How do men live with women in Tunisia. How women live in Tunisia. Children in Tunisia have been born less recently. And not every family has two or three children, as it used to be. What is it connected with? It's hard to say, maybe with the emancipation of women,

Childhood

An Arab family is a small state: several generations live together in a spacious bright house at once. And only strict observance of family commandments makes the relationship of such different people harmonious. Children frolic in the yard in a crowd, the older generation lives its own life and only quietly discusses the behavior of young people. There is a cat in the house, which usually walks by itself, and a dog, which guards the house.

During this period, the Tunisian girl does not feel any infringement of her rights, she runs around the house and fights with her brothers. Only a family example, where the father is strict with the mother, can prompt the child to think about legal differences.

School

Education in Tunisia is free. The school has been in school for nine years. From the first grades, children learn two languages ​​at once: Arabic and French. The Tunisian dialect of Arabic is very specific, but that is what is used in writing. Girls and boys study together - no discrimination. The strictness of the Arab mentality excludes any "school licentiousness". All children and adolescents are taken home immediately after the end of the lessons. Some ninth-graders complain: “We have a dream to go abroad to study, because here we have too tight control. We can’t go out after school, much less go to a disco or visit.” In schools, you rarely see girls in hijabs, but everyone dresses quite modestly.

The next stage of education is college, where students receive initial career guidance. An additional language is added - English. College graduates can continue their education in higher education institutions in Tunisia.

student body

But education at the university is usually paid. Prices are about the same as in Russia. Not everyone can afford it: in small villages, girls are forced to help their parents feed their younger brothers and sisters. In this case, they sell fruits on the highway or go to work in resort cities. True, the second option does not always end well: the girls quickly find an easier way to get money and agree to a "paid relationship" with tourists. This way of earning is relevant even for a Muslim country.

If the family is more prosperous, then the sisters stay together and study at different universities. It is curious that even in Tunisia there is a series similar to our "Univer": the characters also go to the canteen and gossip in the hostel. Sisters in the family watch such series, live together, buy European-style clothes and exchange outfits with pleasure. In a Tunisian house, only women are usually heard - they are extremely talkative and restless, gossip about everything in a row. They discuss young guys, but before marriage they rarely enter into any relationship. To discredit the honor of the family is the most terrible offense that a girl can commit.

Career

Tunisian women say: "Life in Tunisia is now too expensive, so we prefer to help our husbands." And they help. First, a woman is responsible for the atmosphere at home: she cleans, cooks and raises children. Secondly, more and more modern Tunisians prefer to work.

Tunisia is an urbanized country (60% of the inhabitants are city dwellers), the city provides more jobs and favors employment, and in almost all areas. Tunisian women sit in parliament (4% of those elected), work in public administration (28%), in education (39–45%), in medicine (33%), and may even be traffic controllers. When was the last time you saw a traffic controller on Russian streets? Maybe never.

Tunisians themselves argue that even in the media in recent years, a new image of a modern woman has been formed - self-confident, able to earn money and make decisions independently. And of course, a good housewife and a loving wife, ready to obey her husband.

Family

Half a century ago, in 1957, polygamy was officially banned in Tunisia. There were no protesters. Part of the reason is the high cost of a traditional Tunisian wedding. By the significant date, the groom is obliged to provide the bride with literally everything, from a set of gold jewelry to new housing. In addition, a person convicted of polygamy must be imprisoned for one year, as well as a fine of 240 dinars.

So it turns out that Tunisians get married already "completed", at the age of 35-40, and prefer young girls - from 18 to 25 years old. At the same time, the couple necessarily concludes a marriage contract (without it, the municipality will not issue a marriage certificate). The groom goes to sign a document to a notary, and the bride does it at home.

Family for a Tunisian woman is of great importance. She always tries to cook delicious food, dress up the children beautifully and send them to school on time.

