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a passion once share and what do today's distinct cultures have in common? journalists, xena, l moss. rock and joe power abdul karim, travel the coast of the mediterranean, in search of answers. do you see yourself with all the wrinkles and responsibilities? how can you afford to say these animals? god help with join us to get to know the people and their dreams. a mediterranean jeremy today, my journey takes me to tunisia. it may be the smallest country in north africa, but it boasts diverse landscapes and with its rich cultural heritage. it's a microcosm of the mediterranean world. tenicia has around 12000000,

resonates for 75 years. the country was a french protector. in the early 19 fifties, a before gave us spearheaded the tradition independence moved. in 1959. he became tunisia 1st elected president. domains on my left, one flash on your view, the words basha in. you know, you're in tunisia, you get all the more precisely in the capital tunis lavish. it's incredibly beautiful climate. the sun is shining with and i'm looking forward to meeting rusty who lost a dance from. now when i watching the rusty, biggest me as a choreographer and one of the very few male belly dancers and tunis ever since belly dancing was popularized in the west. in the 19th century. female dancers have faced sexist and oriental stereotypes brushed. he plays with these cliches by

slipping into the female wrong. i caught up with him in the medina, tunis. the capitals, old town is a labyrinth of alleyways or carpet dealers, perfumes and shoe salesman ply there. where's the streets are full of young people in these life? a little bit below. i see that you love the old town. why? i love it because it's like me myself with his wife. my father, left gothic again was it. i wish my had many offers to live in countries like france and belgium, and i always turn them down because my work has no meaning outside of chinese. you had a lot that i work on chinese ian dance which belongs. he and america. if i did that somewhere else, it would be like taking a fish out of the ocean. yeah. how it was done. they said that the silica has come in the head of the household. erosion is to nestle right here. rusty biggest me is rehearsing with a musician at the theater in the old town. hi. what's this instrument called?

it's a far ha demos are they only exist in tunisia job if you find a drum like this, you know, it's from here. you know, anything like this on about, i know that article that our book is bigger. this. here's the tunisian tomlin i did a book. ah mm . i was in the that know initially tell me what moves you to dance italy on that. i had them how to get to that have been, have been why the reason he sound society's full view of how should i put a lot of man's bodies, let his is a national financial walker with

a to be on the sort of customer i what is this image of men that are, are so that as an affair that, that a man doesn't move or dance. he's one of the many stereotypes that existing arabic muslim country most definitely still market that out of your muscle. human element of them out of a little cl, for instance, when i give a performance about eroticism or sexuality, there are negative reactions from the audience or the press and society and you get, if you could selby, then why? if you only there taboos that double blue tunisia again, independence in 1956, but it took many decades and the arab spring for the country to start to transition to democracy when it comes to women's rights. tunisia is one of the most liberal muslim countries in the region, though reforms are still sorely needed. ah,

the state for faith that heck, i'm standing in front of vita hickman, the house of wisdom seemed that house hearing tenicia. there are topics which many are reluctant to discuss out loud, thema, the koran is one of them that's out. so i'm meeting with dr. silly in the city and a researcher who has helped recontextualize the corolla is yet ah, in this library life, 5 thick volumes entitled the koran text and its variance. doctor selene worked on them for years, analyzing jewish and christian sources, as well as aramaic and syriac literature. in the process of look around in the yearly nasdaq window and fool, the koran was revealed more than 1400 years ago on jani as in window of feldman. and how does it need to change in the 20 twenty's when i've been with us with us? surely letting me that i yet if he had that let the koran doesn't change, let was leave that i am lucky in the mentality about how we deal with the koran

