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Enthusiastic crowds greet Mummers as they strut to bring in 2023 amid near perfect weather

Enthusiastic crowds greet Mummers as they strut to bring in 2023 amid near perfect weather

PHILADELPHIA — Harrath Araissi, 47, is a native of Tunisia but lives in Fishtown and considers himself a true Philadelphian now — and the Mummers are as integral to the city as the Liberty Bell, he says. "I come almost every year," Arraisi said as he pushed his son, Rayyan, 4, in a stroller at the Mummers Parade Sunday morning. "It's so much fun. It's part of Philly." Arraisi attended in 2022, and said it was cold and the crowd was sparse. He noted the thousand more that lined Broad Street this year. He staked out a spot at Broad and Chestnut Streets. Indeed, multiple Mummers said it appeared ......
Tensions high in Tunisia after president suspends parliament

Tensions high in Tunisia after president suspends parliament

Tensions spread on the streets and divisions dominated the political scene in Tunisia on Monday, after President Kais Saied's decision to sack the prime minister and suspended parliament. A day earlier, Saied announced he was assuming executive authority along with a new prime minister to replace Hichem Mechichi. The decisions come amid deepening political, health and economic crises in the country. Military forces were deployed around the government’s offices in Tunis in the morning. Employees were stopped from entering the building, a source at the Cabinet told dpa. Supporters of the Ennahda......
Topless feminist protester goes on trial in Tunisia

Topless feminist protester goes on trial in Tunisia

A young Tunisian woman with the topless protest group Femen went on trial Thursday for illegal possession of pepper spray, sparking angry Salafist demonstrators to demand she face stiffer charges under Islamic law.

Tunisian army clashes with armed jihadists

Tunisian army clashes with armed jihadists

Tunisian troops clashed on Wednesday with around 50 armed jihadists in the remote Mount Chaambi border region, a security source said, the first such operation since the revolution in January 2011.

More Sufi shrines torched in Tunisia: witnesses

More Sufi shrines torched in Tunisia: witnesses

Two Sufi mausoleums were torched in Tunisia on Thursday, police and media reported, in the latest violence the mystical Muslim sect claims is being carried out by ultra-conservative Salafist Muslims.