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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the Tunisian island of Djerba on the list of World Heritage Sites, a move that was welcomed by the Tunisian people. UNESCO took the decision at its 45th session in Saudi Arabia on Monday.

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Bank investments in UAE hit AED 548.5 billion by the end of March, the highest level in the country's history, a report by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates revealed. The report showed a YoY growth of 16 % compared to about AED 472.7 billion in March 2022. The investments climbed by 1.3% from AED541.4 bn in February 2023. Securities accounted for the majority of bank investments, around 45.6%, or AED 250.1 billion during the reference period, state news agency WAM reported.

The Tunisian Ministry of Tourism said that around 2.9 million tourists visited the country by the end of May, registering an increase of 3.3 percent compared to the same period in 2019, and no less than 89 percent compared to 2022. Experts in the tourism sector expected that Tunisian tourism would regain its position despite the relative negative impact of the criminal attack that targeted the Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba (southeastern Tunisia), which is one of the favorite destinati...

How much longer the liberal atmosphere of Tunisia’s 12-year fledgling democracy will last is anybody’s guess.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Kais Saied’s government is working hard to minimise the recent attack on the Ghriba Synagogue, hoping to save tourism.

STATEMENT OF PEOPLE AUTHORIZED, ITS FOUNDER, BOARD, AND AMBASSADORS IN CONDEMNATION OF THE DJERBA SYNAGOGUE TERRORIST ATTACK

ALBAWABA - After the attack on Ghriba Synagogue near Tunisian Island, Kais Saied hosted Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders in an inter-faith meeting o

Four days after two Jewish cousins were murdered by a terrorist outside a historic Tunisian synagogue on the island of Djerba, the country’s president compared Israel with Nazi Germany. …