Meet Adel and Aida, a brother-and-sister beekeeping team in Zaghouan, Tunisia. Learn how flowers, seasons, and harvesting shape the honeys they produce. Adel & Aida Adel and Aida are beekeepers based in Zaghouan, a region in northern Tunisia known for its varied landscapes, seasonal flowering cycles, and agricultural diversity. Together, they manage their hives throughout the year, following the rhythms of flowering seasons and harvesting honey in small batches as different plants come into bloom. The honeys they produce reflect the flowers, landscapes, and harvest periods that shape them. This is why no two harvests are ever exactly the same. A simple guide Who Adel & Aida are Why they chose beekeeping A different approach to harvesting Working with flowers, seasons, and landscapes The honeys they produce Understanding honey through harvests Who Adel & Aida are Adel and Aida are a brother-and-sister beekeeping team based in Zaghouan. Their work focuses on managing healthy hives and producing honey that reflects the environments where bees forage throughout the year. Rather than treating honey as a standardized product, they approach each harvest as the result of a specific flowering season, landscape, and natural cycle. The goal is not to create identical honey year after year. The goal is to work with what each season provides. Why they work with bees Beekeeping sits at the intersection of landscape, agriculture, and observation. Throughout the year, bees move through changing environments, collecting nectar from different flowers as seasons progress. For Adel and Aida, this continual relationship between bees, flowering cycles, and place is what makes beekeeping meaningful. Every harvest becomes a record of a particular moment in time. Changes in weather, flowering intensity, and seasonal conditions all influence the final honey. A different approach to harvesting The honey produced by Adel and Aida is harvested with minimal intervention. It is not heated during processing. It is not heavily filtered. The objective is to preserve the natural characteristics created during the harvest itself. This approach allows the honey to retain its texture, aroma, and seasonal variation. As a result, color, flavor, and crystallization may differ between harvests. These changes are a normal part of working with real honey rather than standardized industrial production. Working with flowers, seasons, and landscapes The character of a honey begins long before harvesting. It begins with flowers. Different flowering environments create different honeys. Orange blossom seasons create lighter and more floral profiles. Wild landscapes introduce greater variation and complexity. Water-rich environments influence the plants available to foraging bees and contribute their own characteristics. This relationship between flowers, landscapes, and seasons is what shapes the collection produced by Adel and Aida. Understanding the honey starts with understanding where it comes from. The honeys they produce Orange Blossom Honey Price €24.00 Wild Trilogy Price €29.00 Cress Honey Price €29.00 Honey Discovery Set Price €69.00 Understanding honey through harvests Many people encounter honey as a simple pantry product. Yet every honey begins with a specific combination of flowers, landscape, season, and harvesting decisions. Understanding those elements makes it easier to understand why honeys differ from one another. Explore: Understanding Honey Through Flowers, Harvests & Beekeepers Which Honey Should I Choose? Why Honey Crystallizes How Flowers Shape Honey The more you understand the harvest, the easier it becomes to understand the honey.

Explore handwoven basketry made from palm fiber in Tunisia. Objects shaped by use, climate, and daily life, designed for carrying, storage, and the table. Basketry Handwoven objects in palm fiber, shaped by use, climate, and repetition. We don’t have any products to show here right now. Basketry in Context Material: Palm Fiber Palm fiber is abundant in southern Tunisia, especially around oasis regions. It is flexible when fresh, rigid when dry, and built for repeated use. Explore materials Region: Gabès & the Oasis Belt Basketry follows the rhythm of oasis life — harvesting, carrying, storing. Forms come from what needs to move and what needs to last. See the regions Making: Hand Weaving Each piece is built through tension and repetition. No molds, no machines — just controlled hand movement shaping structure. Understand the making Delivery & support Delivery, returns, and support follow a clear structure aligned with how these objects are made and handled. You can find details through Support , delivery, and Returns .

