimid rule for years
@@zaoualimahmoud7117 and Tunisia was under sicilian rule for years (and it was a roman province for centuries), and a lot of tunisians have sicilian roots because of the siculo-arabics, who were expelled from Sicily and ended up in Tunisia ;)
welcome 😊
*As a British who went to Tunisia in the summer of 2022 I can confirm that this country Tunisia is one of the best countries in the world ! I love the weather there with the food (I like spicy food) and the beach 😍🤩 this summer I will return to Tunisia 💗*
i hope you did came back and loved it! :D
Woaaaah it's finally my country's turn in this channel 🥳 I've been watching the show since the beginning and I've always wondered how Tunisia's episode will be like and yeah it is indeed sooo cooool!! Thank you everyone who participated in this video you guys are amazing!
And YES Tunisia is one of the most unserrated, non-popular countries that the world should know about... We have it all from food to culture to nature to everything exciting.. I do label us as "normal people yet extraordinary" .. تحيا تونس 🇹🇳
Love to Tunisia from Germany.
as a Tunisian i'm realy thankful for this episode barbs it was amazing even i knew new things about my own country
as for the comments section i saw alot of support and love guys thank you alot it realy warms my heart and don't forget
VISIT TUNISIA🇹🇳🇹🇳🇹🇳!!!! 😍😍😍
I will go for holiday in Tunisia next week ,. Super excited
Well done, guys! The Tunisian and Turkish flags comparison, made my day.
Keep it up, Barb, and keep the special guests coming.
Tunisia has a big Jazz scene. This might be visible with their greatest fusion jazz musician Dhafer Youssef. I suggest you listen to "Les ondes orientales". You'll see what I mean
FINALYY 😀😄. As a Tunisian I would like to thank all of those who helped with this episode ❤❤ . Everything is pretty accurate although a lot of stuff is still missing so yeah long live Tunisia .
As a Tunisian I agree
Great episode. Much love to Tunisia! Just one thing: The Romans did not cover Carthage with salt. The only existing record where this alleged event is talked about is in a book found in Oxford that was practically invented out of nowhere. The Author of said writing knew the Bible from cover to cover, and in it there is a passage where it is told of an ancient city covered in salt after its destruction, and for some reason he wrote that the Romans had done the same to Carthage.
WE DIDN'T SACRIFICE CHILDREN TO BAAL EITHER THEY JUST LOVE TO HATE ON US BECAUSE OUR FOOD IS BETTER.
true he actually mixed it with other story but in history Tunisia (Africana) know to be the land of the richirest roman Senators and who ever control it would be the closest to te empror or even the empror himsekf (rome had a lot of tunisian emporors)
CARTHAGO DELENDA EST
The myth likely originated from Roman propaganda and a war tradition.
Rome detested Carthage especially after the Second Punic War so wanted to wipe them from existence and show the consequence of opposing Rome to any potential rivals. If they claimed to have entirely destroyed Carthage (salting it), it warned rivals of Rome's wrath. Carthage had traumatised and humiliated Rome at times and Rome wanted said humiliations to be forgotten forever. So if Carthage was "destroyed", so would the memory of their humiliations.
A tradition in Rome was that they would have a patch of "enemy soil" in Rome and when they went to war they would thrust a spear into said patch to symbolise the beginning of war. It is possible that they covered this patch in salt and therefore (by this logic) covered Carthage in salt.
@@CSWELL1886 Samson and Delenda !
thank you so much for this episode . Much much love from Tunisia ❤
The most accurate video about Tunisia I've ever seen on youtube !! some other videos make me cringe because of the false informations they share about Tunisia. So thank you for the effort ! Amazing work !
Always wanted to visit Tunisia. Greetings and much love from Bosnia. 🇧🇦🇹🇳
welcome ❤❤
Tunisia is a hidden gem 💎 . It should be on the top destination list of every traveler. 🇹🇳🌍🌵🏝🐫🌊.
Love Tunisia from India.