The man in the family is a contemplative and judge. If something goes wrong, the father will have a serious conversation with his sons, one day he will punish him (maybe even leave him without cash). The wife is obedient to her husband in everything, does not argue and tries to avoid sharp corners. If she has an account on social networks, the husband always knows the password and can check the messages - like the main breadwinner in the house, on whose earnings both the family's reputation in society and the number of jewelry on the woman's neck depend.

However, recently many Tunisian men (especially from tourist cities) prefer to marry white foreign women. Marriage with a foreigner can be profitable: there are no such strict customs regarding relationships before marriage, and the ceremony itself is cheaper.

Pension

When retiring, a Tunisian woman still clings to her man. She puts the family hearth at the center of her universe, takes care of her grandchildren, but does not bother the younger generation with advice. At this time, the Tunisian woman has new worries: meeting with friends, going to the market and attending weddings of children of acquaintances and friends. Usually a Tunisian grandmother does not feel lonely, even if her husband has already managed to depart for another world. Unless she becomes more religious and national clothes of pastel and dark colors begin to predominate in her wardrobe. She continues to live in a big house with her many children and grandchildren, and here there are more than enough worries. In Tunisia, it is not customary to send pensioners to a nursing home. There is enough space for everyone in an Arab house.

At the end of December, the fate-sorceress (yes, yes, to whom the villain, and to whom the sorceress :)) threw me in Tunisia, in a town called Bizerte. No, for the first time she threw me to Tunisia in the summer of 2010 and a little to another place, but there I met my, as it turned out, future husband (then it was impossible to believe), and after that everything was a foregone conclusion.

I have been living in Tunisia for almost 2 months, but there are already things that I like and dislike. Perhaps this is only a period of acclimatization, and in a year everything will change, but for now the situation is as follows:

1. Three things I like about Tunisia

A huge amount of hair oil, which is worth just a penny with our Russian money. I remember that I had an epic search for almond oil for hair - I had read everything about it and wildly wanted to try it. For 2 weeks I scoured the pharmacies - the result is the same everywhere: there is in the database, not in the warehouse. As a result, I found a bottle (200 grams, I don’t remember exactly) for 120 rubles. Here in all not only stores - in the shops it stands in rows: almond, peach, avocado, grape, and I'm not talking about olive. With our money - 20 rubles. Have my hair spa at home every day!
- French. Like it or not, it will be simpler than Arabic, and I taught it at school for 4 years. Therefore, there is hope that I will quickly speak with the natives. If only Arabic was in use here (speaking in Arabic, signs in Arabic, and so on), I would have had a hard time.
- Weather. Well, that's with reservations and not every day. Now, for example, in Bizerte it is cold and raining with snow, although I hoped that I would not see snow for a long time. It didn't come true. But as soon as the sun comes out, you immediately forget that winter is on the calendar. Yes, not May, yes, only 15 degrees, but if you wrap yourself in a blanket, you can sit on the terrace with a cup of coffee and a laptop. And very soon the mountain-a-a-azdo will become warmer :).

2. Three things I don't like about Tunisia

- Inshallah. Yes, there is such an unpleasant thing. In our opinion, it can be translated as "God will give." All inshallah. All tomorrow and with God's help. Well, they didn’t make the Internet today, well, the light ended, well, they didn’t find gas - tomorrow, inshallah. That is, because of this “tomorrow-inshallah”, people in places do not take a steam bath too much. It would be possible to turn around and be in time today, but why, if, inshallah, everything will be tomorrow.
- Driving without rules. Here I want to make a reservation right away: Tunisia, despite its modest size, is very, very different. In Bizerte, where I live, I have a big problem with the rules of the road. That is, they exist, and everyone knows them, but no one observes them. I remember when I was visiting my then-future husband, I went exclusively clinging to the door handle. Now it’s calmer, but from time to time I still close my eyes and squeeze into the seat. He is driving in the opposite lane and feels very confident. And the funniest thing is that people who are driving in their own lane silently give way to him, as if that were the way it should be. And every time I think: well, how can I get behind the wheel, and I will come across this one to meet me ...
- Food on the streets. If they told me in Russia that I would eat lasagna and pasta every day, I would not believe my luck. But in reality, it turned out that everything was not at all so rosy, and after 3 days the pasta began to climb back. Alas, there is no such gastronomic variety as in any of our most shabby cafes. No salads for you, no ten kinds of chops... Rolls with cheese and macaroni with meat. I have never eaten so many rolls in my entire life.

