Social Entrepreneurship 7

CREATISTES: the art of selling handmade

Launched on March 19, 2016, CREATISTES is a new online marketplace for all things handmade. Although it is not the country’s first virtual outlet for Tunisian arts and craft products, it is perhaps the first Tunisian version of the widely-popular Etsy (started in Brooklyn in 2005), Dawanda (Berlin, 2006), and Little Majlis (Dubai, 2012).

In Jemna, a social experiment against State policies

The Association for the Protection of Jemna’s Oasis remains, since its creation in 2011, illegitimate in the eyes of the State. This month, the Ministry of State Properties and Land Affairs, which leased the land to private operators before 2011, issued a statement threatening to cancel the call for tenders. Jemna’s residents, however, are resisting the government’s sudden intervention.

In Jemna, locals manage oases to reap the fruits of their labor

In the town of Jemna, residents have formed an association dedicated to the preservation and cultivation of 185 hectares of reclaimed oases for the production of dates. The Association for the Protection of Jemna’s Oases is composed of 129 workers including farmers and security guards, three supervisors responsible for managing the workers, administration and finances, plus one general supervisor. Nawaat has traveled to meet with the individuals who have taken over the land in the name of Jemna and its residents.

هنشير ستيل في جمنة: المصلحة العامّة قبل الربح الخاصّ

تُعدُّ قضيّة ما يُعرف بـ”هنشير ستيل” بجمنة مثالاً آخرًا على الأسئلة الصعبة التي نجحت انتفاضة 17 ديسمبر في طرحها، لكن دون أن تستطيع الإجابة عليها. فهنا أيضًا يتعلّق الأمر بصراع على الأرض بين داود وجالوت.