Learn how My Chakchouka approaches fairness through relationship design, contributor representation, attribution, responsibility, and institutional structure. Fair System Why Relationships Need Structure How Relationships Are Approached How The System Is Applied Where The System Evolves Why Relationships Need Structure Relationships do not operate in isolation. Whenever people, knowledge, products, places, and practices are brought together within a shared institution, questions inevitably emerge about representation, responsibility, attribution, visibility, and decision-making. Good intentions alone do not resolve these questions. Different responsibilities may point in different directions. Contributors may have different expectations. Knowledge may require context. Representation may involve difficult choices about scope, accuracy, and visibility. As institutions grow, these questions become more frequent rather than less. For this reason, relationships require structure. Structure does not exist to remove judgment or eliminate complexity. It exists to provide a framework through which decisions can be approached consistently and responsibilities can be understood more clearly. Within My Chakchouka, the Fair System exists because fairness cannot be assumed to emerge automatically from participation, visibility, or goodwill. Fairness is not treated as an outcome that can be guaranteed. It is treated as an ongoing practice of designing relationships thoughtfully and reviewing them continuously as the institution evolves. The purpose of structure is therefore not control. It is clarity. A shared framework that helps relationships remain understandable, accountable, and capable of evolving over time. How Relationships Are Approached Relationships within My Chakchouka are approached as connections rather than transactions. Contributors, knowledge, products, places, and practices each enter the institution from different realities. They carry different histories, responsibilities, expectations, and forms of value. The purpose of the Fair System is not to reduce these differences, but to create a framework through which they can be approached responsibly and fairly. This begins with recognition. Contributors are approached as people rather than resources. Knowledge is approached as something that requires context rather than extraction. Products are approached as expressions of broader relationships rather than isolated objects. Places and practices are approached as realities that exist beyond the institution itself. It also requires balance. Visibility must be balanced with accuracy. Representation must be balanced with context. Growth must be balanced with responsibility. Fairness often emerges through the careful balancing of competing responsibilities rather than the pursuit of a single objective. Relationships are therefore approached as ongoing rather than fixed. As contributors evolve, as knowledge expands, and as the institution changes, relationships must be revisited, reviewed, and sometimes restructured. Fairness depends not on preserving a static arrangement, but on maintaining the capacity to adapt responsibly over time. For this reason, the Fair System is not understood as a set of permanent rules. It is understood as an evolving framework for approaching relationships with clarity, responsibility, fairness, and attention to the realities from which they emerge. How The System Is Applied The Fair System is applied through the decisions that shape relationships within the institution. One area of application is contributor representation. Decisions about how contributors are documented, how their work is presented, and how their contributions are connected to products and knowledge are approached through the broader responsibilities outlined within the Governance pillar. Another area is attribution. Knowledge, experience, work, and contribution are not treated as detached resources. Whenever appropriate, the institution seeks to maintain visible connections between a contribution and the people, places, practices, or realities from which it emerges. The system is also applied through questions of scope and visibility. Not every subject can be documented equally. Not every contributor can be represented immediately. Decisions about priority, inclusion, and focus require judgment. The Fair System helps provide a framework through which these decisions can be approached consistently rather than arbitrarily. Relationships between different parts of the institution are another area of application. Products, contributors, knowledge, places, and practices are approached as connected realities rather than independent categories. The system encourages decisions that strengthen those connections rather than separating them unnecessarily. Application does not guarantee perfect outcomes. Reasonable people may disagree about representation, visibility, priority, or interpretation. The purpose of the Fair System is not to eliminate disagreement. It is to provide a framework through which decisions can be explained, reviewed, and improved over time. In this sense, the Fair System functions less as a mechanism for enforcing fairness and more as a structure for approaching relationships responsibly. Where The System Evolves The Fair System is not treated as a finished framework. Relationships change. Contributors evolve. Knowledge expands. New forms of participation emerge. As the institution grows, new questions appear that could not have been anticipated when earlier decisions were made. For this reason, fairness cannot be reduced to a fixed set of rules. A system that remains unchanged regardless of circumstance may achieve consistency, but consistency alone does not guarantee responsible outcomes. New realities often require existing assumptions, priorities, and structures to be revisited. Evolution therefore forms part of the Fair System itself. The goal is not to preserve every decision indefinitely. The goal is to maintain a framework capable of learning, adapting, and improving while remaining connected to the responsibilities that justified it in the first place. This does not mean that every change is an improvement. Revision requires judgment just as much as stability does. Some structures deserve to be maintained. Others may need to evolve. The responsibility of the system is not to prefer change or permanence, but to remain responsive to the realities it exists to serve. For this reason, fairness is not understood as a destination that can be reached once and permanently secured. It is an ongoing practice of reviewing relationships, questioning assumptions, and refining structures as the institution continues to evolve. The Fair System remains open not because it is incomplete, but because the relationships it supports are never static. Description of Mechanics Dignity at scale is not a belief. It is a structural outcome. Fair System describes how value, price, money, risk, margin, dependency, exit, and labor are handled as this system grows. VALUE ENTRY When value enters the system. PAYMENT TIMING When money moves. MARGIN CONTAINMENT How spread is bounded. EXIT INTEGRITY How relationships end. PRICE FORMATION Where price authority is located. RISK ABSORPTION Where failure lands. DEPENDENCY AVOIDANCE How reversibility is preserved. LABOR CONTINUITY How capacity persists over time. "Injustice brings about the ruin of civilization." – Ibn Khaldun