3. Three things from home that I miss
(I will only talk about what I cannot find here, because there are things that I simply could not take from home for objective reasons, but I simply did not have time to buy here)

Nori for rolls. Rolling rolls at home is easier than steamed turnips, and I have everything for this, except for nori seaweed. And them in Tunisia, as it turned out, during the day with fire. As well as Japanese restaurants, in principle. So for now I will ask my friend to buy packs of 10 and send them with an opportunity, and then ... well, maybe they will deliver all the same. The funny thing is that I found rice for rolls, although rice can just be used by anyone. But nori ... eh.
- Good shopping malls. I was tempted here with sales (in Tunisia, February is the month of nationwide discounts), but the trouble is that there is nothing to buy in principle. Of course, I haven't seen everything yet, but according to my husband, they took me to a "very good shopping center", where I never managed to find anything worthwhile. If it's very good, then what's next.
- Plastic teapot. Here I have such a bzik. There are ceramic and metal ones - the first ones are obviously boring and dreary, the second ones ... that’s all I don’t like. I want a simple pot-bellied one - a glass ball with a plastic cap and a plastic bottom, and inside there is a plastic mesh. Again, in Rush they have a carriage in each shop for 2 rubles a bucket. Here I am already tortured to explain what I need. I showed my husband in the picture - he said he had never seen such. Here ... also ordered. Damn, it's a pity you can't order a good mall :).

Tunisia is a tourist destination that is very popular among those who love holidays by the sea. But, like in any country in the world in Tunisia, there are a number of national rules and features, ignorance of which can cause an awkward situation, a cause for offense, or even worse, an insult. In order not to get into trouble when going on vacation to Tunisia, and to join the culture without unpleasant consequences, we recommend that you read this article.

Refuse kisses

Tunisians are very fond of kissing - both with close people and with friends of friends and with distant relatives of a new friend. When meeting, it is not customary for them to hug or exchange friendly glances eye to eye. Two kisses on one and the other cheek - that's what you need! In the same way, they express longing after a long separation, and the joy of a new acquaintance, and an everyday greeting. True, such kisses are permissible only among people of the same sex. A man with a woman at a meeting will get by with a dry handshake, which seems rather unusual for a person with a European consciousness. But if you are lucky enough to come to a Tunisian wedding, then here you will have to kiss all the guests indiscriminately. Do not be shy and smile brightly at everyone, Tunisians love people with an open mind, as they themselves say.

flirt on the street

What can I say, the Russians, who have been living in Tunisia for a long time, would not be advised to respond to any claims of people on the street. Locals in this regard can be extremely intrusive. If a person decides to meet you in one of the tourist areas, then he will follow you and try to start a conversation by any means. It will not be difficult for a skilled Tunisian to talk to you and find out information about whether you came to Tunisia for the first time, where you live and where you are going in the evening. Then he will come to you in terrible dreams ... Calls and SMS from a new friend will become an integral part of every day of your vacation. Therefore, if you have no desire to make spontaneous acquaintances, then go your own way and do not turn around. Your silence will not offend anyone much, but it will help preserve the right to personal space in a foreign country. Do not flatter yourself when you hear in your address: “Shakira, Shakira, ochen krasiva” - this is shouted to every fair-haired person passing by. Love for the Colombian singer has grown into a household name here and is promoted at every turn.

