by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Today, our story comes from Scandinavia. Scandinavia, Sweden, Norway and Denmark… How far away these countries are from Tunisia! Further than Italy, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany or the Netherlands… Yet tales have a tendency to be similar to one another. This...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
It is said that caliph “Al Motasem” used to love poetry and poets. One day, a Bedouin man who was said to be a poet, came to visit the caliph. The caliph granted the Bedouin come in. There he entered, stepping forward and backward honoring the king, and...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Once there was a woodcutter, and as is the case in all stories about woodcutters, he had many children and was always working. He had been burning the candle at both ends gathering firewood in order to sell it, otherwise his wife and children would starve. Thus, they...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Once there was an old lady, who was walking down the street, when someone stepped on her shoe and broke it. She began limping around and looking for any shoemaker who might sew and fix it, until she found one. – “Good morning,” she said. – “Good morning to...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Once there was a rich and prosperous tradesman who was happily married and living with his wife. But as time passed, they, like oil and water, were no longer getting along, in constant disagreement and never liking the same things nor having the same perspective. So,...
