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I actu culture I news culture I ‫ثقـافة‬ ‫الأخبـار‬
«Faces of the
Medina»
photos, each presented with a testimony specifically shape of a city changes, alas, faster than a human heart.”
relating to the works: changes perceived, quality of life in From this point of view, “Faces of the Medina” shows that
the district, possible opening of new businesses or guest the work undertaken is not simply to upgrade walls or
houses, etc. cobblestones but mostly to allow Tunisians to reclaim the
The exhibition already presented in December 2016 at genius of these venues.
Dribet Dar Husein, in the Medina of Tunis, was renewed
at the IFT (French Institute of Tunisia) from 15 to 29 Why is France, through the AFD, interested in the
September and will continue at the heart of the other development of the Tunisian architectural heritage?
three Medinas by the end of 2017. Wassim Ghozlani OPDA: France and Tunisia share, among many things, an
also produces a web-documentary of about 60 photos exceptional architectural heritage. After a period of decline
with captions, with interactive content showing where promotion project of in the 1970s and 1980s, historic centres throughout the
the photos were taken, within the Medina’s renovation world have returned to the forefront because they are a
the four major Tunisian process. This web-documentary will soon be available and vector of economic and tourist attractiveness, and due to
medinas: Tunis, Sousse, relayed on social networks by AFD. The latter also wishes their density, they constitute true eco-neighbourhoods.
Kairouan and Sfax. This to use, display and broadcast it in the four pilot cities. I From this angle, Tunisia benefits of exceptional potential
www.afd.fr - www.institutfrancais-tunisie.com and France, which is its first partner in urban, economic
«Faces of the medina», a
photographic exhibition
realized by Wassim
Ghozlani, is part of a
initiative, which was
and tourism, had to support such a project.
presented by French
A few words from His Excellency Mr. Olivier
Development Agency
(AFD) on September 15-29
at the French Institute
Poivre d’Arvor, Ambassador of France to How does France intend to continue its involvement in
Tunisia, about “Faces of the Medina”. the renovation of old centres in Tunisia?
What does “Faces of the Medina” inspire you? Medinas. In a context of further decentralisation, the