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Big love for you and the entire crew! I know this is going to be an amazing episode, just like always!❤❤❤
Greetings to Tunisia, Love from Indonesia! 🇹🇳 🇮🇩
Please send cooking oil we're dying bro.
The children need fritters.
As a tunisian i feel that the closest countries to us are Algeria Morocco and Libya and of course Italy and Malta, France is a love hate story but pretty close to us as well and i would add Lebanon too
I'd take Libya and Algeria out of that list!
@@nostalgic6979 i mean that's a reality to a big oart of tunisian people and internet clowns wouldn't change that, but personally i live in France abd most of my friends beside french are moroccan and libanese
Italy and Tunisia ? No way
@@nostalgic6979Tunisia literally worships Algeria, always scared to annoy big rich brother.
@@lemonade_ibtunisia got stronger currency than algeria what you talkng about
Thank you for this video guys this is amazing how you describe Tunisia 🇹🇳 this video will help me a lot in Argentina 🇦🇷 when people ask me about my country
You are Tunisian who lives in Argentina ???
Im really sold now, that Colosseum is amazing! Also need to go to Tattoine for sure!
Great episode as usual
I will add that Rap music is a huge thing here and many Tunisian Rappers are famous in Arab world
Great video, been waiting for it for a while ! Big up to Sami & Ahmed !
📙Few important additional information :
Carthage under the lead of Hannibal Barca came the closest to beating the Roman republic and have occupied all of Italy but the city of Rome.
Tunisian football is very influenced by Italian football culture.
Some of the cities in the east have to this day neighborhoods called Sekili or the Sicilian, with the majority of people coming from sicily historically, namely in the 80s.
The east and the west have very contrast values, namely regarding liberalism and conservatism, and some cities like Sfax and Djerba have quite different cultures and customs.
Tunisians are known to be very flexible on learning languages, besides having to learn Arabic (very different from Tunisian), French and English, they also have to pick another language in high school in order to graduate (Italian, Spanish or German).
Following the attacks in Sousse, Tunisia saw a shift of tourists from French and German tourists to more Russian tourists, and most of the people working in the tourism industry picked up russian in a year's time (Namely in Sousse, Mahdia and Djerba)
Ons Jabeur, currently WTA #2 is the most popular athlete in Tunisia and you can go to small cafes/bars in small cities and you will have people that know nothing about Tennis watching the full game
Tunisians and Moroccans are not that close, at least not the same level with the Algerians, namely in the past 10 years because of some incidents (Football, political influence, a sort of trade shifts etc)
Tunisia is also where Saint-Augustine was born and where he got his education.
Tunisia is hosting the summit of Francophone countries with all the leaders of Francophone countries in September 2022 in Djerba.
Indiana Jones was also shot in Tunisia (Tozeur)
Tunisian culture has a strong culture influence from countries in the region, namely in the 2000s (Italy, with Rai Uno being one of the only TV channels available in the 90s, Lebanon and Egpyt with the influence of thier music and movies, France, namely with the culture influence of the expats there)
As a Tunisian from Djerba I want to clarify that
1. The ethnicity/Religion numbers are very inaccurate, there are more than 2000 jews in Tunisia
2. The 98% Muslims is very inaccurate and very outdated, In Tunisia, 31 percent of all ages define themselves as not religious according to a more recent survey
3. A higher percentage identifies as berber, namely in the following 10 years
Yeah the government numbers are notoriously fake and made to just buy social peace by not speaking about identity or religion saying everyone's the same
Greetings from Germany, although personally I identify as Maltese since I grew up there. Anyway, Tunisia is great
As a Sicilian, Tunisia is not only my favourite African country but also the one i feel closest to. My family is originally arabic and phoenician too. I see Tunisia (and much of the Maghreb) as just as Mediterranean in culture as us Italians, Spaniards, Greeks etc... We share so many cultural ties, including one of our best regional(ized) dishes of Sicily, cous-cous. I love how colorful everything is, I love how they never forget their culture and history but i also love how they don't let the past dictate how a modern society should be run. Tunisia is the bridge between the European, Arab and African worlds, as most places in the Mediterranean tend to be.
