On December 7, 1941, 16 year-old Aki Kurose shared in the horror of millions of Americans when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor. Unbeknownst to her, this shared experience would soon leave her family and over 120,000 Japanese Americans alienated from their country, both socially and physically. Densho explores the racism and paranoia that l...

As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what's happening in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and beyond -- at this powerful moment when people realized they could step out of their houses and ask for change.

eL Seed fuses Arabic calligraphy with graffiti to paint colorful, swirling messages of hope and peace on buildings from Tunisia to Paris. The artist and TED Fellow shares the story of his most ambitious project yet: a mural painted across 50 buildings in Manshiyat Naser, a district of Cairo, Egypt, that can only be fully seen from a nearby mount...

French-Tunisian artist eL Seed blends the historic art of Arabic calligraphy with graffti to portray messages of beauty, poetry and peace across all continents.

The democratic process is messy, complicated and often inefficient -- but across Africa, activists are redefining democracy by putting protest at its center. In an illuminating talk, political scientist Zachariah Mampilly gives us a primer on the current wave of protests reshaping countries like Tunisia, Malawi and Zimbabwe -- and explains how t...

In some parts of the world, half of the women lack basic reading and writing skills. The reasons vary, but in many cases, literacy isn't valued by fathers, husbands, even mothers. Photographer and TED Fellow Laura Boushnak traveled to countries including Yemen, Egypt and Tunisia to highlight brave women -- schoolgirls, political activists, 60-ye...

In 2007, researchers surveyed 180 teachers to understand if they held stereotypes about their students. The most commonly held opinion was that Asian students were significantly more industrious, intelligent, and gentle. This might seem like a good thing, but treating this stereotype as reality can cause a surprising amount of harm. Densho and S...

Karima Bennoune's new book introduces the world to people who speak out against fundamentalist terrorism.

Philippa Neave is senior advisor on the UN's Lexicon of Electoral Terminology.

Laura Boushnak is a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian photographer whose work focuses on women, literacy and education reform in the Arab world.

I'm just back from Tunisia where I attended (and spoke at) TEDxCarthage, held in Tunis. It has been a short visit, only two days (and this post is just a quick note without pretense). But it was a very intense visit, and I come back with a lot of hope and optimism for the future of this country, and -- despite the current events in Libya -- ...

About this event: Are you a young Tunisian dreamer, ambitious and you like your Tunisia? Do you want to succeed your career but you are not sure if Tunisia is the right country to start in? Do you want to meet Tunisians who have excellent success stories? If you're answering yes to all these questions then TEDxINAT is made for you! See you on 24 April 2016 at the...

Wanuri Kahiu wants to curate, commission and create art that celebrates fun, fierce and frivolous Africa.

Noah Feldman studies the intersection of religion, politics and law.

About this event: The main theme for this third edition will be "inTolerance". Tunisia tends to be perceived as relatively homogeneous both by foreign observers as Tunisian.On the religious, linguistic, social, artistic plan... the Tunisian was subjected to a kind of format that had the effect of marginalizing more forms of original and creative expression. ...

“We use images like a weapon to fight for social causes,” says a man in the trailer for INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project, a new documentary that airs on HBO tonight. The doc tells the story of JR’s INSIDE OUT, a global art project in which anyone, anywhere, can send the artist a portrait and have a poster-sized version sent back to them f...

About this event: It begins with a spark. For some, the spark is an idea, a sudden flame of inspiration that ignites inside us and takes our lives in an entirely new direction. For others, the spark is an essence, the passion that burns at our core and that guides us in our choices, sometimes without us even knowing. And for more still, the spark is a purpose, on...

About this event: Facing the changes (technological, climatic, economic, cultural etc...) which are a challenge to the world and to Tunisia in particular, the role of a citizen is no longer the same... With the appearance of the City 2.0 concept that gives birth to an unlimited number of innovations, a citizen have to be an active member of this city and no long...

Today, YouTube's homepage spotlight features interviews with the creatives behind the campaigns that won TED's Ads Worth Spreading --  an initiative to recognize and reward innovation, ingenuity and intelligence in advertising. The 10 winning ads were unveiled at TED2012 and representatives of each campaign attended the conference from Tunisi...

About this event: Cette deuxième édition du TEDxLPBT ayant pour thème « Tunisia Creates.. » présente une continuité de la première, basée sur le changement. Nous vivons actuellement une période très critique mais aussi très importante, il est dès lors, indispensable d’implanter des principes primordiaux tels que l’initiative, la résolution et le courage dans l...

This spring, TED headed on the road, visiting 14 cities across six continents on the hunt for untapped talent. The idea behind the sweeping search: to let you, the TED community, weigh in and vote on which speakers you’d like to see ascend the stage at TED2013. After holding one-night salons in Amsterdam, Bangalore, Doha, Johannesburg, Londo...

Most of us take for granted that we can read, say, the street signs outside of our house. But for an overwhelming number of women in the Arab world, basic literacy is not a given. That’s why in 2009, photographer and TED Fellow Laura Boushnak (TED Talk: For these women, reading is a daring act) began “I Read, I Write,” a series that documents th...

Journalist and commentator John Hockenberry has reported from all over the world in virtually every medium. He's the author of "Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs and Declarations of Independence."

Two years ago, waves of revolution swept through the Middle East. On February 17, 2011 -- two months after civil resistance began in Tunisia and less than a month after the people of Egypt rose up in Tahrir Square -- revolt began in Libya to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Activist Zahra' Langhi was part of the "day of rage" that eventuall...

Artist eL Seed fuses the beauty of Arabic letters with the modern art of graffiti -- an art form he calls calligraffiti. He paints colorful, undulating messages of hope and peace on buildings all over the world -- from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, to the bridges of Paris (the city where he was born), to the minaret of the mosque in Gabès, ...

About this event: Our event called TEDxENAU, where x=independently organized TED event, is joining the adventure with its first edition in Tunis scheduled for April 13, 2014 with the theme "Pushing The Limits". This edition will bring together different tunisian symbols with diverse disciplines and points of view in order to share their experiences, their succ...

"80% of deaf people in the world," says Mohamed Jemni, "do not have access to education." Jemni, professor of ICT and Educational Technologies at the University of Tunis, Tunisia, is working with new technology to find ways of helping the deaf to communicate. His team has developed WebSign, an extraordinary set of applications, to "break the...

The documentary INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project will premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York this Saturday, April 20, giving an intimate look into the courageous victories and heartrending challenges involved in creating the world’s largest participatory art project. In 2011, French street artist JR announced his TED Pr...

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About this event: The TED Tunis Dauphine is about learning how to stand out. For students it's very important to know how to stand out from the crowd and how to take advantage of opportunities that life give us.