Name of Object:

La Tunisie martyre

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:

20th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper

Description:

La Tunisie Martyre: Ses Revendications (better known by its abbreviated title, La Tunisie Martyre) is a Tunisian book written in French and published in Paris in January 1920, attributed to Abdelaziz Thâalbi (Abdelaziz al-Thalibi). Having arrived in Paris on 10 July 1919, Thâalbi started writing a book by the title Tounes al-Shahida (Tunisia the Martyr). Although the published book does not bear his name, Thâalbi admitted to having written it in Arabic, as can be seen from the reports sent from Tunis by the future leaders of the Destour party. As he was not able to write in French, he asked his friend Ahmed Sakka, a lawyer living in Paris, to translate the book into French. A few months after the publication of La Tunisie Martyre, an arrest warrant was issued for Abdelaziz Thâalbi. He was arrested on 28 July 1920 in Paris, and transferred, by escort, to Tunis, where he was taken to the military prison and charged with jeopardizing national security.

Type of Object

Book

Citation of this web page:

Bechir Yazidi "La Tunisie martyre" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;77;en

Prepared by: Bechir Yazidi
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 077