Cool Facts about Tunisia

Tunisia

Star War was filmed in Tunisia.

For the home planet of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the desert planet of ‘Tatooine’, Lucas chose the landscapes and native architecture of Tunisia (Tataouine is a real Tunisian town, some miles

south of the movie location).

Luke’s sunken home was in the town of Matmata, where

homes are burrowed into the soft local sandstone from

the sides of circular pits. The interior is one of the inner

courtyards of the Sidi Driss Hotel, where you can still

see the murals and some of the set dressing from the

movie.

Raiders of the Lost Ark was set in Egypt — all the archaeological digging

scenes and those nasty bits with the snakes in particular. Its commonly

thought that these scenes where shot in Cario, near the Pyramids. However

director Steven Spielberg actually shot them here in Tozeur and the city of

Kairouan, not far from many of the Star Wars locations

Television antennas. All the houses in Kairouan (doubling for Cairo) had TV antennas on the roofs. To get an overhead shot of the city, they had to get the locals to take down their TV antennas, because the movie takes place before TV was invented.

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Camel Racing• Camel racing is held

quite close to heart amongst the Tunisian people. Many camel races that are conducted here are one if the main highlights and is also one of the most commonly Bedouin events here in this region.

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Tunisia’s Coat of Arms

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