continue in the other OPDA: What is interesting is to have highlighted the AFD (French Development Agency) is ready to assist the
medinas until the end of testimony of women and men living and working in the Tunisian government in a more ambitious program which
four renovated Medinas, thus keeping thzm alive. The would make it possible to deepen what has been achieved
old centres face two equal threats: degradation and in Kairouan, Sfax, Sousse and Tunis, to expand it in ten
museumification. In both cases, this results in the vanishing other cities, and also to integrate the renovation of the 19th
of the human touch. However, as Julien Gracq wrote: “the and 20th centuries’ heritage.
the year.
2. Olivier Poivre d’Arvor au port de la
Goulette, septembre 2016 I Olivier
Poivre d’Arvor at La Goulette port,
September 2016 I ‫درفور‬ ‫بوافر‬ ‫اوليفيي‬
2016 ‫سبتمبر‬ ،‫الوادي‬ ‫حلق‬ ‫ميناء‬ ‫في‬
lthough the Medinas of Tunis,
Sousse
inscribed
on
and
Kairouan
UNESCO’s
are
‫االقتصادية‬
World
‫للجاذبية‬
‫هة‬ ‫موج‬
‫ة‬ ‫و‬ ّ ‫ق‬
‫ل‬ ‫ث‬ ّ ‫مت‬
‫باعتبارها‬
.‫كثافهتا‬ ‫خالل‬ ‫من‬ ‫حقا‬ ‫حيوية‬ ‫وأحياء‬ ‫والسياحية‬
‫مبخزون‬ ‫السياق‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫يف‬ ‫تونس‬ ‫ع‬ ‫ت‬ ّ ‫وتمت‬
‫وألن‬ ‫استثنايئ‬
Heritage List, and that of Sfax is
waiting to be listed, they were for
‫واالقتصادي‬ ‫املعامري‬ ‫املجال‬ ‫يف‬ ‫ل‬ ‫و‬ ّ ‫األ‬ ‫رشيكها‬ ‫فرنسا‬
decades subject to a degradation
.‫املرشوع‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫مساندة‬ ‫واجبنا‬ ‫من‬ ّ‫فإن‬ ‫والسيايح‬
of their architectural heritage. It is in
the light of this observation that an
‫تأهيل‬ ‫إعادة‬ ‫يف‬ ‫مشاركهتا‬ ‫فرنسا‬ ‫ستواصل‬ ‫كيف‬
action to promote and rehabilitate
‫القدمية؟‬ ‫التونسية‬ ‫العمرانية‬ ‫املراكز‬
the four medinas, carried out by
the Urban Renewal Agency (ARRU)
‫احلركية‬ ‫بإعادة‬ ‫املعين‬ ‫املرشوع‬ ‫نتاجئ‬ ‫املعرض‬ ‫يقدم‬
within the National Urban Renewal
‫مدن‬ ‫أربعة‬ ‫يف‬ ‫السياحية‬ ‫املسالك‬ ‫وتنشيط‬ ‫واحلياة‬
Program (PNRU) and supported by
French Development Agency (AFD).
As part of this initiative, AFD wished
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to organise the exhibition “Faces
of the Medina” in order to present the Medina. More than an exhibition, “Faces of the Medina” A photographic project by Wassim Ghozlani, photographer,
the achieved work and the positive invites us to reflect on the future of these old centres and to director of the Maison de l’Image in Tunis and coordinator