We love Sicily too ❤️🇹🇳🌹🇮🇹
well you said it right bro. i found out i have 29.7Iitalian DNA but Sicilians are the closest to us within all europeans, it's true our history makes what we are. Greek at first also in Sicily Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantium, vandals, Normans, Spanish, Turkish , French all of this made us as a country and people. when i go to any of this country i always fels home. but Italy was and stil exception . much of love from a Dutch with Tunisian roots
Ciao amici tunisini, saluti da Milano 🇮🇹
Bella fra da Rho 😂
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Salut 🙏
Ciao ! I'm Tunisian and exited to visit Milano next week !
I have been waiting for this video for such a long time. So proud to be Tunisian. Thanks for watching wherever you are ❤
My mother had an idea to visit Morocco. I stated I would prefer to visit Tunisia instead as it more interesting. Mostly because of Romans and Star Wars.
and even in islamic, jewish,phoenician,carthaginian monuments ..it's far away impossible to be compared to morocco honestly.. morocco copyied already the tunisian old architecture and painted the old cities with blue and white which is tunisian 100% but to be realistic morocco is chill too and there's a good hotels there
When it comes to ruins and history Tunisian would be more interesting, when it comes to tourism and infrastructure i think Morocco is more interesting (i'm Tunisian and i've been go Morocco and it is according to what i've seen way more organized and easy to travel in than my country unfortunately)
@@Sara-dv2nj تو بجدك تحكي؟ انا اصلا مشيت للمروك و ريت بعيني الي اخيب شط في تونس يجي احسن من شطوطهم الكل، شطوطهم عبارة على قلتة، لا رمال ذهبية و لا بحورات تعوم، المروك فالبنية التحتية تحسنت و خير من تونس ولات، اما اذا نحكيو على متطلبات السياحة الاساسية كاثار و مدن اثرية و شواطئ ساحرة و مدن قديمة جميلة فتونس لا ينافسها احد فالقارة الا مصر، المروك كي حبت تروج للسياحة نسخت سيدي بوسعيد و دهنت مدنها القديمة ازرق و ابيض ههههههه يعني لا مقارنة راو تونس تقعد ديما تونس شوية وقت البلاد تركح و الاقتصاد يتحسن و تو ترا بعينك الي المروك سوف تندثر من خريطة السياحة في افريقيا، المروك لي تحكي عليها لو كانت احسن من تونس ما تتسببش فالعمليات الارهابية في باردو و سوسة باش تفتك السياح من تونس و السلام
Very interesting and informative episode even for an Arabic speaking African (Sudanese-Brit).
I have a whole new curiosity and respect towards Tunisia.
Asslema.
Tunisia is a great county, a jewel of North Africa (and the Arab league in general).
Hopefully I can visit this amazing country in future.
I absolutely love Tunisia and their people :)) greeting from Serbia :)
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serbia kil muslims🤮🤮🤮🤮
Another fantastic episode. Everytime Geo Now uploads the day gets better.
@@John-pk9rw as a Tunisian I'd say that this episode is 98% accurate
@@John-pk9rw If you are Tunisian speak Derja w'warrilna rou7ek... Or are you more interested in Role Playing and spreading Amazign Supremacist Propaganda? Did the 300 people that lynched and burned Djamel Bensmail (God rest his soul) alive ask for his 23andMe report? You are not Tunisian and all you are interested in is appropriating the culture of other people because you have none of your own.
@@John-pk9rw If you are such an "indigenous" guy how can you not speak the language that everyone speaks in our country? Or is belonging to a nation only a matter of a DNA test result to you? Is that why you burned the kid Djamel Bensmail who was trying to put out forest fires alive? To prove how much of a Good People you are?
@@John-pk9rw I don't speak "Tamazight" because Tunisian Derja is a mix or Arabic, Berber, and other languages. Eastern Berbers have existed continuously in Tunisia for thousands of years and are a distinct people and not "Amazigh" in the least way. Almost all Tunisians are "Arabo-Berber" like almost all of the English are "Anglo-Saxon".
