Yassine Halila

Yassine Halila is an Arab Weekly contributor in Tunis.

Author Articles

Granules of tradition. Algerian Berber women prepare couscous in the village of Ait el-Kecem, south of Tizi-Ouzou. (AFP)
Maghreb bid to secure world heritage status for Couscous
April 20, 2019
Kurdish singer and musician Aynur Dogan performs during the Arabofolies festival. (The Arab World Institute in Paris)
Arabofolies festival celebrates Arab art in Paris
March 16, 2019
A Tunisian Muslim woman buy food from a Jewish restaurant in Djerba. (Reuters)
Tunisian-Jewish cuisine adds to Djerba's charm
February 23, 2019
Berber village of Chenini (Tourism Ministry)
Off the beaten path: Chenini’s rare maritime oases in southern Tunisia
January 12, 2019
Tunisia’s troubled Syphax Airlines grounds flights
September 03, 2015

Tunis - Tunisian privately owned Syphax Airlines an­nounced the “temporary suspension” of all of

State of emergency declared in Tunisia as terrorist threat persists
July 09, 2015

TUNIS - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency after the June 26th te

The uphill battle of Libya’s private sector
July 02, 2015

Tunis - The fall of Muammar Qaddafi’s regime in 2011 saw the emergence of a Libyan private sector

Clearer profile of terrorist emerging
July 02, 2015

TUNIS - Just hours after Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 Western tourists at the Tunisian beach resor

Maghreb experts wary of ISIS expansion
June 25, 2015

TUNIS - Maghreb experts see a real danger in the continuing expan­sion of the Islamic State (ISIS

ESCWA’s Dardari sees customs union as ‘realistic objective’
June 19, 2015

Tunis - The creation of an Arab cus­toms union is inching clos­er to reality, says Abdallah al-Da