This saying, la joie de vivre, is what Professor Rym Kaki described to our small class as "the Tunisian way of life". Translated, it means the joy of life or living. Tunisia, despite being a small developing country, was to me a beautiful place with a different way of life. Rules were not so enforced, people were friendly and hospitable (when they weren't skeezy Tunisian men), and all the food was fresh and delicious. Tunisia strikes me as having a great deal of potential. Despite being a non-oil drilling country and 40% of its land belonging to the barren Sahara Desert, Tunisia is rich in agriculture and able to export a great deal of production to France and other European countries. Tunisia also boasts an incredibly educated workforce, considering they have invested heavily in higher education in the last fifty years. It has certainly paid off for them, as a high number of engineering and scientific development countries have invested in production and design from Tunisian labor. Last of all which I find enamoring is that Tunisia is the most peaceful country in the MENA region. They only devote a few percent of their national budget to developing armed forces.
Anyways, my two weeks there was well spent and I wish I could have further explored that region of the earth. Hopefully during my semester in Spain I'll be able to visit Morocco and possibly Egypt.
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