must change. he lives, he has those reading the koran. today i need to all to the way they approach the tests. yeah. and the way of thinking what i bet then will goodness, if you should buddy on, which either did you choose yoga. he jacqueline nothing for any who will the correct verses should speak for themselves will is not true. saw me mom or missionary who sets out certain rules of faith that people should follow why and that that, that i'm going to, we are when debate began in june this year about men and women's rights. regarding inheritance law, the limit leaders of the old outside to name moscow started spreading untruth. nick, we spoke of a clear on the ambiguity in this matter in the koran law. that means for bab maria . it's written that way in the corral. leave on this. nothing. we can do about it in a day. in this case. they say there's no gender equality between men and women. when it comes to equality, only god's justice matters. they believe it's god's will that women have a lower status than men. miller, as a mother, in your opinion,

a holler home or any of your live hover. i say that the koran doesn't say that. so i may have the only housing parts of the koran and making a whole science out of it and put an eye on the other hand to take from the quran, that it is the will that essentially determines who is entitled to inherit mirror on where if he thought, oh no, you shouldn't claim to be idea that only as at law can inherit men who now under the cool, i think the koran says something completely different and these people do my work. if you will let the alleged clear on the ambiguity that doesn't exist, and ha, he hardly the one mug loop. any luis, our man shouldn't inherit more than a woman that russell jasa la, right? okay, so i have a personal question for you. i ask away it to the on, do you see yourself as a muslim, was lima. ha, ha ha ha ha. and a committed one, but i think i'm closer to got them. they are human than whom in one minute those

people were there. so you levine, i use that easy moms and she she left poisoning of the younger generation bed. yeah, i know you, they see young people as marian. it to be manipulative so low. adequate my 1st day in tunisia is coming to an end. so many thoughts are going through my head this evening. this isn't the 1st time i've been to tunisia, but rarely have i experienced it as intensively as i have to day. one of the countries prettiest places as the artists village city beside one. and this is where tenacious middle and upper classes are at home along tennis, mediterranean coast, in the affluent suburb of carthage, the sandy beaches of lamesa are a popular destination for day trippers from tunis,

looking to escape the hot and monkey inner city a nissan madame is a young fashioned designer from tunis with an ambitious goal. she wants to conquer the international market with annisa item, the fashion level she founded in 2016. i meet her and her parents house. a nisa belongs to tunisia, predominantly french influenced upper class. she grew up in tunis and paris had studied fashion designed in new york. i'm thinking which one would i where? yeah. you know yet, i think i would go for this one. the i with eyes. yeah, very. this is very nice. i like this. it inside a lid, which is a region into nisa. ok. and the pattern is inspired by patterns on food that the behind the impulse. ok. okay. so this is in hand woven by

items in the mid enough jonas, this is and that i'm working with. i has been working with and his family has been working in stuck weaving for 7 generation. the de brand is called a nissan. yeah, it's your name on your site is mainly and i don't i, there is my sister and my sister's name. it says your view, my sister passed away in 2000 vandals lewis to tell you to hear that. yeah. she was living in madrid and she had a car accident before going to the universe. well, so now you show your law for her through your what you yet or likely. and i want to try this one. no. yeah. that see. but i feel like i'm doing karate or ninja. yeah. i yeah. in japanese of this kind of blowing as cold k cookie. okay. and is there some kind of chemo about, is there warren, for marshall aren't exactly, i feel like i'm a marshalls warrior or something. does this look good?

yeah, really. yeah. i do also have a version in new bring. it's really nice. i like the colors. why is it important for you to say yeah, because of are also a lot of overton. it is. you can find artisans though. i'm making incredible fangs . and so this is really a resource, so you want to support i do when i say i shows were all of that. what to news? yeah. has been the has to say in 2010 to nisha underwent a period of great people. the self installation of st. vendor mohammed boise provided the catalyst for what is known as the arab spring. after dictator been a leaf fled the country to neesha, held its 1st free elections. much has changed since then, but many young tunisians still have no work and few prospects even with the buy them will be a lot of money and stuff. do you work?

is it easy to find, work from home with? yes, but the problem is that the work is under pays out even if it's hard work with lots of working hours. are monday them a good look? look good because it will cost money, little moves. i don't that's how that. how much would you her little bit money for a day's work? i think when you dinner go, are you right on 20 denart? what's that in euro's 10 euros? no more like 7 euros. that's how it is. anyone who says differently is lying. the initial l. i o, but it doesn't work out. will you find one or is it tough? austin, we have to wait a long time. i leave the capital tunis and head south.

