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Article: Tunisia: a showcase of tolerance and beauty in the Arab world.(Destinations)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- April 15, 2005
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I was almost at the end of my two weeks in Tunisia, and the sights and sounds, the history and beauty--and especially the people--were all competing for space in my brain.
From spectacular Djerba island on Tunisia's southeast coast up to El Jem with its colossal Roman amphitheater, on to old Carthage and modern Tunis with picturesque Sidi Bou Said perched on the Mediterranean, our group of a dozen English-speaking journalists had done it all. We had packed in just about everything one could see and do in Tunisia.
Now it was the last leg--charming Bizerte and Tabarka, the Roman cities at Dougga and Bulla Regia, and back to Tunis. Our bus was zipping ...