Tunisia

The flag has a red star and cescent, symbolizing Islam,
 in a withe circel in a red Field. It derivers from the
Otoman fag.

The Name:

Also know as Republic of Tunisia. The old Roman province of Africa under the Arabs became first Ifriqiya, then later Tunisia. Today Tunisia is part of the larger Arab world, with which it shares a language and many cultural elements, including a political identification.

Location:

Is located in north-central Africa, between Algeria and Libya. It capital is located 10 kilometers inland the Mediterranean Sea.
Tunisia has an area of 63,200 square miles.

Demography:

• 9.6 million people.
• 64% Urban population, 19% live in Great Tunis.
  

Language:

• Almost all Tunisians  are speaks Arabic (Oficial language)
• Second most sopken language: French.
• Berber languages are spoken in some towns in southern Tunisia.

Religion:

• Islam
  

Traditions and Customs:

• Tunisians families are patriarchal.
• Men are responsible for producing an income.
• Women are responsible for managing the household.
• There is some preference for cousins as marriage partnes.
• The marriage ceremony involves the shift of the bride from her house to her groom's house, while the groom waits outside, so that he may enter into the bridal chamber where she is waiting.
• A man should not show too much curiosity towards the women in his friend's family
• women were supposed to be circumspect in their behavior.
• A man is not supposed to smoke in front of his father, and he is not supposed to carry his own child in the presence of his father.