hm. after traveling roughly 270 kilometers, i reached kanisha. second largest city is fox. ah, it's an important commercial and industrial center, which is why the mediterranean isn't so clean here. mm. it's fox, as city center, i meet some young people who are trying to change that. oh, in this co working space, young start up, entrepreneurs meet regularly to find innovative solutions to environmental ecological and sustainability issues. and that is the power but coffee and send a message that you're one of the founders of eco's own and goes on. so that's right . and lay why focus on the eco console, not equal. ok? equal m eco's comes from ecology. like in facts,

we have environmental issues and pollution. it's not a healthy environment. so it was alcohol to create a space in which ecology plays a role and in which it's possible to exchange ideas about this. hi, anya, plymouth. you can work here and they are also lectures, training sessions and gatherings finished. you may people work and at the same time get the chance to meet others. it's fatima. they can collaborate on projects or even produce them hidden y'all and the yes, we hope that these projects, which we're supposing will grow at some point to magically igloo who is whoa. harsha croon and her colleagues are helping young entrepreneurs found startups. so number 2, they show them how to create a business plan explained product development tools and most of all of that help them market themselves. humor. yeah. enamel the government uniform, bulk of easy matthew alo did to get in until tomorrow, and i still,

i'm not in the model on why did you decide to go into business for yourself? now, one of the things i've noticed, antonia is that many people aim to become civil servants. yes. and be under partnership. isn't that popular for sure? which one do you want to do this on a heads. as an entrepreneur, you give it your own hope for now you have the opportunity to be active in your field and change things for the better of the my field is medicine. this is an entrepreneur. i can for example, develop an app to reach people, those that accept it obvious. i live on fees. one of the challenges in tunisia of the very high unemployment k through 5th, ala gone. i many young people have trouble finding a job. oh, we don't have i resolved. what do you think can be done to solve that? listen is here to help as to what i put down will of able he still, we may shipping globally in terms of retail to get to know the infrastructure is missing. first, if you listen, yes it's missing entirely, spread out the state must give us the chance to pass on. i'm only shot

internationally as well, but the 2nd landing would help with latin and know it to nicea is known more for its human capitals and full results is like boy and or something with it's nice to see how these young people are taking the initiative themselves rather than waiting for the government to change things from spock's, i had north again to no boot or something. typically tunisia awaits me with the here. yes. i mean uh hm. um. normally i wouldn't be sitting here fully dressed . comedy tunisians usually come here for some are an orange planet, but this time i've decided to do something different and she than i'm going to have a facial mask because i'm looking quite tired luggage fund. i'm curious how i'll look afterwards about since i'm acting as a guinea pig. oh,

that you're going to try that out on me. chima a t as training to be a beautician organ. now tell him what you're going to do today. what am i getting an r g, a mosque massage that he normally modules a type of clay, right? exactly. for a lot of in that belong. it's a medicinal play that we mix with. rose water and orange blossom extract, orange. we mix that with the odd jill to make it very smooth facial mosque because it brightens and moisturizers the skin and cleanses it, which is why we sometimes rub it on the entire body in the steam bath. my work, it helps combat wrinkles and has an anti aging effect all gauging. oh yes, i'm the aging. i mean, i sure

what does the, her mom mean to you as an amendment either going to the her mom is a typically chin izzy and constant blessed a good old chinese eons. go to the her mom once a week. i love it was full of what came on. it came out with stainless from the fax it, in the old days, people didn't have running water at home, good sanitary facilities, them. what would them ha my, those men with men and women together? muscle you know, separately, or stare at times for men and others for women of but at the same. hm. um, just at different time locked in this then there are hm moms just for men or women with black book. this is my, this is my 1st mascot ever, ever, ever, ever? stephanie? because i never thought i'd have a facial. but okay. whatever me ha, quade, quade. 2 he says they'll have to wait for 10 minutes and can't move or talk about. that's tough for me. but our grid, my teeth and get on with it. tenicia doesn't have

