In Tamezret, Tunisia, a 2,000-year-old Berber kitchen in a mountain cave
by Rashmee
Posted on May 29, 2018
In Tamezret, a mostly abandoned mountain-top Berber village in southern Tunisia, we meet Monji Bouras, …
Read MoreVisiting the Ben Nasrs in their troglodyte house, Matmata, Tunisia
by Rashmee
Posted on May 28, 2018
We turn up at the Ben Nasrs’ family home in western Matmata. Here’s a handy …
Read MoreTunisia’s troglodytes follow a different script from Star Wars
by Rashmee
Posted on May 27, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
MATMATA, Tunisia — Najet sits in her kitchen about 6 metres below ground level. It …
Read MoreA distinctly European sensibility in a Tunisian troglodyte house
by Rashmee
Posted on May 19, 2018
We walk into the Trait d’Union, Tijma, Matmata in distant south-eastern Tunisia. The Libyan border …
Read MoreFor the love of #Venice, don’t go there. Head to Trieste instead
by Rashmee
Posted on May 5, 2018
I visited Venice last April (some of what I wrote at the time is here…
Read MoreTunisia is bright – with sun, flowers and the sudden flicker of hope as tourists start to return
by Rashmee
Posted on July 19, 2017
August, so they say, is the hottest month in the Tunisian capital, with temperatures averaging …
Read MoreThe Russians are coming but it’s still not reason enough for Tunisia to cheer loud and long
by Rashmee
Posted on August 18, 2016
They were unmistakable in the lower-ground lobby of the Movenpick hotel in Sousse. The light-skinned …
Read MoreWhy every city in the world doesn’t think tourists are a jolly good thing
by Rashmee
Posted on February 16, 2016
There’s an interesting backlash against the ceaseless urge to seek out authenticity in foreign parts: …
Read MoreIn Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia bares its Sufi soul & anxiety about ISIL’s imprint
by Rashmee
Posted on August 30, 2015
If there can be any measure of Tunisia’s anxiety about the extremist imprint, it came …
Read MoreEye-catching? Haiti’s tourism minister just as much as her plans
by Rashmee
Posted on February 7, 2013
Talk to Haiti’s tourism minister, Stephanie B Villedrouin, and it’s hard not to consider one …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK