Tips for your wedding
Practical answers for planning a Tunisian wedding and other family celebrations: the invitation wording, traditions, budget, and how to send it to every guest.
Guide
Getting married in Tunisia: documents and procedure
Getting married in Tunisia: who performs the marriage, the two witnesses, the premarital medical certificate, the documents, and marrying a French citizen.
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Digital wedding invitations in Tunisia: the complete guide
What a digital wedding invitation is, what it changes for your guests, and how to create one in minutes — in Arabic or French, from your phone.
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Invitation wording
Tunisian wedding invitation wording in Arabic and French
Ready-to-copy Tunisian wedding invitation wording in Arabic and French, with translations: both families, one side, a late parent, the couple, and derja.
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Traditions
Tunisian engagement traditions: khotba, Fatiha and mawsem
Tunisian engagement traditions explained: asking for the bride’s hand, reading the Fatiha, the ring and gold set, the mawsem gift of the 27th of Ramadan.
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Tunisian henna night: traditions, harkous and what to wear
What happens at a Tunisian henna night: the hannana, the songs, harkous, the groom’s henna, outia and jelwa, what guests wear, and how to invite.
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What to wear to a Tunisian wedding, as a guest or the couple
What to wear to a Tunisian wedding, event by event: fouta w blouza or kaftan for women, jebba or suit for men, and what the bride and groom wear.
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Tunisian wedding traditions: the steps, day by day
How a Tunisian wedding unfolds, from the engagement to the morning after: the Tunis wedding week, henna, outia, jelwa by region, and what to expect.
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Wishes
Arabic wedding wishes in Tunisian: mabrouk and how to reply
Arabic wedding wishes as Tunisians really say them, with pronunciation and meaning: for the couple, for the parents, for single guests, and how to reply.
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Prices
Who pays for a wedding in Tunisia? Costs and traditions
Who pays for a wedding in Tunisia: the traditional split between the two families, what is changing, and the typical cost item by item, in dinars.
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How much does a wedding invitation cost in Tunisia?
The price of a paper wedding invitation in Tunisia — card, print run, lead time — and what changes with a digital invitation paid once, for all your guests.
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Sharing
Sharing your wedding invitation on WhatsApp: how to do it
When to send the invitation, what message to write, private messages or broadcast lists, and exactly what your guests see when they open the link.
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Guests
Wedding RSVP: knowing how many guests will really come
The number your caterer asks for: collecting your guests’ replies without calling each of them, and what the RSVP of a digital invitation really does.
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Other family celebrations
Tunisian circumcision party (tahour): traditions
The tahour, the Tunisian circumcision party: the boy’s jebba and chéchia, the henna the night before, the taalila songs, Kairouan on the 27th of Ramadan.
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Birth in Tunisia: announcement, zrir and aqiqa
Welcoming a baby in Tunisia: zrir for visitors, the aqiqa, the forty days, birth announcement wording in Arabic, French and English, and how to congratulate.
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Circumcision invitation wording in Arabic, French and English
Ready-to-copy circumcision party invitation wording for a Tunisian tahour, in English, French and Arabic, with the programme and what to say.
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