Eating Pork in Ramadan

It is widely known that Muslims do not eat pork under any circumstances. In addition, people who honor their faith will not even put a piece of bread in their mouths during Ramadan until 20:00 pm. Tunisians limit themselves to food and drink from sunrise to sunset. Therefore, if you suddenly find yourself in Tunisia in mid-July and take a serveral stick with you in reserve, do not rush to eat it in public. This will doubly offend the feelings of believers. Hungry and tired Tunisians who are fasting will look with contempt at any "chewing" in the daytime. Out of respect and tolerance for a different culture, it is better not to even drink water on the street. Eat whatever you want, but at home or in your room, and in the evening you can have an unforgettable time and visit the most popular places. After dinner, full and happy Tunisians will go to listen to street concerts, eat bamboloni (donuts with powdered sugar), cooked in boiling oil right there, and go shopping in the medina. Join now!

Ask extra questions

Do not try to find out how some Tunisians can spend whole days in a cafe, lazily sipping espresso. Take it for granted: they sit, they sat and they will sit. Sometimes it’s even incomprehensible how this endless sitting is combined with work and where does the money for coffee come from? All street cafes are filled with local men who smoke cigarettes, drink coffee and smoke again, but this time hookah. They think about something and occasionally exchange a couple of phrases, but mostly just look at passers-by and cars passing by. After a couple of weeks of living in the rhythm of Tunisia, you begin to get used to this atmosphere and you feel in your gut that it's not so bad. Every time you spend more and more time in the cafe, it no longer seems strange that the menu often contains nothing but coffee (and it only costs a dinar!) and tea. Thoughts follow each other in their turn, and what is happening around becomes more and more exciting.

Push in a taxi

When you learn to ride in a taxi according to local customs, you will face two things: good and bad. Tunisians, getting into a taxi in a tourist city, say "par place" ("for a place") and four of them travel in one car. The driver collects other passengers along the road, so in most cases he travels along one, well-known route. The undoubted advantage of such movement is cheapness. In such a situation, you will definitely not overpay and get to your destination with a breeze for only 600–900 millimeters (less than one dinar, about 30 rubles). We must not forget about the reverse side of the medal - it will be crowded. Perhaps you will feel a not always pleasant closeness with a neighbor who accidentally presses you to the window. Or find yourself in the middle, between two Tunisians who are impressed by the appearance of European beauty in their area. Be friendly and greet everyone: “Aslemah!” ("Hello"). To the question "how are you?" answer: “Hamdullah” (stretching out the sounds). This phrase means "thank God". Even if the Tunisian is not in the best mood, but in a mess in life, he still answers this way, thereby emphasizing that he accepts all the difficulties, because this is the will of God.

Get naked in public

In Tunisia, you will see people dressed in many different ways: hippie-style youth in Bob Marley T-shirts, Salafi-style men in traditional long robes, fashion beauties in mini shorts or ripped jeans. But it is better for visitors to be discreet in their clothes, despite the deadly heat. Especially girls, especially in cafes, where, as we remember, local men spend their time. Muslim women are also stuffy, but they wear long dresses and find an opportunity to look attractive. Feminine floor-length dresses, openwork transparent scarves with colorful decorations and original accessories will come in handy in your wardrobe. Tunisians will appreciate this, because each of them, wherever he works, is always dressed smartly and neatly.

Take pictures with the police

It is in Tunisia that one is drawn to take a selfie with a man in a police uniform. After all, they are so cute ... These smiling charming guys and girls do not create a frightening impression at all. Even machine guns thrown over a thin shoulder are not very alarming. But the Tunisians themselves say that now the country is “such an unstable situation” that it is not worth distracting law enforcement officers for the sake of a couple of dozen likes on Instagram.

