Wish We Had A Tunisian Like Him!

With our incompetent political leaders who inspire nothing but corruption, inefficiency and a total lack of attitude, I think we badly need success stories who inspire the masses (and especially the youth), who call every bit of patriotism out of them and who bring back a sense of achievement and audacity, be it in business, in sports, in science and technology or any other field by the way.

What we need is some local living legends, who by dominating in a world-class elegance in any given field and who being given enough recognition from their own country men and women, can wipe out that very destructive routine of "oh-I-can't-do-it-and-nobody-here-did-it-before-anyway". Those who watched "Enemy @ the Gates" know exactly what I am talking about here.

With a higher morale, people will ignore the regime altogether since they will perceive the state as only People and Land ( thus eliminating the Power component altogether from the equation), they will bring the best in themselves to emulate the good guy but then again they will question themselves that if they're doing that good, shouldn't they deserve even better? That "better" will only be fulfilled if the political leadership is fostered by legitimacy (democratic votes) and ACCOUNTABILITY (constant follow up by the Parliament and the opposition).

That being said, I hope "they" won't close Hergla Karting Park any time soon...

Michael Schumacher
envoyé par mich62

يا مبروكة فينك؟

My Smooth Jazz faves! Enjoy!




Peter White, Promenade




Jan Garbarek, 12 Moons

And we spare the best for the end!




Anouar Brahem, Leila Au Pays du Carousel

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قالك الحاجة ام الاخترا ع

اه امالا اش في بالك انتي ؟ وهاذاكا علاش الفرنسيس لولانين في البارفان

هاو السياسة

I'm craving to know whether they talked shoes and hand bags during the Thatcher Era :)

Mein Kampf

لا تخمام بعد اليوم

الابن البار

Hommage Najib Khattab
envoyé par Artiste-Tunisien

كيفاش اليوم كي رباتني انجي نهرب عليها؟

Teasing iSamsoum :-P

3adhama 3ala 3adhama ya Stevie :-)

iPhone Steve Jobs présentation
envoyé par cosmosam

chik chiki boom boom chiki boom!

7 Good Reasons for the UN to have a Tunisian at their helm

1. Tunisia has always been endorsing the UN resolutions setting global peace as a strategic choice.

2. Tunisia is not involved in any standby or ongoing conflict with any neighboring nation or any other nation.

3. A Tunisian Secretary General will definitely be in a well-placed position when pushing negotiations on the West Sahara issue between Algeria and Morocco.

4. He/she would speak at least three (Arabic, English, and French) out of the six UN official languages (add Spanish, Chinese and Russian).

5. Tunisia hosted the Palestinian authority back in 1982 after Yasser Arafat was ousted from Beirut on the aftermath of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. At the same time, Tunisia is also home to several thousands of Tunisian Jews in the island of Djerba where the Synagogue of Ghriba is the second holiest place of worship for Jews right after Jerusalem. Tunisia is internationally known for its former leader Bourguiba's pragmatic and visionary stance to the Middle-East conflict. This aura of diversity and tolerance is definitely a plus for the credibility and the image of the would-be UN Secretary General.

6. Tunisia was home to the Arab league and hosted the World Summit for Information Society in 2005.

7. It will be yet another opportunity for Africa, the poorest continent and thus the one requiring the bulk of that much-needed development budget, to be represented again after Kofi Anan and Butrus Ghali.

السيدا حكاية فارغة

انهنيك

Bhaneek
envoyé par jamsoun

Made and sent by Tariq, a Palestinian friend of mine from Al-Khalil.

ازوز صبايا والسلط المحلية

ناس بكري

تعقيبا على مداخلة الزميل الكريم






توفيق الجبالي، كلام الليل

4 Livres

Via Samsoum

- 4 livres de mon enfance

L'homme des Missions Impossibles, Adham Sabri par Dr, Nabeel Faruq
Le Club des Cinq, Enid Blyton
Vingt Mille Lieues sous la Mer, Jules Verne
Al Ayyam, Taha Hussein




-Les 4 écrivains que je relirai encore et encore

Stepehen Clarke
Taoufik Jebali
Tom Friedman
Ibn Khaldun


-Les 4 auteurs que je ne lirai probablement plus jamais

Najib Mahfoudh
Descartes
D.H. Lawrence
Georgi Zayden


-Les 4 premiers livres de ma liste à lire ou à relire

Boeing vs Airbus, John Newhouse
Les Precurseurs, Sadok Zmerli
1984, Georges Orwell
Good to Great, Jim Collins

