Love is not measured by the value of a good offered, its price or its brand. But a carefully chosen present gives new life to a love story, a smile to a child and a tear of happiness to a mother. It is soon the new year, and it is the perfect opportunity for many of us to show their affection by offering original, special and personalized gifts. In the episode of “Alf Thneya we Thneya” broadcast on Express FM, Amel Djait, presenter and producer gives us the best addresses and tips to find the gifts that suit us on occasion. The show “Alf Thenya we Thneya” is sponsored by the hotel La Badira in Hammamet and its Spa by Clarins https://www.labadira.com/

From the Denden House of Crafts and its many artisans, to Concepts Stores as Mooja at Mutuelle-ville, Supersouk, Morjana bijoux de Amel Henchiri jewelry specialist , XYZ Concept Store, or more My Little bagatelle … but also addresses little known to the general public and professionals like Création El Khansa. By Hazar Abidi

Denden Crafts House

An emblematic place of handicraft in Tunisia, yet neglected, not very pleasant and accessible, the House of Denden Crafts has the merit of sheltering 42 artisans and it is above all a base for the craftsman and a tool for its prosperity . This institution has saved many artisans of precariousness and specialties of extinction and oblivion. And just for that, this address is a “must”!

For your new year’s gifts, we recommend the ceramic “Kounouz” with its pendants in different shapes and colors. Habib El Basli, a copper craftsman, is the magician of copper. Special mention for his chandeliers and lanterns worked by hand. Mohamed Karim Bayrem is a mosaicist as we rarely see! He pushes the art of mosaic to the extreme and even draws jewelry with this technique.

The House of Crafts Denden is open Monday to Friday, from 8h to 18h. So run there!

  • Concept Stores
    The concept stores, a global trend, new in Tunisia, proliferate more and more on the Grand-Tunis, but remains shy in the rest of the country. Nevertheless, it is possible to find real jewels in certain addresses.
  • Mooja   in Mutuelle-ville
    Offbeat and friendly place that wants to be a platform dedicated to Tunisian artists and creators working in fields as varied as fashion, decoration, music and all forms of contemporary expressions. There are clothes, custom sneakers, books and jewelry. Fares Chraiet is the designer of this space which he defines as “a postcard of contemporary Tunisia”.

Other Concepts Stores can arouse the curiosity of an audience in search of discoveries and collect objects, furniture, fashion, works, photos, paintings and drawings, stationery, leather accessories, jewelery etc … such as: Supersouk , Morjana , XYZ Concept Store and My Little Bagatelle.

My Little Bagatelle:

Boutique-Workshop with 20 years of experience in custom-made furniture and upscale decoration, “Les jardins de Bagatelle” reinvents itself in “My Little Bagatelle” through the marriage of the world of furniture, of the house , decoration, painting, arts, clothes and accessories with the “Baraa” clothing line. The brand specializes in the haik and weaving of Kairouan. It is international in the field of “hand-made” and sells in Venice, New York, Capri, Nice, Paris …

El Khanssa 

With her experience since 1980, El Khansa Création El Khansa has earned an excellent reputation through the design and creation of caftans. Located in Madina Jedida, the artisan gives “Alf Thneya we Thneya” an interview where she explains with the passion of a professional steps of the making of amber paste according to the ancestral methods and the rules of art !

Far from the trendy shops of the capital, El Khansa is an example of a project whose central focus is the safeguarding of memory and ancestral knowledge. Khansa and her peers should be encouraged and supported in what she knows best; to perpetuate a knowledge 100% authentic and Tunisian.

So you know what you have to do, find the purchase that suits you and actively participate in the safeguarding of a precious heritage as well as in difficulty.

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