In the press

Followed by journalists across three continents.

RFI, ARD, the NZZ and dozens of Tunisian outlets have covered the program since 2017. A selection of the coverage is below.

RFI

FRFeb 2023

Article

Tunisie : comment des clubs de musique dans les lycées aident les élèves à s'épanouir

RFI reports on how student-run music clubs across Tunisia have become spaces where teenagers build confidence and community, long after the school day ends.

Tunesien: Mit Bach und Chopin gegen Extremismus

Germany's flagship ARD network followed students discovering Bach and Chopin in Tunisian public high schools, asking what that means for a country rebuilding after upheaval.

Klänge gegen den Extremismus

The German government's international cultural portal reports on how Tunisia88 gives young Tunisians a framework for identity and belonging, built through music.

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ARD Weltspiegel

EN2018

TV Report

Tunisia: Bach and Chopin against extremism

English translation of the ARD Weltspiegel broadcast that followed Tunisia88 students and their music clubs across the country.

Tunisie : Bach et Chopin contre l'extrémisme

Version française du reportage ARD Weltspiegel sur les clubs de musique Tunisia88 dans les lycées tunisiens.

Tunisia88 : un projet cochant de nombreux critères pour la RSE

Managers.tn examines how Tunisia88 meets multiple corporate social responsibility criteria, bridging the business community and a youth program present in every public high school.

Face The Music: Tunisia88 Story

Tunisia's national news agency documents the Tunisia88 story: from a pilot in a handful of schools to a program now present in every Tunisian governorate.

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L'Économiste Maghrébin

FR2018

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Tunisia 88 : la musique comme moyen d'inclusion sociale

Covering 24 governorates and counting, the program uses music as a tool for social inclusion. Economist Radhi Meddeb describes it as proof that culture can serve development.

La musique transforme la jeunesse tunisienne

La Presse de Tunisie profiles students whose lives shifted after joining a music club, and the teachers who made it happen with minimal resources and maximum commitment.

Tunisie 88 à Gafsa : apparition sur Al Wataniya

Tunisia's national broadcaster covered a Tunisia88 event at the Lycée Pilote de Gafsa, one of dozens of regional performances the program has staged across the country.

Mit Bach gegen Extremismus

Switzerland's NZZ profiles Tunisia88 as a counterweight to radicalization: not through messaging or policy, but through the discipline and community that music demands.

La musique est intellectuelle…

An interview with program leaders on why music is not extracurricular but an intellectual discipline that shapes how students think, listen and lead.

Community Engagement in Tunisia

A community engagement report features Tunisia88 on page 20 as a model for civil society involvement in education across North Africa.

Deux pays se rapprochent à travers la musique

A published report on how Tunisia88 became a cultural bridge between Tunisia and its international partners, using student music clubs as the common ground.

Tunisia 88 ou l'inclusion par la musique

La Presse traces the first two years of the program and finds a pattern: in every school it reaches, music changes the social dynamic inside the classroom and beyond.

Ghomrassen : Carol McQueen présente à l'événement Tunisia 88

Canada's ambassador to Tunisia joined 71 students from 11 high schools at a Tunisia88 event in Ghomrassen, one of the country's most remote regions.

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