Don't like children

In Tunisia, everyone, absolutely everyone loves children. Especially men. They try to dress their child beautifully and according to the latest fashion, carry them in their arms and indulge all children's whims. On the street you will not meet angry mothers screaming at their naughty babies. The religion of the country teaches parents patience and boundless love for little fidgets. Dads are happy to frolic with children both at home with their families and on big holidays. Therefore, aggression towards children is not accepted here. If you are a strict parent and encourage your child with a whip more often than with a carrot, leave your harsh habits at home. In a warm country, smile more often and take the tricks of the child for granted.

The Russian diaspora in Tunisia began to form in the 1920s at the expense of white officers, in the 1940s it was replenished by Red Army prisoners of war, and in the last two decades - by the wives of Tunisians who were educated in Russia. Alexandra Azarova told Lente.ru about her life in this African country, who has lived there for a little less than ten years, works for Moscow employers and is in no hurry to return to her homeland.

How did I get to Tunisia

My story is perhaps not typical. Unlike many women who have moved to Arab countries in recent years, I did not come here with my husband, but simply because I like it here.

For the first time I came to Tunisia as a tourist in 2005, when I was vacationing in the resort of Mahdia. I just graduated from high school and decided to choose a beach vacation as a gift for the defense of my diploma. I thought about Turkey, Egypt, but I was seduced by Tunisia - because of exotic Africa, the opportunity to see the Sahara and general Europeanness.

My knowledge of Tunisia then was limited only to the fact that olives are grown in this country and Star Wars was once filmed here. I still vividly remember the first impression: an early arrival, sunrise from across the sea, a series of snow-white hotels along the coast, colored by the sun's rays in delicate pink tones. Humid and salty air, lush greenery, slowness, serenity.

After that, for three years in a row I spent my holidays exclusively in Tunisia, and when I was offered a job in a thalassotherapy center, I agreed without hesitation. My husband helped me to settle in the new Tunisian life, however, due to his heavy employment at work, I had to settle in everyday life on my own.

New difficulties

It's not easy when you don't know where to go to buy meat; how to explain what you need; what time fresh bread will be baked and how to convince a taxi driver that you are not a tourist with "full pockets of currency", but a local resident and prefer to ride at a rate for your own.

There were, of course, some funny stories too. For example, I couldn’t learn to distinguish between sweet and hot peppers by sight, and I didn’t know how to say “mild” yet. Therefore, in an ordinary vegetable salad, which I tried to create from improvised products, a fire often broke out. Once, by mistake, I almost went into the men's toilet at the bus station - instead of the usual silhouette signs, there were Arabic inscriptions on the door. Fortunately, some Tunisian saved me, who at the last moment managed to grab me by the shoulder and direct me to the right door.

By the way, I learned to read by road signs. Due to the occupation of my companion, I almost daily went on excursions with him throughout the country, and all signs in Tunisia are duplicated in two languages ​​- Arabic and French. And so I compared the letters in the names of cities, gradually learning to put words out of them. It also helped a lot that I studied Hebrew at the institute, and this language belongs to the same language family, Semitic, as Arabic, so there is a common system of grammar, word formation and a lot of similarities in pronunciation.

Soon I got a job in the Tunisian branch of one of the Russian travel companies. She worked as a booking manager, then as a hotel representative. Along the way, I had to move, and I managed to live in Mahdia, Sousse, Hammamet. All this time I worked remotely as an English translator and copywriter. In 2011, I started working remotely for an online travel portal. I write an expert column on Tunisia, answer readers' questions and periodically update information about the country. This freelance job allowed me to get Moscow incomes combined with Tunisian expenses, literally from the couch. In addition, I work as a guide, and still continue to translate from English and French - I learned it already in Tunisia.

The Russians appeared in Tunisia at the end of 1920, when about four dozen ships of the Black Sea squadron with six thousand people on board moored to the shores of Bizerte, a city 70 kilometers from the capital of the country, where the naval base of France was located. By 1930, France had sold off the Russian ships, while those from the Russian Empire remained. In 1937, the first Orthodox church in the country was erected in Bizerte with the money of the community; in 1956, another church was built in the capital. In an African country, they took root with difficulty. Russians were hired as farm laborers, worked in agriculture, construction, and participated in public works.