How animal fibers enter making systems in Tunisia, including wool sourcing, preparation, and textile use. Animal Fiber Shaped by living conditions. What Belongs Here Animal fiber includes only fibers that enter making systems in Tunisia: Sheep wool Goat hair Camel hair Wool felt, where fiber is compacted into form Animal fiber is considered here only where hair or wool is transformed into material use. Geographic & Animal Reality Animal fiber is shaped by living conditions, not by extraction. Sheep dominate northern and central regions, producing coarse to medium wool. Goats are present across arid and semi-arid zones, yielding long, tensile hair. Camels appear in southern regions, producing limited but highly insulating fiber. Collection Conditions Animal fiber is collected cyclically. Wool is shorn seasonally, when growth allows. Goat and camel hair is combed or gathered during shedding. Collection timing affects fiber length, cleanliness, and strength. Yield is inconsistent. Storage requires dryness and protection from pests. Fiber exists only when animals allow its removal. How Animal Fiber Behaves Sheep wool Naturally crimped Highly elastic Retains warmth when wet Felts under heat, moisture, and pressure It compresses and recovers under use. Goat hair Long and coarse Low elasticity High tensile strength Resistant to abrasion It holds under tension but does not stretch easily. Camel hair Light and fine Excellent thermal insulation Sensitive to moisture Fragile when mishandled It favors protection over durability. Making Implications Animal fiber dictates layering and flexibility. Thickness replaces rigidity. Forms adapt to bodies and movement. Felting replaces joinery. Repair and renewal are expected. Animal fiber favors: insulation over structure portability over mass adaptation over permanence Uniformity is rare. Quality Recognition Quality is recognized through handling. Good wool compresses and recovers. Good goat hair resists pull without snapping. Good camel fiber insulates without weight. Poor fiber sheds, mats poorly, or breaks early. Objects Animal Fiber Becomes Animal fiber forms: blankets and coverings garments and layers felted caps and panels tent elements and insulation Form follows climate and movement. Longevity & Limits Animal fiber lasts only through care. It weakens when neglected. It degrades with moisture and pests. It recovers through cleaning and repair. Position Animal fiber changes with time, use, and care. In Tunisia, it persists because its behavior is understood.

Explore how objects such as rugs, shutters, textiles, and beds regulate rest, shade, and airflow in Tunisian homes. Ground, Shade & Sleep Objects that regulate rest under heat and light. Rest in Tunisia has long developed under conditions shaped by heat, light, and airflow. Rather than relying only on architectural solutions, everyday objects help regulate these conditions. Rugs, mattresses, shutters, curtains, and textile layers moderate temperature, shade, and sound. These objects do not redefine sleep. They make it possible under specific environmental conditions. Together they illustrate another dimension of Tunisian object culture , where everyday objects respond directly to climate and daily life. Ground Objects often intervene between the body and the ground to stabilize temperature and comfort. Common examples include: low beds and divans mattresses placed close to the floor rugs and layered textiles beneath sleeping surfaces Keeping sleeping surfaces low allows the body to remain within cooler air layers. At the same time, rugs and textiles create insulation from the ground while avoiding excessive heat retention. These arrangements reflect practical adjustments to climate rather than formal design decisions. Shade Shade is often produced through movable objects before it becomes purely architectural. Common mediating elements include: shutters heavy curtains textile screens wooden frames around windows and openings These objects are adjusted daily. Shutters close during intense sunlight. Curtains soften glare. Textile screens reduce direct exposure while maintaining airflow. Together they preserve coolness within sleeping and resting areas. Sleep Sleep in Tunisian homes is often marked gradually rather than through a single object. The transition toward rest is supported by small adjustments within the room: covers are drawn pillows accumulate curtains overlap light is reduced The bed itself does not define the moment of rest. Instead, sleep emerges through a gradual withdrawal of light, sound, and activity. Objects therefore help create the conditions that allow rest to occur. Air Air circulation plays an essential role in regulating rest. Objects help guide airflow by leaving space open rather than closing it entirely. Examples include: doors without raised thresholds windows positioned to align with airflow minimal obstruction around sleeping areas These arrangements allow air to move quietly through interior spaces. Circulation occurs without mechanical systems, preserving stillness and comfort during warm nights. Materials in use Several materials commonly appear in objects that regulate rest. Clay : Provides thermal stability and helps regulate interior temperature. Wood : Frames openings and supports shutters and structural elements that guide airflow and shade. Fiber : Absorbs light, softens sound, and creates flexible layers that adjust to daily conditions. Each material contributes according to its physical behavior. Explore Objects Shaped by Ground, Shade & Rest These conditions remain present in everyday homes. Shade, enclosure, and material surfaces continue to shape how spaces slow down, cool, and settle. Objects are used to create calm, regulate light, and support rest without interruption. Explore the collection

