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.

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.

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...

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...

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 -- ...

“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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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

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...

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...

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: 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...

"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...

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...

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About this event: TEDxYouth@MedjezElBeb is organized by a group of young highschool students who believe in the power of ideas. They are organizing this event in ordre to spread and share knowledge and encourage people to think different. "Ideas are bulletproof, they never die"

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About this event: What would make a creative, cultural and artistic movement take place in the Arab world? What would be the pillars of this major change? Speakers would present innovative ideas related to one of this topics (economy, art, education, medias, technology, justice, human rights...)

About this event: TEDxChange 2012 is a TEDx event co-organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and TED. Convened by Melinda French Gates and hosted by Chris Anderson, TEDxChange will focus on issues surrounding global health and development. TEDxChange type events are TEDx events hosted around the live webcast of TEDxChange, and also feature local spea...

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About this event: TEDxAPBS is an independently organized event by a group of students who are dedicated and passionate about ideas worth spreading. Our conference is designed to foster growth and inspire young people. The talks vary widely in format, message, and ideas, but they share a common vision: to inspire curiosity and empower future generation of “starter...

About this event: Nous nous sommes tous interrogés à propos de notre avenir, au moins une fois dans notre vie, mais sans trouver de réponse réelle. Nous sommes tous nerveux quand la question du futur se pose. C’est pour cette raison, précisément, que, le temps d’une journée, nous nous inspirerons de l’expérience de nos guides, venus de différents domaines et nous...