The Egyptian National Library and Archives is located in Nile Corniche, Cairo and is the largest library in Egypt, followed by Al-Azhar University and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The Egyptian National Library and Archives are a non-profit government organization.
Ez-Zitouna University is a public ancient university in Tunis. The university was first established in 737 as a madrasa and subsequently as university in 1956. It consists of the Higher Institute of Theology and the Higher Institute of Islamic Civilisation in Tunis and a research institution, the Center of Islamic Studies, in Kairouan.
The National Library of Algeria has been in existence since Independence in the 1960s and it was modeled after a large administrative library that was established in 1835 by the French colonial authorities. A new building, constructed in the 1990s to house the million or so volumes of the national library, also enabled the library to considerably develop its services. Algeria's scientific and technical information needs are ensured by two organizations, the Centre for Technical and Scientific Information and Technology Transfer, the Algerian equivalent of the INIS network, and the National Social and Economic Documentation Centre, established in 1971, which ensures the selection and indexing of automated documentation on the social and economic development of the country and the collection of statistical data.
The Établissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne (ERTT) – French for Tunisian Radio and Television Establishment – was Tunisia's state broadcasting organization from 1990 until 2007 before it was split into the Tunisian Television Establishment and the Tunisian Radio Establishment. It operated two national television channels and several radio stations.
The National Library of Benin is the legal deposit library for Benin. Originally chartered in November 1975 and located in Ouidah, the library moved to a purpose built unit in the Ouando neighbourhood of Porto-Novo during the 1980s.
The Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina Faso is the legal deposit and copyright library for Burkina Faso. It was established on November 6, 1996.
National Library of Ivory Coast is located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
The Lebanese National Library, located in Beirut, is the national library of Lebanon. It closed to the public in 1979 due to the Lebanese Civil War, and its surviving collections were placed in storage. Restoration of its volumes and planning for a new site began in 1999.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tunis, Tunisia.
The Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie is located in Nouakchott, Mauritania in the building of the National Museum of Mauritania. The library has a collection of 10,000 volumes and employs 41 staff members. The library has seven branches.
The National Library of Aleppo is a Syrian national library in the northern city of Aleppo. It was opened in 1924, at the Islamic awqaf department in Khan al-Jumrok at the time of the French Mandate.
The National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco is located in Rabat, Morocco with a branch in Tetouan. The Bibliothèque Générale was created in 1924. In 2003 it was renamed the "Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume du Maroc."
The National Engineering School of Tunis, or ENIT, is the oldest engineering school in the country after the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (1898). Part of the University of Tunis - El Manar, it is located at El Manar campus in Tunis.
Radio Tunis called Tunisian National Radio or Radio of Tunisia, founded in October 1938, is the primary radio station of Tunisia whose offices are located at Tunis.
The Diocesan Library of Tunis is a library located in Tunis. It is operated by the Archdiocese of Tunis and specializes in religious science, focused on facilitating dialogue between religions and cultures.
Sophie Bessis is a Tunisian-born French historian, journalist, researcher, and feminist author. She has written numerous works in French, Spanish, and English on development in the Maghreb and the Arab world, as well as the situation of women denouncing the identity imprisonment to which they are subjected. She is the recipient of the Paris Liège literary prize and was honored as Commandeur of the Order of the Republic.
Juliette Bessis was born in 1925 in Gabès, Tunisia, and died 2017 in Paris, France. She was a contemporary Tunisian scholar and historian specializing in the Maghreb region of northern Africa.
The Établissement de la Radio Tunisienne is Tunisia's state-owned public radio broadcaster. It was formed in August 2007, when the former national state broadcaster ERTT was split into separate radio and television companies. Tunisian Radio operates ten stations, four nationwide and six regionally. It is an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The Établissement de la Télévision Tunisienne is Tunisia's national state-owned public service television broadcaster. The company was established by the country's president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in August 2007, by dividing the country's former state broadcaster ERTT into separate companies for radio and television. Tunisian television operates two nationwide television channels and is an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