“If you are traveling around Tunisia and you see tents in some desert area, then it is better, when approaching these tents, to know a few words in Russian, since most likely it will be Russian there. They adapt to everything, ”said one of the French reference books of that time.

Local customs and nostalgia for the homeland

There is a saying that "a person is born tired and lives to rest" - life in Tunisia flows that way. The Tunisian people are categorically not a worker - in the summer they work here until two in the afternoon with two days off a week, and throughout the rest of the year they are late for work, have a tasty lunch at a two-hour break and rush to leave the workplace early. This way of life, of course, affects me, but I still try not to sit back in my free time, but to devote it to pleasant and useful activities.

The difference in Moscow salaries and Tunisian expenses allows you to do whatever your heart desires here. I go to the gym (subscription is 1.5 thousand rubles a month), I have a personal trainer (150 rubles per lesson), I study Spanish at the Cervantes Institute (nine thousand rubles per course against Moscow 28) and I plan to take up music in the new academic year . In general, for those who study foreign languages, this is a fertile country - a former French protectorate, in the capital there are Spanish and Italian cultural institutions, the British Council, as well as countless schools of classical and Tunisian Arabic.

I am an introvert by nature, I don’t go to any meetings of the Russian diaspora in Tunisia. I communicate with a good friend, a Russian woman, I have a close Tunisian friend, in Moscow - my mother and several friends, and this is enough for me. All my communication with the diaspora is limited to trips to the embassy for a new passport and common phrases that we exchange on excursions. There are also Russian satellite channels here, but I don't watch them.

I don't miss Russia. There are e-books in Russian on the Internet, you can always cook borscht (in Tunisia there are all the products necessary for this), talk with friends on Skype, and learn the news from tourists.

Once a year I come to Moscow for a month and a half, visit museums and exhibitions, buy books and visit friends. What is missing in Tunisia is Russian products: buckwheat, herring, pickles, Borodino bread.

The local Arab population perceived the Russians as completely alien, but they gradually got used to it, their alertness disappeared. The Arabs nicknamed the Russians "le ruses blanc" (les russes blanсs). In Tunisia, they still say so today, although few people remember the origin of this definition.

The emigrant newspaper Russkaya Mysl wrote: “It should be noted that very quickly after their appearance in Tunisia, Russian emigrants won the most friendly attitude from the native population and are still highly respected in the country.”

The second wave of Russian emigrants appeared in Tunisia during the Second World War, when the country was captured by fascist troops. In 1942-1943, several thousand Soviet prisoners of war were transferred here for road and fortification work. After the Allied forces finally defeated the Nazis in northern Africa in May 1943, some of the surviving Soviet soldiers decided to stay in Tunisia.

In the post-war years, the Russian colony in Tunisia was reduced. Many took French citizenship, and when the country gained independence in 1956, most of the Russians hurried to Europe.

How to get settled in a foreign country

It seems to me that when moving to another country, optimism and interest in the world around you are required, and a sense of humor, of course, helps a lot.

When you suddenly plunge into an unfamiliar life, you discover a lot of things that seem unusual, alien, sometimes even frightening. If you do not find common values ​​with new neighbors, it can knock the ground out from under your feet - you don’t know what to grab onto, how to build communication. From the very beginning, I decided for myself that it is important to pay attention to what unites us: we all get upset when we get sick or cannot find a job, rejoice at the success of our children in school, help those in need and congratulate the newlyweds. It serves as a kind of bridge between cultures.

