EUROPA

I have always thought that some countries are real models of advancement, culture and that they are models to be followed.In this process , I grew fond of foreign cultures and civilizations and I drifted away from my own. But this sounds like a vile lie to me , certainly when I witness how Muslims are treated in many non Arab/Muslim countries. Being a Muslim seems to me like being a Jew during the WWII, there are so many similarities and things are heading to almost the same results, only that, instead of using gas chambers,tools have changed . Let Arabs kill each other with their weapons. Being a Muslim in early democracies ( Weastern Europe and USA) looks more like a hide and seek game, Where Muslims need to justify their faith and beliefs , stick to the rules and keep a low profile no matter how discriminated against they are. Let's take the example of Belgium,Brussels is the capital of Europe, where people from European and non-European descent live.The extreme right wing aka die Vlaams Belang,made of Muslims its main scapegoats to jusfity the economic crisis, high criminality rates and of course, community tensions. to counter this extremists party, we find Chariaa4belgium group, where the leader is, according for my own personal jusgement as extremist as the leader of the Vlaams belang. the groups main goal is guarantee that belgians, native European accept the chariaa as the primary source of law.well ,their project is too ambitious , and that led to growing conflicts. Unfortunately, not all the Muslims in Europe are fanatics, blood thirsty , dark skinned, long bearded persons. As a Muslima married to a converted Belgian , I think that there is a lot of misundertanding, misinformation and political manipulation leading to masses brainwashing. Not all veiled Muslim women were raped by a relative , forced to get married, bitten by their husbands and living under constant threat of death.This is what sensational media look for the paint the portait of the Evil Muslim that they want to transmit to the rest of the world. Not every bearded man has plan to blow himself square, recruit desperate teenagers to plant dark hated thoughts in them, ready to slit koffar's throats( non believer) to become a martyr , or call for Jihad to justify the killing and the chaos. If Europeans claim to be cultured and educated , they should read and get informed about the people they systematically put in the " Backwarded terrorist Mulism" box. All I am hoping now, is that these so called democracies take the time and use the right means to brign people together not to add fuel to fire, as it seems this is all they do know. These governments love to show their power and they honest will to help those countries where " Muslim extremists" are doing all the wrong to their own people,destroy their own blood and flesh, it's a huge shame to see those same countries sell ammunition, guns , and bullets targeted to kill children and women that they call casualties of unfriendly dictator regimes. They keeping promoting democracy and freedom as trademarks that only them fully understand the meaning.whereas ,all they do is to sponsor bloodshed, rape and murder. Vive la liberté de tuer et d'abuser de la vie humaine sous l’égide de démocratie!

A driver called me " stupid ass" because I stopped at the level of the traffic light when it was red. I must be a real ass then because I wanted to apologize to him.

Yesterday I read a post from a so called friend living in France, where he said that Tunisians deserve what is happening to them and that it is going to become a 'Taliban' state in North Africa, and that he predicts a civil war, because We voted for an Islamist party. There was such hatred in his post , that I started to wonder how could say such horrible things and dare to call himself a Tunisian, from what I know He Did not vote, he rarely comes here and He still has the arrogance to wish the worst for Tunisia and Tunisians and I quote him "Mes chers amis tunisiens, je le dis haut et fort , j'espère que vous allez payer le prix fort de votre coup d'état contre la tolérance et la laïcité ainsi que votre support à la l'ultra-islamisme" to sum it up: you deserve all that would happen to you. I do wonder how do Tunisians living abroad participate in life in here.They remember Tunisia for holidays or to come to brag about the luxurious life they have abroad. They come to roll , show off and play the hustlers for the summer time.When I see that do not even have the balls to come here , to participate in the change, to discover life as it is, to be part of what many persons are trying to do to better the situation, some just watch the news, read some online news and base their conclusion on what they think THE TRUTH. I do not care if they think that we live in a third world country, that we are back-warded and that we deserve an extremist regime.Once , The countries that talked democracy and freedom supported the bloodiest regimes as they considered them as allies against terrorism ( a term invented to serve their hidden agendas). Now the supporters of freedom are supporting more radical regimes and play it cool as all they do is being MASTERS OF PUPPETS they purposely put in the system that they control. I am so outraged and ashamed of all of those who under the stained flag of democracy and freedom to choose, chose to trade human lives for power and control, and I am more pitiful for those who pretend that they hold the truth . History is made of facts( easy to fake if you have the proper means ),if you want to make of a coward , well it is easy just put the right price on the heads you want to see falling. Shame on the fraternity of the FREE WORLD.Just score of history,culture, humanity rapists!!!!! N.B: I want to except some Tunisians who live abroad,precisely those who are doing their best make things change in Tunisia.Unlike my dear friend, I won't put all Tunisians in the same basket as that would be a stupidity and a sign of ignorance.

