1. My country, my city, my university and me Hamda TEBRA, Tunisia SUSI Bard College, New York Summer 2015

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4. FACTS ABOUT TUNISIA  Population :12 Million  Area:163,610 square kilometer  Continent:AF – Africa  Capital:Tunis  Currency:Dinar (TND)  Relgion: Islam  Language : Arabic  Climate:temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south  Terrain:mountains in north, desert in the South,  Resources:petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt

7. Brief History of Tunisia 1100 BC - Phoenicians settle the north African coast. The city of Carthage, near the site of present-day Tunis, becomes a naval power. 146 BC - Carthage falls to the Romans. 439 AD - Vandals invade; Roman buildings and artefacts are destroyed. 600s - Arabs conquer the territory of present-day Tunisia. 909 - Berbers wrest the region from the Arabs. 1600s - Tunisia becomes part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, but has a high degree of autonomy.

8. 1881 - French troops occupy Tunis. France controls economic and foreign affairs; Tunisia is a French protectorate from 1883. 1956 20 March - Tunisia becomes independent with Bourguiba as prime minister. 1987 - Bloodless palace coup: Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has President Bourguiba declared mentally unfit to rule and takes power himself.

9. Tunisia : the Arab Spring, ‘Success’?!  2010 December - Protests break out over unemployment and political restrictions, and spread nationwide.  Tunisians overthrew the Ben Ali regime in the first popular revolution of the Arab Spring  2011 January - President Ben Ali goes into exile amid continuing protests.  Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi announces an interim national unity government, only partly satisfying protesters.  2011 February - Prime Minister Ghannouchi resigns, responding to demands by demonstrators calling for a clean break with the past.

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14. 2011 October - Parliamentary elections. Ennahda party wins, but falls short of an outright majority. 2011 November - National Assembly which will draft a new constitution meets for first time. 2011 December - Human rights activist Moncef Marzouki is elected president by the constituent assembly, Ennahda leader Hamadi Jebali is sworn in as prime minister.

15. 2013 February - Prime Minister Jebali resigns after his ruling Ennahda party rejects his proposals to form a government of technocrats. 2013 October - Governing Islamist party, Ennahda, agrees to hand over power to caretaker government of independent figures tasked with organizing fresh elections in 2014. Tunisians look at election posters before the 2014 parliamentary polls. 2014 October - Nidaa Tounes, which unites secularists, trade unionists, liberals and players from the Ben Ali era, wins largest bloc of seats in parliamentary election, overtaking the Ennahda Party. Surprisingly the two opposing party form a coalition government. 2014 December - Nidaa Tounes candidate Beji Caid Essebsi arround 90 years becomes president after decisively beating outgoing president Moncef Marzouki in run-off elections.

16. Mahdia a place to visit Mahdia is a city with 80 000 inhabitants, It is important for the associated fish- processing industry, as well as weaving and tourism.

17. Mahdia a place to visit

23. Amphitheatre of El Jem

25. Tunisia a place to visit

28. Higher Institute of Applied Languages Beja, University of Jendouba

31. Hamda TEBRA Lecturer of US civilization and Culture Studies ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 2012: Doctoral candidate in American Civilization (December 2012 – Present) University Paris East Creteil- France. « Containment as Foreign Policy Doctrine in Two United States ‘Wars’: From the Cold War to the War on Terror” 2010: MA in American Studies) University of Genoa – Italy The Image of Communism in the US of the Early 1950s. 2006: B. A. in English Language, Major Teaching and Research University of Monastir, Tunisia

32. Research Activities: Tebra, Hamda. (May 2013) - University of Angers- France, the 45 th international conference of The Impact of New Islamic Regimes in Tunisia and Egypt on US Foreign Policy: Dilemma or Welcome Opportunity?». The 45 th international conference on Religion and Spirituality of the French Association of American Studies. http://www.afea.fr/Programme-Congre%CC%80s-AFEA- Angers.html Tebra, Hamda. (Feb 2014).“From War on Communism to War on Terrorism: The Standard of “Defending Democracy” in US Foreign Policy ”. The 1 st International Conference on Standards and Norms, Department of English University of Jendouba Tebra, Hamda. (February 2015). “Interdisciplinarity in Defining USA Foreign Policy of Containment: From War on Communism to War on Terrorism”” - Joint International Conference of The Institute of Languages of Beja, Tunisia.

34. Member of the French Association of American Studies. www.AFEA.frwww.AFEA.fr Member of the Research Unit IMAGER- University Paris East Creteil- France http://imager.u-pec.fr/membres/doctorants/tebra-hamda- 581463.kjsp?RH=1285771870944 Coordinator and organizer of the first International Conference on Humanities “Standards and Norms” at the Higher Institute of Applied Languages and Computer Sciences in Beja University of Jendouba Tunisia February 27 th – March 1 st 2014. http://www.uj.rnu.tn/universite_jendouba/version_francaise/documents/ call_islaib_2013.pdf http://www.uj.rnu.tn/universite_jendouba/version_francaise/documents/ call_islaib_2013.pdf Co-organizer of the second international Conference on Interdisplinarity at the Higher Institute of Applied Languages and Computer Sciences in Beja University of Jendouba Tunisia February 27 th -28 2015.

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