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Татко им на Сами и Рани Кедира има тунижанско (ваљда вака е правилно) потекло, што не значи дека е арап и дека се клања дома. Преку 40 години се у Германија, децава се родени у Штудгарт, никад не ни биле у Тунис, немаат ништо со таа земја.
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How strong of a connection do you have to your father’s Tunisian roots?
My memories of Hammamet are mostly holiday memories – not unlike most German tourists’. We used to spend five weeks in Tunisia every summer when I was little, and my bond with the country has grown quite strong – if only because it’s home to my father’s family, that is to say, my grandparents, six aunts and about 40 cousins.
How do you communicate with them – do you speak any Arabic?
Only a few words, I’m afraid. I started out learning the language as a kid and spoke it with my father. But at some point I just refused to continue learning, maybe because I felt more at home in Germany. Today, I regret that. Whenever I am in Tunisia now, my only means of communication with the older generation are my hands and feet. Most of the youngsters speak English or French.
Your mother’s from the [Stuttgart] area, your father from a different cultural background – how did the two of them find each other?
It started as a holiday love, back when my mother vacationed in Hammamet, when my father was in his early twenties. They kept on visiting each other, but eventually my dad’s visa expired. They had to make a decision and their love for each other turned out to be stronger, so they got married.
Was life easy for your father’s family?
Not by a long shot – Tunisia was a poor country. My dad had eight siblings and the whole family lived in a tiny apartment. There was no school system even remotely close to the German one. My dad had to leave school at the age of ten and immediately began earning money.
You still travel there regularly – how has the North-African country changed since?
It can hardly be compared to the country I knew from my childhood days. Hammamet in particular has received an enormous boost through tourism – brand new hotel complexes have sprung up everywhere and the increasing prosperity is apparent from the expensive cars that fill the streets. I almost get a little nostalgic when I think about the romantic bazaars from old times, my grandparents’ couscous... but the people are undeniably better off than before.
What’s your view on the difference in mentality between the Tunisian and German cultures?
Tunisians are so much more casual among each other. You can see it in the way they deal with their kids. They’re just brought up differently, grow up in a very free environment, are more bold and cheeky. There are parts to that whole mentality that are strange to me.