As a young Arab woman, I learnt that we need to remediate to certain things in our society, especially after the revolution. Some topics are very important to deal with among them transparency and human rights guarantees. Tunisia witnessed major changes in its political regime and is still going through the process of establishing a nation where good governance and transparency are a guarantee of a successful democratic transition. The idea behind transparency is to make citizens aware about the deeds of the governing bodies and to allow them to double check what’s happening on the higher political spheres. The creation of an institution guaranteeing the work and procedural move under a specific law that would allow them to access certain information, like government expenditures, financial plans, projects’ law. Citizens have long been excluded from the political and decision making system and transparency is a key tool for good governance as it allows any citizen to be part of the governing system. Thus, making citizens enjoy their full rights. Transparency alone is not enough for a successful transition. What we can learn from other countries that faced the same kind of revolutions, that they based their progress upon bettering education, mainly human rights education, awareness campaigns that target their fellow citizens, encourage freedom of speech through giving the chance for youngsters to debate and discuss their rights and duties, along with urgent points that should be dealt with in their societies, and the changes they want to witness in them. A change can come when we believe in it and what happened across the Arab nations lately shows that something is happening, a burgeoning popular conscious is rising to make its thoughts and voices heard. There was a vast majority of people who thought that change can never come and that it was better to have profile to deal with oppression and dictatorship. Ignorance and fear were the main arms; but now we need to think about what kind of future we want for our children and the upcoming generations. If freedom is just a concept then human life should be worshipped as the most valuable thing on earth. Rising the awareness of people by educated them will not only reduce fear but also ignorance and prejudice. Providing Knowledge is the beginning of a new adventure, and being aware of the world around us is the first step leading towards freedom.

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Tunisia is currently facing many challenges.One would wonder how a tiny country could make the whole nine yards knowing that it has limited natural resouceres compared to its neighbors, Algeria and Lybia. One of the many challenges that are awaiting Tunisia is how to protect its water resources. As many other countries in the region , Tunisia is suffereing from a growing desertification and in some region high water salinity. JCI OLM Tunis , took the initiative the adress the issue through WATER DAY action. A seminar hosted and organised by JCI Tunis is going to be held on June the 9th ,at the UTICA,where speakers from the Ministry of agriculture,OWAS,UNDP and GHS are going to talk about the perspectives, projects, answers to questions that would be adressed during the talks. Be there if you want discover and know more about the future of water in Tunisia.

Two days ago, I went out with some of my pupils to read in an open-space.The whole idea was to replicate the intiviate " Tunis Ta9ra"/ " Tunis reads". they were pretty excited as most of them cannot do such things as they do not have real opportunity to do out of the school activities expect going to the gym for the PE courses. The only that I have asked to bring was a book.We went to an old church converted into a café/meeting space .Once there, I asked the person who is in charge of the place if we can quietly sit down and read , I told him that I am their english teacher. First reaction, he looked at me disdainfully, as if saying " Hein, she lOoks too young to be a teacher!", Second reaction "sorry , you cannot sit here,I have people coming for a meeting"he said ; pretty reasonable I would say.I was surprised as a pupil who knew the person explained to him that we only wanted to sit down to just read , SILENTLY, he just told me well you can stay outside, what was fine by me, I just needed a place quiet and relaxing so that my pupils would enjoy reading again. I asked him whether I could organize a cultural event, and I got the shortest reply " You a need a permission from the town-hall", pretty convincing to make a tower plunge instantly as answer. Since when culture needs a municipal permission , easy in the land of bureaucracy it does require one. SHAME! All i wanted to initiate a book club for the pupils and here comes the first obstacle. We sat down,outside under the shades of old church and I explained to them the aims behind the outing and we read for a bout an hour, then every pupil presented the book she/he was reading, and provided a brief summary as a way to incite other pupils to read that book. Curiousity was my secret weapon to make pupils get involved in reading! We took some pictures for posterity and I asked them few questions about having our own book club, they loved and asked to it. I think that it is high time to give pupils the opportunity to have extra-curricular activities that would enable them to have the same chances and to raise they awareness about life, society, be active citizen. I am also sad to notice that our educational system is openly practicing Discrimination when I compare the region where I work and other regions where pioneer schools pupils are the stars and the ones belong to remote areas are the outcasts of an UNFAIR educational philosophy. GIVE ALL THE KIDS THE SAME PADDLES AND BOATS AND THEY SHALL SAIL TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE.