Fadhel Jaïbi and Fadhel Jaziri

Fadhel Jaïbi, born in December 1945, and Fadhel Jaziri (1948-2025), a native of Tunis who died on 11 August 2025, founded the Théâtre du Sud in Gafsa in 1972 with other artists, then in 1976 the Nouveau Théâtre de Tunis, with Jalila Baccar and Mohamed Driss. Together they made films from several plays by this collective, which broke up in 1988. Jaïbi co-directed the Centre d'art dramatique de Tunis from 1974 to 1978; Jaziri revived interest in Sufi songs and Tunisian musical heritage in 1989, with a large-scale show created at the Carthage festival.

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• CinemaArabعربFadhel Jaïbi and Fadhel Jaziri · 1988Cinema