Month: May 2025

The story of Saudi surgeon who broke record for separating twins

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Renowned Saudi surgeon Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah participated in an intellectual symposium on his successful and inspiring career in an interesting lecture recently held at the University of Medicine in Sousse, Tunisia. The lecture was an inspiring lesson full of energy and advice, and when Al-Rabeeah spoke, everyone fell silent in the presence of culture, science, knowledge, and humility. Dr. Al-Rabeeah, who has spent part of his life performing one of the most complex operations in the world, has performed around 100 twin separations, and no other surgeon has performed so…

We rely on Tunisia and other brotherly countries to dissuade India from escalation, says Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tunisia

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Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tunisia, Javed Ahmed Umrani i, expressed hope that Tunisia and other peace-loving Muslim countries would make diplomatic efforts to dissuade India from escalating in a way that would preserve regional and international security. Umrani said on Wednesday at a media briefing dedicated to presenting his country’s point of view regarding the recent escalation following a mine attack in the disputed territory of Jammu Kashmir, that his country condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. He noted that India’s dangerous policy of escalation could lead to dire…

Cairo International Film Festival Opens Submissions for the 11th Cairo Film Connection

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Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the opening of submissions for the 11th edition of the Cairo Film Connection, part of the festival’s 46th edition, scheduled to take place from November 12 to 21, 2025. Applications will be accepted from May 7 through August 1, 2025, via the festival’s official website: www.ciff.org.eg. Cairo Film Connection is a professional platform dedicated to supporting feature-length narrative and documentary projects from the Arab world, in both development and post-production stages. It aims to empower Arab filmmakers by providing financial grants, production services,…

Eight Films Supported by Doha Film Institute Selected for 2025 Cannes Film Festival

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Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced on Monday that eight films supported through its grants program have been selected for the 78th Cannes Film Festival, reaffirming the Institute’s enduring commitment to nurturing bold, original voices in world cinema. Spanning a wide spectrum of genres, styles, and cultural narratives, this year’s selected films reflect the richness of global storytelling and underscore DFI’s mission to champion compelling, underrepresented perspectives from the Arab world and beyond. The selected projects will be unveiled to global audiences across various sections of the festival, including the official…

Water diplomacy in Tunisia: BRIDGE programme concludes strategic cycle of dialogues on Medjerda river basin

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Following a cycle of dialogues launched in June 2024, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) organised, on February 4th and 5th, 2025, in Tunis, the 3rd water diplomacy workshop as part of the BRIDGE Phase 5 programme, focused on the Medjerda River Basin. This unique cycle of dialogues brought together, in each session, a diverse range of institutional, technical, associative, and scientific actors with a common goal: strengthening cooperation and sustainable governance of shared water resources in the context of global climate, environmental, and economic challenges. The BRIDGE programme…

Tunisia Inflation Hits Lowest Level Since 2021

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The annual inflation rate in Tunisia eased to 5.6% in April 2025, down from 5.9% in March, marking the lowest level since May 2021, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) revealed on Monday The slowdown was primarily driven by softer price increases in food and non-alcoholic beverages (7.3% vs. 7.8%), clothing and footwear (9.4% vs. 11.7%), and household contents, equipment, and maintenance (5.4% vs. 5.5%). In contrast, inflation in housing and utilities held steady at 3.2%, while transportation costs edged up to 3.5% from 3.2%, the same source added. On…

Dam Filling Rate at 38.2 %, Strong Regional Disparities Remain

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The water situation in Tunisia remains worrying despite a slight increase to 38.32 % compared to 36.5 % on April 16, according to the National Observatory of Agriculture (Onagri). The Observatory reports a total volume of 907.47 million cubic meters of water in reservoirs, an increase, but still far from the seasonal average. There are still strong regional disparities, with the north benefiting the most from the recent rains, while the center and the Cap-Bon remain in a water crisis. As a result, water stress for agriculture and domestic use…