impact it may have on the residents of better understand the needs of its inhabitants. of “The Tunisians”, the exhibition presents some forty
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1. Photographie de la médina
de Sfax Crédit photos : Wassim
Ghozlani I The medina of Sfax I
‫صفاقس‬ ‫مدينة‬ ‫تصوير‬
OPDA: The exhibition project involved reviving the four
of Tunisia (IFT), will
A
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‫اجلهود‬ ”‫العتيقة‬ ‫املدن‬ ‫من‬ ‫“وجوه‬ ‫معرض‬ ‫يبني‬ ‫السياق‬ ‫السيد‬ ‫مع‬ ‫قصري‬ ‫حوار‬
،‫دارفور‬ ‫بوافر‬ ‫ليفيي‬ ‫أو‬
‫بتونس‬ ‫فرنسا‬ ‫سفري‬ ‫سعادة‬
‫املدن‬ ‫من‬ ‫وجوه‬ ‫معرض‬ ‫حول‬
‫لعتيقة‬ ‫ا‬
‫متكني‬ ‫هو‬ ‫األكرب‬ ‫هدفها‬ ّ‫ان‬ ‫بل‬ ‫حفسب‬ ‫لطة‬ ‫ب‬ ّ ‫امل‬ ‫الشوارع‬
.‫األماكن‬ ‫هبذه‬ ‫العبقري‬ ‫احلس‬ ‫متلك‬ ‫إعادة‬ ‫من‬ ‫الناس‬ ‫ذهنمك‬ ‫إىل‬ ‫تبادر‬ ‫الذي‬ ‫ما‬ 
‫معرض‬ ‫عىل‬ ‫عون‬ ‫ل‬ ّ ‫تط‬ ‫وأنمت‬
‫إىل‬ ‫حتويلها‬ ‫وحماولة‬ ‫البنايات‬ ‫حالة‬ ‫تدهور‬ ‫ومها‬ ‫القدمية‬
.‫الناس‬ ‫باختفاء‬ ‫األمر‬ ‫ينهتي‬ ‫احلالتني‬ ‫لكتا‬ ‫ويف‬ .‫متاحف‬
‫يتغري‬ ‫مدينة‬ ‫“شلك‬ :‫قراك‬ ‫جوليان‬ ‫قاله‬ ‫ما‬ ‫أتذكر‬ ‫وهنا‬
‫هذا‬ ‫ويف‬ .”‫البرش‬ ‫قلب‬ ‫تغري‬ ‫من‬ ‫أكرب‬ ‫برسعة‬ ‫لألسف‬
‫أو‬ ‫املدينة‬ ‫جدران‬ ‫تمثني‬ ‫إعادة‬ ‫إىل‬ ‫هتدف‬ ‫ال‬ ‫اليت‬ ‫املبذولة‬
‫هت‬ ‫ملاذا‬
‫الواكلة‬ ‫خالل‬ ‫من‬ ‫الفرنسية‬ ‫الدولة‬ ‫مت‬
‫الفرنسية‬ ‫الواكلة‬ ّ‫فإن‬ ‫الالمركزية‬ ‫ملبدأ‬ ‫ودمعا‬ .‫عتيقة‬ ‫املعامري‬
‫ليمشل‬ ‫وتوسيعه‬ ‫وتونس‬ ‫وسوسة‬ ‫وصفاقس‬ ‫القريوان‬ ‫يف‬ ‫األشياء‬ ‫بني‬ ‫من‬ ‫االستثنايئ‬ ‫املعامري‬ ‫الرتاث‬ ‫يعترب‬
‫سادت‬ ‫تدهور‬ ‫فرتة‬ ‫وبعد‬ .‫وفرنسا‬ ‫تونس‬ ‫بني‬ ‫املشرتكة‬
‫لك‬
‫التونسية‬ ‫احلكومة‬ ‫ملرافقة‬ ‫استعدادها‬ ‫عن‬ ‫تعرب‬ ‫للتمنية‬
‫ما‬ ‫ق‬ ‫يعم‬
‫إجنازه‬ ‫مت‬
‫أن‬ ‫شأنه‬ ‫من‬ ‫مطوحا‬ ‫أكرث‬ ‫مرشوع‬ ‫يف‬
‫مسألة‬ ‫يف‬ ‫النظر‬  ،‫ال‬ ‫ملا‬  ‫و‬ ،‫األخرى‬ ‫املدن‬ ‫من‬ ‫العرشات‬
.‫والعرشين‬ ‫عرش‬ ‫التاسع‬ ‫القرنني‬ ‫تراث‬ ‫تأهيل‬ ‫إعادة‬
‫الرتاث‬
‫بتمثني‬
‫للتمنية‬
‫الفرنسية‬
‫التونيس؟‬
،‫املايض‬ ‫القرن‬ ‫ومثانينات‬ ‫سبعينات‬ ‫خالل‬ ‫العامل‬ ‫أحناء‬
‫االهمتامات‬ ‫صدارة‬ ‫لتحتل‬
‫لملدن‬ ‫التارخيية‬ ‫املراكز‬ ‫عادت‬
‫؟‬ ‫العتيقة‬ ‫املدن‬ ‫من‬ ‫وجوه‬
‫إفساح‬ ‫هو‬ ‫املعرض‬ ‫هذا‬ ّ‫مييز‬ ‫ما‬ ‫لعل‬
‫ورجال‬
‫نساء‬
‫لهشادات‬
‫املجال‬
‫املدن‬ ‫هذه‬ ‫يف‬ ‫يعملون‬ ‫أو‬ ‫يقطنون‬
،‫تأهيلها‬ ‫إعادة‬ ‫بعد‬ ‫األربعة‬ ‫العتيقة‬
‫ون‬ ‫ث‬ ّ ‫يب‬ ‫الذين‬ ‫األخشاص‬ ‫نفس‬ ‫ومه‬
‫وهناك‬
.‫املدن‬
‫تلك‬
‫يف‬
‫احلياة‬
‫املراكز‬ ‫دان‬ ‫د‬ ّ ‫هي‬ ‫متوازيان‬ ‫عامالن‬
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