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Tunis is the capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. As of 2020, it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region and the eleventh-largest in the Arab world.
Muhammad VII al-Munsif, ) commonly known as Moncef Bey was the Bey of Tunis between 19 June 1942 and 14 May 1943. He was the penultimate ruler of the Husainid dynasty.
Muhammad VIII al-Amin commonly known as Lamine Bey, was the last Bey of Tunis, and also the only King of Tunisia.
Tunisian independence was a process that occurred from 1952 to 1956 between France and a separatist movement, led by Habib Bourguiba. He became the first Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia after negotiations with France successfully had brought an end to the colonial protectorate and led to independence.
The Beylik of Tunis, also known as Kingdom of Tunis was a largely autonomous beylik of the Ottoman Empire located in present-day Tunisia. It was ruled by the Husainid dynasty from 1705 until the establishment of the French protectorate of Tunisia in 1881. Under the protectorate, the institution of the Baylik was retained nominally, with the Husainids remaining as largely symbolic sovereigns.
Ahmed I, born 2 December 1805 in Tunis died 30 May 1855 at La Goulette, was the tenth Husainid Bey of Tunis, ruling from 1837 until his death. He was responsible for the abolition of slavery in Tunisia in 1846.
Mahmoud Djellouli (1755–1839) was a trader and Tunisian diplomat. He was a member of the same clan as Youssef Saheb Ettabaa and among the important figures of his time.
Yahia Turki,, born Yahia Ben Mahmoud El Hajjem in 1903 in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, died 1 March 1969, was a Tunisian painter described as the "father of Tunisian painting". After the Independence in 1956, Yahia became the president of l'Ecole de Tunis, which was created in 1947 by Pierre Boucherle in an attempt to gather Tunisian artists, regardless of their religious, racial, or artistic background, and with the common interest of establishing a Tunisian painting style.
The cinema of Tunisia began in 1896, when the Lumière brothers began showing animated films in the streets of Tunis.
Fethi Haddaoui is a Tunisian actor, director, writer and producer.
Mohamed Larbi Zarrouk Khaznadar was the Prime Minister and Khaznadar, or minister of finance, of the Beylik of Tunis.
Lotfi Achour is a Tunisian writer, producer and director for theater and cinema. He is the author of more than 25 theater productions on different stages. His last show was co-produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the 2012 Olympic Games London. In cinema, he produced three award-winning shorts presented at dozens of festivals, including Père nominated the 2017 Césars and La laine Sur Le Dos in official competition at Cannes in 2016, and nominated for the 2017 Academy Awards. In 2016, he directed and produced his first feature film, Demain Dès L'Aube.
Kaouther Ben Hania is a Tunisian film director. Beauty and the Dogs (2017), her best-known film, was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her 2020 film The Man Who Sold His Skin was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Mohamed Ben Attia, born January 5, 1976, in Tunis, is a Tunisian director and screenwriter.
Albert Samama Chikly, was a Tunisian filmmaker and photographer. Considered one of the earliest pillars in World Cinema, Albert was a photographer, filmmaker, technophile, adventurer, cyclist and the pioneer of the Seventh Art.
Youssef Saheb Ettabaa, was a Tunisian politician and a mameluk of Moldavian origin. He became a Prime Minister of the Beylik of Tunis.
The Ministry of the Pen was a ministerial position in Tunisia between 1860 and the end of the monarchical regime in 1957.
Nassim Shamama or Nessim Scemama was a Tunisian Jew who performed the function of caïd (head) for the Jewish community of the country. He also worked for the Husseinid beys, occupying the post of Receiver General and then Director of Finance. After amassing a huge fortune from his official positions he left Tunisia and after his death his estate became the subject of several famous and protracted international lawsuits.
Mahmoud Ben Ayed, Mahmoud Ben Ayad, born in 1805 in Tunis and died in 1880 in istanbul, was a Tunisian politician. His misappropriation of funds while in office led the Tunisian state to bankruptcy and financial dependence on Europe, and was thus one of the causes of the establishment of the French protectorate of Tunisia.
Abdellatif Ben Ammar was a Tunisian film director and screenwriter.
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