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The family of the late Tunisian painter and sculptor al-Tayyib Belhaj Ahmed is completing legal procedures to have his home and private museum listed as national heritage, paving the way for their inclusion in the tourist routes of Sousse governorate. The house contains works made by the artist from assorted discarded materials, as well as architectural details bearing his mark.
People with experience of addiction and those in recovery displayed works produced at Ibn Rachiq Cultural Centre in Tunis as part of a therapeutic programme combining medical care with painting, sculpture, ceramics and writing workshops. The initiative aims to help participants discover their abilities and rebuild their self-confidence, amid a rise in drug-related cases and continuing debate over treatment and sentencing policies.
The ‘Cinema on the Move’ initiative enabled residents of Zaghouan to watch Tunisian films and take part in arts workshops as part of the ‘Cinema Is Coming’ event. It used a mobile cinema inside a lorry to reach areas without cinemas, amid calls for greater funding and a fairer distribution of cultural spaces in Tunisia.
The Tunisian League for Human Rights documented 23 deaths among prisoners during the summer amid heatwaves and overcrowding in prisons. The World Organisation Against Torture called for independent and transparent investigations, while the prison administration rejected allegations of negligence and inadequate care.
A Tunisian court sentenced three defendants to between 20 and 30 years in prison in a case involving the smuggling of more than 4 kilograms of cocaine through Tunis-Carthage International Airport.