The Amazigh Alphabet was phased out in the 6th Century when its own people decided to switch to writing Latin while not an Arab man was in sight, that is a historical fact. The Amazigh Culture has no books, movies, series, or pop-culture to explore. Since I am not an Algerian mountain man there is no interest for me to learn it or speak it, much like a Scotsman has little to no interest in learning Welsh.
Tunisia's History as a DISTINCT territory starts with the Phoenecians and Punics, not the "amazigh" and that is an easily verifiable Historical fact. Have a nice day. It feels good to speak the language of the country you were born and raised in, and that 99.9% of your people speak that same language... An amazing feeling really, and enough for me.
@@John-pk9rw Listen John I know it's hard to accept but you will never "get" Tunisia. We don't lynch and burn people alive on camera in Tunisia during modern day witch-hunts like what happened in the Djamel Bensmail case... We're a peaceful and educated people.
As for "trying again"... I don't need to. As I have said, a simple internet search could provide you with a diverse set of Academic Sources, none of which support your claims, and many of whom support my points. Also Algeria IS Arab... And it seems that it will remain so for the foreseeable future, sadly for you, I might add.
I know you have a strong fixation on so-called "genetic studies", but those are still work-in-progress, proprietary, and the pool that they use in Africa and the Middle East has a known European bias that is acknoledged by many academics.
Again: A simple search of any of my points will prove my point and hopefully dissipate any misunderstandings you might have. Tunisia is Arabo-berber, or Berbero-arab, however you want to slice it... But it does not have a strong identitarian Amazigh presence. That is just a simple fact of life that you will have to cope with, sadly for you.
Let me say this AGAIN: The "Amazigh" people decided to abandon their own alphabet (NOT their spoken language, I say this again so that this fact may properly enter your brain) under Rome for the more popular Latin script. No Arab forced them to do it...
Out of curiosity, I would also like to ask you... What is your favourite "classic" Amazigh TV series or Novel? Could you perhaps name one that was written before 1999? I'll wait.
May I suggest that there is some latent anti-semitism holding you back from looking at sources with a neutral eye? Perhaps it is time to start doing some "soul searching" instead of "DNA searching" my friend. Good luck and have a good one.
Your timing on releasing this video couldn’t be more perfect for me. I’m writing a fiction novel about a girl trying to haphazardly survive the French Revolution and she’s half Tunisian. This week I’m working on the chapter about her full-Tunisian mother, and I’m in the midst of learning all about 18th century Tunisian and North African history and geography. I’m trying to make the story as historically and geographically plausible as possible despite being fictional, so if you have any recommendations on Tunisian research resources I’d greatly appreciate it!
Long live Tunisia! I hope to visit one day!
Send us a link if you ever post a chapter, will definitely read it!
I need to read that stuff man 🙏
When is the release ? I would buy that book !
Thank you guys so much for the kind and encouraging words! The book is on its second (and likely final) draft and about 20-25% complete based on word count, so it'll be quite some time before it's finished unfortunately. I'm doing my best to keep a steady pace--this story means the world to me and my hope is it will one day help people smile, so I'm dead set on finishing and publishing it!
Been to Tunisia 3 weeks a while ago, from Tabarka to Tataouine.
Journey of my life!
I really liked the 2 guest hosts. They did a great job!
Yeah they're cool
I really love the fact it is OBVIOUS that you had so much fun filming an episode! Ly💙🌍
What a beautiful and diverse country.
This was a great video to watch.
Keep up the amazing work.
Che amiamo Italia !
Finally 🎊🎊 I ve been waiting for this episode more than 4 years now!
Thanks well done
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Tunisia is one of the most beautiful Arab and Islamic countries. Greetings from Jordan to Tunisia. 🇯🇴❤🇹🇳
It's also the most multiculturally mix and influenced Arab country that I'm aware of (though Lebanon has a similar diversity claim)
@@noahtylerpritchett2682 Lebanon is diverse, but racially and historically, Tunisia is suuuper richer.
