Others wore traditional Muslim headscarves, or veils — clothes that until recently were actually banned in Tunisia. Differences Among Women We got off the train at a seaside village, on a street ...

Tunisian women are three times as likely to suffer ... It is above all women's traditional role in society that influences factors associated with obesity. This is still widely prevalent: for ...

Like most Tunisian women, I grew up thinking this ... This is what explains Bourguiba’s reinforcement of women’s traditional roles as wives, mothers and guardians of Islamic tradition in ...

Tunisia has overturned a law that banned women from marrying non-Muslims. A spokeswoman for President Beji Caid Essebsi made the announcement and congratulated women on gaining "the freedom to ...

"It means a woman's history is written on ... too in a tradition going back 6,000 years in Tunisia," she said. Mahdouani has researched the traditional "tekaz" tradition of Berber tattoos ...

With the appointment of Najla Bouden as Tunisia’s prime minister last year and the election of a record 10 women to the country’s 24-member cabinet, the Arab state appeared to be making great ...

On a hillside in Tunisia's northwestern highlands, women scour a sun-scorched field for the wild herbs they rely on for their livelihoods, but droughts and rising temperatures are making it ever ...

Tunisia's National Women's Day is often associated ... This is what explains Bourguiba's reinforcement of women's traditional roles as wives, mothers and guardians of Islamic tradition in his ...