Name of Object:

The Bach Hamba brothers

Location:

La Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Institut Supérieur d’Histoire Contemporaine de la Tunisie

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, La Manouba, Tunis

Date of Object:

Early 20th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper

Description:

'Ali (pictured here) and Mohamed were two of the leaders of the protest movement "Harakat al-Shabab al-Tunisi" (the Young Tunisians). Born in Tunis in 1876 and 1881 respectively, these two men of Turkish origin helped found a French-language newspaper, Le Tunisien, through which they attacked the politics of the French colonialists and demanded reform. With the help of their comrades, the brothers organised many acts of resistance, such as the Jellaz Affair (1911) and the tramway boycott (1912). The arrest of the majority of the movement's founders, and the suppression of the newspaper Le Tunisien marked the end of their activities in Tunisia. However, they continued to make their demands from abroad, working mainly in Geneva and Istanbul, where they finally died in 1818 ('Ali) and 1820 (Mohamed).

Citation of this web page:

Bechir Yazidi "The Bach Hamba brothers " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;62;en

Prepared by: Bechir Yazidi
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 062