Adnen el Ghali
Adnen el Ghali was born and raised in Tunis. He received his Master of Architecture from l'École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette in 2006, and his Master in Urban Planning and Territorial Studies from l'Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris, Université de Paris XII in 2007, when he moved to Buenos Aires to develop his knowledge in Urban Studies focusing on gated communities and spatial descrimination. In 2012, he earned his Master in Political Science (International Relations) from the Università degli Studi di Teramo (Italy) and in 2021 his PhD in History from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Adnen worked for several UN agencies and international organizations in the fields of development, cultural heritage, and civil society holding different positions such as communication officer as well as a liaison officer.
A. el Ghali conducts his research at academic institutions in Belgium and Sweden. He has published several books and articles on the topic. His last publication "La Route des Consuls: les Territoires de la diplomatie à Tunis" was published in 2015 and is the coordinator and the co-author of the "Study on urban violence in the Medina of Tunis" with Yassine Turki . Adnen speaks Arabic, French, English, Italian and Spanish.
Supervisors: Pr. Christophe Loir
Adnen worked for several UN agencies and international organizations in the fields of development, cultural heritage, and civil society holding different positions such as communication officer as well as a liaison officer.
A. el Ghali conducts his research at academic institutions in Belgium and Sweden. He has published several books and articles on the topic. His last publication "La Route des Consuls: les Territoires de la diplomatie à Tunis" was published in 2015 and is the coordinator and the co-author of the "Study on urban violence in the Medina of Tunis" with Yassine Turki . Adnen speaks Arabic, French, English, Italian and Spanish.
Supervisors: Pr. Christophe Loir
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Cet ouvrage est une invitation à découvrir l'histoire de cette demeure d'exception.
and urban security with the Medina of Tunis as the selected field of investigation. The survey aims at identifying means to develop concrete initiatives of community work in this location and participatory activities involving a wide range of local actors to improve security and its perception, in a research/action context. This study will then serve as the basis for a project based on a community and participatory approach to address issues of urban security and violence and of mechanisms of avoidance and care to develop later.
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At the centre of this process was the fondouk, soul of the Latin Christian quarter, located between the port and the city. In this area, consular institutions gave rise to a specific set of services and equipment
intended for a specific and segregated community. After four centuries of existence (1157-1535), the “Consular District” was replaced by a military citadel, the Nova Arx, designed by Italian engineers under Count Gabrio Serbelloni’s (1509-1580) command and constructed on the site of the hafsid arsenal. The Nova Arx existed for only one year (1573-1574), when it was dismantled by the Ottomans. With it, the memory of the consular presence in this part of the city vanished until the construction of the French consulate in 1860.
The conference brought together researchers and civil society actors from Tunisia and Denmark with a wide variety of professional and practical backgrounds. However, they all have in common that they work with aspects of ‘urban violence’, ‘everyday violence’ and ‘security’ in Tunisia and Morocco. The presenters were all invited by DIGNITY.
The presentations and discussions at the conference demonstrated that Tunisia in many ways could serve as a model for understanding many of the wider effects and causal patterns that generate violence and security in the Maghreb and the Middle East.
This conference proceeding therefore collects these presentations in order to make them more widely accessible for researchers and practitioners working on similar issues in the region.
The present conference proceeding presents eight of the contributions to the conference together with a background paper that framed the conference. They all reflect on and present various aspects of the key questions which brought the participants together:
Which initial lessons can be learned from the case of Tunisia about key drivers of urban violence in Tunisia, the interrelation between socio-economic inequalities and drivers of urban violence, and how to support initiatives which enhance security for ordinary people?
Cet ouvrage est une invitation à découvrir l'histoire de cette demeure d'exception.
and urban security with the Medina of Tunis as the selected field of investigation. The survey aims at identifying means to develop concrete initiatives of community work in this location and participatory activities involving a wide range of local actors to improve security and its perception, in a research/action context. This study will then serve as the basis for a project based on a community and participatory approach to address issues of urban security and violence and of mechanisms of avoidance and care to develop later.
At the centre of this process was the fondouk, soul of the Latin Christian quarter, located between the port and the city. In this area, consular institutions gave rise to a specific set of services and equipment
intended for a specific and segregated community. After four centuries of existence (1157-1535), the “Consular District” was replaced by a military citadel, the Nova Arx, designed by Italian engineers under Count Gabrio Serbelloni’s (1509-1580) command and constructed on the site of the hafsid arsenal. The Nova Arx existed for only one year (1573-1574), when it was dismantled by the Ottomans. With it, the memory of the consular presence in this part of the city vanished until the construction of the French consulate in 1860.
The conference brought together researchers and civil society actors from Tunisia and Denmark with a wide variety of professional and practical backgrounds. However, they all have in common that they work with aspects of ‘urban violence’, ‘everyday violence’ and ‘security’ in Tunisia and Morocco. The presenters were all invited by DIGNITY.
The presentations and discussions at the conference demonstrated that Tunisia in many ways could serve as a model for understanding many of the wider effects and causal patterns that generate violence and security in the Maghreb and the Middle East.
This conference proceeding therefore collects these presentations in order to make them more widely accessible for researchers and practitioners working on similar issues in the region.
The present conference proceeding presents eight of the contributions to the conference together with a background paper that framed the conference. They all reflect on and present various aspects of the key questions which brought the participants together:
Which initial lessons can be learned from the case of Tunisia about key drivers of urban violence in Tunisia, the interrelation between socio-economic inequalities and drivers of urban violence, and how to support initiatives which enhance security for ordinary people?
Accordingly to many authors, the Regency will host under ottoman rulers Italian dignitaries and grandee with political and economic high status. In the first half of the XIXth century some of will also mark the urban landscape and break the traditional housing typologies of the Medina with buildings directly influenced from the Italian palazzi.
Originally trade oriented, the Italian migration will lead to the settlement of entire families and have cultural impact on the local scene. The Italian language will be the vehicle of this cultural influence. Widely practiced in the Court and in the City, in the merchant’s milieu, Italian became the country second language and is used also in the local European notarial deeds, the consular and diplomatic correspondence, and also in some official internal reports as well as being the lingua franca of that time.
As a testimony of its wide influence, Hammouda Pacha the Husseinid was famous for speaking “the purest Toscan”, accordingly to Dr. Louis Frank, and he gave up the idea of learning it only under the mufti’s influence (his father in law).
Italians are also at the forefront of innovation. They introduce new habits and European practices and are numerous to serve the country’s high officials and high ranking officers as captives but also, and especially after 1816, as freemen. They act as doctors, secretaries, servants, attendants, military instructors and have a strong influence in the Court.
We will tackle some aspects of this influence. Actually, the Italian community is diverse and so is its influence: Livorno’s dignitaries, captives belonging to the states that will later be part of the Kingdom of Italy, civil servants, State administrators, servants, sometimes converted to Islam and sometimes not, merchants in quest for wealth but also spouses and concubines.