Sfax

Collection title

Memory of a city

ID

TUN00166

Source

TT (TN)

First broadcast date

08/12/2012

Production year

2012

Abstract

The current name of the Tunisian town "Sfax" is the twist of the legendary Berber hero Sifax, Sofax, or Sifax. The town is located at a northern latitude of 34,42 and at an eastern longitude of 10,51. It is the second largest town in Tunisia after the capital Tunis, located 280 km away, southeast. It counts about 340, 000 inhabitants in 2005. (More than 500, 000 inhabitants of the urban area, as estimated by the Statistics National Institute.) The town has an international airport and is the capital of Southern Tunisia. This documentary presents all the archeological and heritage monuments of the town of Sfax. This latter is a sea town located in the Gulfe of Gabes. Among these specificities, we may quote the special architecture of its old houses, pastries, the embroideries on the wedding and celebration costumes. The main monuments in town are: the Great Mosque, Bab El-Jebli, Bab Diwa and Bab El-Qasbah.

Type

video

Production companies

• Tunisian TV - Coproduction
• Ennaser Production - Coproduction

Broadcaster

Télévision Tunisienne - Télévision Tunisienne 1

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Siham Qallal
• Mohammed El-Azouzi
• Amel Drira
• Basma Boukhris
• Madiha Trabelci
• Qallal Siham - Searcher at the Heritage National Institute
• El-Azouzi Mohammed - Imam speaking
• Drira Amel - Local delegate for Traditional Industries
• Boukhris Basma - Pastry chef for traditional pastries
• Trabelci Madiha - Designer of traditional costums

Primary theme

Society and way of life

Secondary themes

• Tourism and cultural sites / Architecture
• Tourism and cultural sites / Museum
• Tourism and cultural sites / Archaeological sites
• Tourism and cultural sites / Tourist sites
• Tourism and cultural sites / Urbanism and cities / Capitals
• Tourism and cultural sites / Urbanism and cities / Main harbours

Credits / Cast

• Wajdi Al-Hamami - Director
• Jamal Eibtissam - Author of original work

Period of events

• 2012

Map locations

• Tunisia - Chotts and desert - Sfax

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

14m59