a dual education system like germany. does. apprentices learn on the job rather than attending vocational schools? a rule, even if someone says they tend to use a training, we often find on the job that he or she can do little when you ask them, do you know how to do this so that you soon notice they don't match f and they haven't been shown how to do the simplest things. there's no professional training here. that is so good. it's really good. how is it? good? yes, her perfect. really nice and with 10 years younger,

santiago they say i look 10 years younger, so i feel better at any rate. i'll see how it looks. um yeah. yeah. but you're happy with the result and then it's perfect. uh huh. it refreshed and feeling a decade younger, i leave no booth and head for jad about north africa's largest island. settled since antiquity. it has its own distinct culture. while the coastal towns are full of tourists, life in the islands interior is still very traditional. it's friday market day in the village of idiot. everywhere you see the straw hats which are typically for jet above the st. art project jet above wood took place here in 2014150 artists from all over the world came to korea, colorful murals on 80 odds white balls. in this film,

jews and muslims have lived side by side relatively peacefully for centuries. he's been in air yet all. i'm in, eddie on and if you listen closely in the background, you hear the friday prayer. i was david all but jews also. they pier tuscan, i'm standing in front of the law. the boss synagogue faces white house. you used to be able to walk through here without rigorous security check sites. but that changed in 2002 by in the synagogue was the target of terror attacks, lot of these integral, but before world war to some 100000 jews lived in tunisia during the german occupation, thousands of jews were killed or turned in camps after the war many felt unwelcome and left for dead. he sits by mia holidays. what he is with me now. if he says he's responsible for this synagogue on chat about high school, it's hard ladiva or the stranger lead the synagogues called log. hey law. why is it named the stranger? because it contains a stone from jerusalem. i shall, hasn't the brought a stone from jerusalem incense this stone comes from

a foreign country. they enter the amount of stone, but they don't say returned from just that it came from abroad. yep. so folks call the synagogue log reba or the stranger and how old is the synagogue that synagogue around 2600 years old, 2600 years. it's africa's oldest synagogue. each year the synagogue becomes a place of pilgrimage for jews around the world. they come here to celebrate the religious holiday log bowman. many of them have roots in tunisia. ah, on friday in the village of eddie od on jaguar, the preparing for the sabbath. there's a buzz of excitement behind on the street vendors are selling homemade cakes. the children gets and i just

can't resist a video and i saw there was retreats here and i just had to come and try their typical jewish treats from jabber. we prepared them, push a bond with the table. i run a good and as fresh with this is still going from the albany, the hon. warm the name of the not take half a piece of. uh huh. that jewish tradition is still thriving on january is a testament to mutual tolerance. the vast majority of gentlemen residents are muslims, or more precisely the bodies. but sometimes there is no escaping, woke oliver, even on a small island in the mediterranean, north american. i mean, i believe there is war between arabs and des randall and that causes a lot of confusion. some people think where is rain is but we have nothing to do with his rattle by not his ragged which you nicea them, though,

because you're jewish, they continue in israeli and get their facts mixed up with a little more when you say to them. randomized special, but they didn't either. i did, i have nothing to do with all those things either. i thought they were should with the with that, do you feel tunisian as well as jewish yahoo! beth, i'll shoot him a horse, of course auntie, uneasy with all the rights and responsibilities that everyone else a conference call to education with all those right. ah, my trip is coming to an end. i must leave tunisia. it's fledging. democracy behind when he gets he has it. so i'm looking back. what really impressed me with the

motivation of young people feel the energy of the dancer, dan, i believe this country has enormous potential. this isn't like as the countries the greatest crank that's people stack of us and, and hudson, and the people here are incredibly motivated and want to change things once you've . yep. and that's what i'm going to take away with me. ah ah ah, with

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