Day: September 2, 2017

“Eco-tourism driving sustainability” theme of workshop on eco-tourism in Tunisia’s northwest region

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The Northwest region of Tunisia hosted from August 26 to 29 an eco-tourism workshop on the theme Eco-tourism driving sustainability”. The Pinna APDPE Association organized the workshop as part of its project ECOMEL funded by the PPI-OSCAN stemming from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCNmed). The PPI-OSCAN is a regional initiative for the strengthening of the Civil Society in North Africa, which helps young associations to get involved in new challenges related to the environment and sustainable development through innovative projects in the region. The first edition of this workshop…

Star Wars locations in Tunisia hoping for the return of the Jedi

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“THIS is where it all began,” says Abdou Ameur. “This is the house where Luke Skywalker grew up.” A low, domed building, a bit like an igloo, stands deserted and alone in the middle of a dried-up salt lake. Salt crystals crunch underfoot as the wind whips fine sand through the huge basin. In the film, two suns blaze in the sky above the house. In real life, one sun is plenty, with temperatures rising to well over 40 degrees centigrade. Abdou Ameur heads a small Star Wars fan club…

Google’s 6-month Launchpad Accelerator opens to startups in 20 more markets

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Google has announced that it’s more than doubling the number of markets in which its Launchpad Accelerator program is open to startups. The internet giant first unveiled its Launchpad Accelerator for a handful of countries across Latin America and Asia back in 2015, and it has since expanded to 17 markets around the world, including Europe and Africa earlier this year. Now the program is landing in another 20 locations across five continents, including: (Africa) Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Uganda; (Asia) Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; and (Europe) Estonia, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia; and…

This is how Eid al-Adha 2017 is being celebrated around the world

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This is how Eid al-Adha 2017 is being celebrated around the world Millions of Muslims around the world are gathering to celebrating the second Eid event of the year. Worshippers came together in their hundreds and even thousands to mark the start of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice. Around 5,500 people attended Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre in Birmingham for prayer sessions on Friday, September 1, as the first day of the Eid festivities began. Birmingham’s prayers were held indoors this year because of wet weather and the…

Egypt revamps cave museum devoted to Nazi general

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An old field telephone from the 1940s, a Nazi flag and a map of Tobruk greet visitors to the newly reopened Rommel Cave Museum in Marsa Matrouh, one of Egypt’s lesser known tourist destinations. The items belonged to Erwin Rommel, one of the most celebrated generals of Nazi Germany until he was implicated in a plot to kill the Fuhrer in 1944. Rommel has long been remembered as one of the few “decent” Nazi commanders, though there is debate over his legacy of chivalry. Rommel was known to the Germans as “the people’s…