@@ThePunisher014 isn't Tunisia today just Arabs, Berbers and a million Turks?
Thnx but we are not Arabs
@@Tenast_ yes you are
Lets all appreciate the amount of effort this man puts in his videos, amazing. Keep grinding bro, I love the videos
The episode of my country uploaded on my birthday ! Thank you for the gift Barbs and all the Geography Now team !
Good job guys you nailed it!! Much love from Tunisia 🇹🇳🇹🇳
I just came back from Tunisia 2 days ago, nice video, Love Tunisia 🇹🇳 from Libya 🇱🇾.
lol fake libyan
I came across this channel upon my return from a trip to Tunisia. It's a fun channel full of very pertinent information, which helped me understand all I saw much better.
thank you for making video about my country ❤ 🇹🇳
Hey I loved the episode, favorite one by far!
Just wanted to say in the beginning when addressing the Tunis Carthage airport, that’s its full name. It used to be called Tunis Carthage International airport but due to the lack of renovations and upgrades to the airport, it is no longer referred as International, you can see this in front of the building where they rearranged the words from Aéroport International Tunis Carthage to just Aéroport Tunis Carthage. Thxx
The video may seem quick and brief, but it includes a fair mention of eveything that makes Tunisia...Tunisia. well done! (and gj co-hosts😉)
There needs to be a quick vid for North Africa’s smallest country!
@@John-pk9rw It is 98% Arab-Berber, look it up.
@@John-pk9rw You're way over reacting, first they never said population is 98% arab, they considerably nuanced it by saying at least 60% have berber heritage and that "arab" is just speakers of Arabic, not really grounded in culture or origins. If you want more you have to pressure the government to change these kind of crazy figures. Secondly throughout the video they mentioned several times all the complexity of the different identities of Tunisia and one of the Tunisian speakers clearly mentioned that they have an identity crisis and in the end it didn't matter, they were just Tunisians and that's all that mattered "We could be aliens as far as I know, we're just people"
@@John-pk9rw we're genetically (mostly) berber and our food has some berber dishes and language has berber in it but you can't expect a video on Tunisia to focus on berber identity, it's not like morocco or algeria where there is a big living berber community that enforces its identity. How many chelha speakers are even in Tunisia ? I for one think that the best answer in the case of Tunisia, is to say that Tunisians are their own ethnicity as it encompasses everything.
John
About the music, the world famous american song Ma Baker was inspired from the tunisian folklor song Sidi mansour. Thank you for having interest in my beloved country Tunisia. Proud.
Theres also a dinosaur named after a tunisian town Tataouin and also a meteroid. we are Amazigh Berbers FREE and Proud. Hannibal was Tunisian , Ibn khaldoun too, and we celebrate womens day twice a year.
I have visited Tunisia, but I learned so much more about this wonderful country from this excellent video. The people there were so friendly to us, everywhere we went, people thanked us just for visiting their country. We felt so welcome there. Other Tunisian metal bands to check out include Dividing the Element and Myrath. Kafon is also a well known song artist in Tunisia, though some of his songs have been controversial. The grand mosque in Kairouan is one of the holiest mosques in the Islamic world, but if you look closely at some of its pillars, you will see Christian crosses. These pillars used to construct the mosque were probably taken from an ancient Byzantine structure!
funny how u know Kafon 😆 basiclly he is doing reggae with trap just his 🇹🇳 style
wow about the pillars, did you assume that or is it a fact?? 😁
For every metal fan: Definitely check out Myrath! They're Tunisian and do very awesome music!
Great video!! Super pumped about the Star Wars reference. It is the first thing I think about when I think of Tunisia. For Keith, in Turkey, Ascreaus, but sooo many bands!!!
I’m Tunisian and I’ve been waiting for this episode since the Afghanistan video love you’re content ❤️
I have been a subscriber for years
So glad there is finally an episode about my country
W Tunisia 🇹🇳
There was a Tunisian swimmer who won a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics recently. Look up Ahmed Hafnaoui.