-Les 4 livres que je suis en train de lire

The Highest Goal, Michael Ray
The Toyota Way, Jeff Liker
Amour Beni du Chiffre 9, Hichem Kacem
Ommok Sannafa, Mohamed Kouki


-Les 4 livres que j’emporterais sur une île déserte

Ommok Sannafa
Ommok Sannafa
Ommok Sannafa
Ommok Sannafa


Je passe le baton a Hayy, Le Bloton, Slah, Amel et Kaizuko

نكره الفروخ الصغار

توفيق الجبالي، كلام الليل


شكرا سمسوم

A S. qui ensoleille mes jours au S^3:)

A elle, Ce poème pompé de l'archive de l'Ept'mag. A celle que je ne peux que sourire en me félicitant du bonheur qui me cajole sur les rythmes de
Peter White!

A S. qui partage avec moi la vision du monde et qui sait que le pluriel de ox est oxen :)


A celle que j’aime pour toujours
Et vois en elle déesse de l’amour
Tu m’es un cher trésor
Un diamant au fond de la mer qui s’endort
Tes yeux me font si peur
Malgré leur beauté et leur douceur
Ton regard va droit dans mon coeur
Il me plonge dans un bain de bonheur
Ton sourire est charmant et séducteur
Il me fait oublier tous les malheurs
Quand tu es près de moi, c’est un plaisir
Dès qu’on se sépare je suis rêveur
Tu es belle je ne peux mieux dire
Je t’aime à blêmir
Et j’en souffre à mourir
Quand tu parles, ta voix angélique
M’emporte vers un monde féerique
Je t’aime et je ne pense qu’à toi
Et chaque fois que tu pars
Tu me laisses en émoi
Je t’aime à perdre la raison
A n’avoir que toi d’horizon
Viendra-t-il le jour
Où je te déclarerai mon grand amour
Et te dirai : je suis ton esclave pour toujours
Toi qui t’es emparée de mon coeur
J’avoue que tu es son libérateur
Par ta beauté divine, ton charme et ta candeur
Tu es le soleil de ma jeunesse
Et l’emblème de l’amour et la tendresse
A toi je dédie ces agréables vers
Qui eux seuls peuvent apaiser mon calvaire

Capuccino...

- Football in Tunisia has to be alloted the least money possible. The National team has a wonderful resort in Ain Draham, it's more than enough. No Football trainings abroad anymore, no foreign coaches anymore (if it takes one article in our constitution to state it "black on white" that the national coach must be Tunisian like the President, I'll be among the firsts to vote for it). The bulk of the money being squandered on "luxurious national needs" must be invested on "Spartan Tunisian Intellectual Warriors" who will give their counterparts the hardest of times when it comes to Tunisian interests.

Give me 1 million dinars and I'll give you back 100 young driven Tunisians who will leave Chris, Pat and Johnny trailing way behind. On top of the recipe, extensive language trainings and continuous globe trotting. Our Tunisian youth deserves to play global and win. If only we could bring the best in them!

- Amina Srarfi is a real gem. Anouar Brahem, Zied Gharsa, Riadh Fehri as well.There must be tens of hidden gems. Our Tunisian musical legacy ought to be paid much more passion, talent and funding! A vibrant country must be a cultural powerhouse as well.

- If only I could find a girl like "Elaine Benes a la Tunisienne"...


- Mzali was not a thief and Tunisia would have been a better place had he taken over. For the time being, there's absolutely no use crying over spilt milk.

- The "Slaimsoum" experience was deep and mutual. It makes me even prouder to belong to that tiny but big country in North Africa. Ya3aychek ya Samsoum wbarakkallahou fik 3ala koll chay.

- Poor he who hasn't tasted the bliss of diversity and global citizenship

- I'll try soon to introduce a new concept in blogging, audio posts (so far I haven't read/seen that anywhere in the net) where instead of posting in words, one just records a 1 to 3-minute "vocal message", a very convenient opportunity to blog in the Tunisian dialect ;-) Even comments should be made vocally possible as well!

- Not only were my feet itchy but so was my waist, boy oh boy!

- "Achismou" shouldn't be there by 2009. Tunisia is not Libya, Cuba or Egypt. It's not a kingdom where a bunch of thieves (Have I mentioned that Mzali was not one?) are free to wander around and piss on everybody else. It's high time the elite rolled up its sleeves and started drum-rolling against this sad chapter of our history. Masses have never moved in unless there was an elite behind. It's the nature of nations and Tunisia is no excpetion. My "political mood" these days is best described by

- The key to happiness is not to look for a reason to be happy otherwise...

- My brother Hassen is sitting for the Bac these days, way to go Bro!

- Did I mention that Mzali was a honest man?