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As well as being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ichkeul National Park is also a key stop on bird migration paths where the view comes evermore spectacular atop the hill, where you can visit the local museum and have a picnic. Laid out along the Cap Bon peninsula shoreline, Hammamet is a former fishing village turned resort town, now keeping things classy with low-rise hotel developments building on the wealthy boulevards of Yasmine Hammamet all the way up to the heritage bastions of Hammamet Nord.

The 'Nightmare' of Being Gay in Tunisia

Ari is unusual in his discreet openness about his sexuality. But urban Tunis is more liberal, to a limited Arab degree, and secular than the rest of Tunisia—at the present time. He also thinks that gays are now less relaxed about cruising in public. But Ari does not worry about hiding.

Tunisia ultimate itinerary: things to do and see within 10 days in gay Tunisia

In , their sentence was reduced to 40 days in prison, however in the Court of Cassation appealed of that decision. Five of them have since found refuge abroad, where they have been granted asylum. Their appeal was set to be heard at the Court of Appeal of Nabeul in February The individuals were amongst 8 people who were arrested earlier in the month, following a police raid on a residence in the coastal town of Hammamet.

Gay Life in Tunisia

After the revolution in , things have changed, but homophobia persists. LGBTQ activists and human rights lawyers protest outside a court in Tunis after filing a request demanding the decriminalization of homosexuality in the country, following an appeal against the sentencing of two Tunisians jailed under the strict penal code, Dec.