by afrar | Jul 18, 2024 | Tunisian Stories
Once upon a time, there was a wealthy merchant’s trustee who had three sons. When his sons were old enough for marriage, he told his wife that it was time to find them wives.“Let us first settle a thorny matter.” said his wife. “Having daughters-in-law in the same...
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,...
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...