Of course, I feel responsible for my behavior here as a representative of the Russian world. In Arab society, restraint is valued, and I am quite quick-tempered. You have to be very careful with yourself. It's nice when someone later says that I'm calm, and the other picks up: "Yes, all Russians are like that." Tunisians are an open people, accepting everything new. There were Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Spaniards, Turks, French, and everyone brought their own culture. There are absolutely no religious conflicts in Tunisia - there are many Catholics, an ancient Jewish community, there are Berbers who have preserved traditional beliefs. All this helps to feel like a citizen of the world - you are free, friendly, happy and welcome everywhere.

The last wave of emigration, which began in the 1990s, is associated primarily with "Russian wives" who married Tunisian graduates of Soviet and Russian universities. Many of them got jobs in the field of tourism, as guides or representatives of travel agencies. In the capital, you can find Russians among teachers in schools and doctors. In total, there are about three thousand Russian-speaking residents in Tunisia now.

To the question Activity of men in Tunisia. given by the author Ira Shanina the best answer is some kind of Brad ... Tunisia is a former French colony! The level in many respects surpasses Turkey, Egypt and many others. Including the level of education. Are your "knowledgeable" parents fluent in 2-3 or even 4 languages?? and they are almost all free. and education of any level is free..and what about us? do you study for free? And you will find problems for yourself if you want)) But this is thanks to our "Natashas", 15 years ago everything was completely different.

Answer from Irina[master]
Estimates of Arab men are opposite for the reason that in Tunisia different "castes" of Arabs live in different cities. For them 100 km. Huge distance. In Sousse lives mainly the highest caste, and in the servants. Hammamet is similar to our Caucasus. Men are more obsessive, but not aggressive. Completely agree with Kate. They are educated. But like any Arab, he tries to use his chance. He offers - you tactfully refuse. No violence! That's what really starts to get it, it's juvenile gigolos. Looking for a millionaire aunt. But "get" mostly ladies of Balzac's age. On Djerba, in a decent hotel, you are guaranteed complete safety. And the Arabs there are like our highlanders - proud, not fussy, with a sense of their own dignity. Not intrusive. Young girls walk around the city quite calmly in the evening. Everything is safe.

Answer from flush[guru]
and it seemed to me that in Tunisia men are wilder than in Turkey and Egypt. No one will rape you if you yourself do not behave loosely and vulgarly, but their attention is palpable. Many women like it and consider it a local color. I just don't like it.

Answer from Drawdown[master]
>>slap on the ass, paw and rape
Didn't read further...

Answer from purebred[newbie]
in tunisia, on the contrary, it is more civilized than in ebipda and turkey

Answer from Hedgehog Prickly[guru]
Two days since I returned from Tunisia. Excited. The people are very polite. Some of our male representatives have yet to learn from them. Drive boldly. And parents - they are parents to worry about. Happy rest!

Answer from Evgenia Filippova[active]
It seemed to me that Tunisia was safe, a former French colony. but... and they were affected by the revolution, and then the whole layer of dirt rose. Previously, these were artisans, students, just sympathetic people, and those who wanted to make good money on their scooters, etc. but ... alas
Firstly, all 5 became like triples, rudeness, especially for those who are ill and too young, those who are older remained polite.
I went to Mahdia, they always took me for a Frenchwoman and an Englishwoman and a Swede, everyone was cheerful, friendly, mostly the Germans molested them themselves and actively, well, their business ..
But the family's last trip to Sousse... is a nightmare. They began to be rude, they all come from Ukraine, that is, you have to be very careful, they got embittered, if the Turks and Egyptians somehow survived all this, then these became even more dangerous.
In general, Tunisia, after the revolution and terror, became an unsociable and rather dangerous place. They got out inside))
But the price hasn't dropped.

Answer from Long eyelashes[guru]
The activity of Tunisian men is very active)))
If you are alone, they will definitely come up, talk, forgive the phone number, leave your own, offer a ride ... An employee burst into my room at all ... Of course, they won’t do anything bad to you against your will, it’s just annoying.
If you are not alone, and not with friends, but with your parents and you walk together, then everything is in order.