by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
A couple of years ago, I was hanging out in the theater. During the break, people started to gather in the balcony to smoke and talk. In this hustle and bustle, two people began to argue. Although they looked elegant and well-dressed, as if they were members of the...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
They say: ‘No one can understand a mute person except their mother. It is the same with a madman–only it’s not his mother that can understand him, it’s only another madman! It’s only if you are mad yourself that you can actually understand and...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Are you aware that each time a woman talks about something that a man has done wrong, she says: “Men will be men!” However, if she talks about some woman who has betrayed her husband or done him some real wrong, she will never say: “Women can’t...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Once, there was a sultan who was religious. He had always appreciated and valued scholars and had always esteemed religious men. This sultan would pray often and commit God’s word to memory but he had noticed that his people were not attending to their religious...
by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Once there was a sultan who had never had any children. Because of this, his life was becoming unbearable and he was always worrying about who his successor would be. He was so consumed by it every moment of the day that he lost interest in food and sleep until...