a windy hilltop overlooking the arid landscape of the Dahar mountain chain in South Tunisia. Gigantic letters perched on the rocky outcrop I’m standing on spell out, “MATMATA”. Matmata is ...

(Cain Burdeau / AP) MATMATA, Tunisia -- There's a reason the original ... Traffic is sparse. Mountain profiles etch the landscape. Out of nowhere, a town appears: Douz. A restaurant menu lists ...

We have never had any choice other than to teach at our own homes,” said Milood Lamloom, 76, a Berber resident of the mountains near Matmata. The Berbers, who make up only 1 percent of Tunisia ...

Northern forested mountains with a rather Italian feel descend to lush coastal plains. The south is dominated by science fiction-style desert landscapes. And on the way... Matmata - the Berber ...

Kais Saied, Tunisia’s president, suspended parliament in a 2021 power grab; it has since reconvened but anxieties remain. The troglodyte complex of the Sidi Idriss hotel in Matmata was used as a ...

The fifth edition of the Matmata ... troupes from Tunisia and abroad will take part in the festival which will also feature horsing shows and a colloquium on the region's mountain villages.

This political decision, launched with a speech by the first president of Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba, in the city of Matmata in 1959, was part of a push to build a “modern” state.

MATMATA, Tunisia (AP) — There’s a reason the original ... The horizons stretch longer. Traffic is sparse. Mountain profiles etch the landscape. Out of nowhere, a town appears: Douz.