Bourguiba: the decision and modernity man

Collection title

Special program for the eleventh anniversary of Hbib Bourguiba's death

ID

TUN00143

Source

TT (TN)

First broadcast date

2011

Production year

2011

Abstract

Special program for the eleventh anniversary of Leader Hbib Bourguiba's death, entitled: "Bourguiba: Bourguiba: the man of decision and modernity”. As a start, an extract from Bourguiba’s discourse in the 60s (the first President of the Republic in 1957, who is granted permanent presidency). Then his funerals, in the presence of presidents of the Arabic and Western countries. We will then discover some declarations and positioning of political and media figures about him: -Paying a tribute to his devotion, his seriousness, his popularity and his political wisdom. -Presentation of his major political positions about women’s liberation, free education, the fight against illiteracy and social climbing. -His success to reach national unity in a country that undergone tribal divisions. To conclude, we watch black and white pictures archives, a testimony of Bourguiba’s fight and position in respect to the Palestinian cause and Arab entity. It is important to underline that Bourguiba is the founder of secularism, in Tunisia.

Type

video

Production companies

• Tunisian TV - Own production

Broadcaster

Télévision Tunisienne - Télévision Tunisienne 1

Audiovisual form

Other

Personalities

• Al-Filali Mustapha
• Al-Mastiri Ahmad
• Ben Jedou Ghassan

Primary theme

Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.

Credits / Cast

• Al-Guidawi Hamadi - Journalist

Period of events

• 1957

Map locations

• Tunisia - North - Monastir

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

26m1

Additional information

Habib Bourguiba was born on August 3rd, 1903, in Monsatir, in a humble family, and passed away on April 6th, 2000. He studies at Sadiki Highschool, then joins the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences in Paris, and graduates in 1927. He then comes back to Tunisia to become a lawyer. On March 2nd, 1934, he creates "Destour", a political party that fights for the independence of the country. He is put in detention on various occasions, between September 3rd, 1934, and June, 1955. On June 3rd, 1955, he signs an agreement with France, thus allowing Tunisia to get it internal independence. Among his major works, let’s quote the edition of the magazine “Code of personal status”, dating back to August 13th, 1956.