Tunisia is an Arabic-speaking country. So, what happens when a product from the Anglophone world is introduced? The name is often translated into Arabic. Reading right to left, can you figure out the Arabic letters from the transliteration of Coca Cola? You should be able to identify the k sound because it appears three times and is a very distinctive letter. [2004]
The sea that separates: that’s the way we think of 'the Med.' But, to the Romans, it was the sea that united. A casing of Roman culture surrounded the Mediterranean like an eggshell, and the landscapes of Italy were not that much different from the landscapes of North Africa. Rome and El Djem had the largest amphitheaters in the Roman world. [2004]