Explore directories, databases, organization profiles, institutional records, and other forms of external documentation connected to My Chakchouka. References About References External Documentation Documentation Principles About References The References page brings together external documentation connected to My Chakchouka. These references include directories, databases, organization profiles, participant listings, institutional records, research references, partner pages, and other forms of external documentation through which the institution exists beyond its own website. The page serves as a point of exploration for understanding where and how the institution has been documented, recorded, catalogued, or referenced by external organizations and systems. Each reference can be explored as part of a broader context that connects the institution to external records, databases, organizations, initiatives, and forms of documentation beyond its own activities. The purpose of this page is not simply to gather links in one place. It is to document where the institution exists beyond itself and how that existence has been recorded through external documentation. External Documentation The references gathered within this page reflect forms of external documentation connected to the institution's activities, development, participation, contributors, products, and broader presence beyond its own website. Each entry provides a pathway for understanding where the institution has been documented, recorded, catalogued, listed, profiled, cited, or referenced by external organizations, systems, databases, directories, and other forms of documentation. These records help document relationships that connect the institution to broader ecosystems of information, documentation, research, participation, and institutional recordkeeping. Explore the external documentation below. Coming soon Coming soon Documentation Principles External documentation provides context, but it does not provide complete understanding. Directories, databases, organization profiles, participant listings, institutional records, research references, partner pages, and other forms of documentation can help record where and how an institution exists beyond its own website. They make certain external relationships visible and help establish a documented presence within broader systems of information and recordkeeping. At the same time, documentation should not be confused with institutional value. Being listed, catalogued, profiled, or referenced does not fully explain the significance of an institution, the quality of its work, or the realities it seeks to document. Documentation may reflect relevance, participation, recognition, research interest, administrative processes, or recordkeeping practices, but it does not provide a complete picture of the institution itself. For this reason, external documentation should be approached as a source of context rather than a source of proof. Reference entries help visitors understand where the institution has been documented and how it exists within broader systems of information. They do not replace direct engagement with the institution's contributors, governance, products, knowledge, practices, relationships, or activities. Documentation is most useful when understood alongside the realities being documented. A directory entry gains meaning when connected to the institution it describes. A database record gains meaning when connected to the realities it records. A reference gains meaning when connected to the work, relationships, and activities it helps document. The purpose of this page is therefore not to establish legitimacy through documentation. Its purpose is to document where the institution exists beyond itself and make those records easier to understand within their proper context. References help document where the institution exists beyond itself.

Explore recently added handmade Tunisian objects across tableware, pantry goods, home objects, gifting, and daily use. New arrivals Recently added handmade Tunisian objects across home, table, gifting, and daily use. Dark Sejnane Woman Sculpture Price €79.00 ADD TO CART Dark Sejnane Standing Figure Price €69.00 ADD TO CART Earth-Toned Sejnane Standing Figure Price €69.00 ADD TO CART Painted Sejnane Woman Sculpture Price €79.00 ADD TO CART Understand the objects further These objects are shaped by materials, regions, and everyday use. Objects Materials Regions Artisans

Discover Tunisian olive oil with 3,000 years of heritage — pressed close to home, trusted in kitchens, and shared with pride. Olive Oil How a single substance organizes daily cooking in Tunisian households. A Default, Not a Decision Olive oil is assumed. It is used for frying, dressing, finishing, preserving, and eating with bread. There is no need to decide which fat to use. The question does not arise. One substance performs many roles. Bread, Oil, Meal Some meals do not require assembly. Bread and oil are sufficient to begin eating. Nothing else needs to be prepared. This pairing is not framed as minimal. It is treated as complete. Food does not need to announce itself. Simplification of the Kitchen Because olive oil works across tasks, kitchens remain simple. There is no separation between oils for heat, oils for flavor, or oils for storage. The same substance moves through all stages of cooking. This reduces inventory. It reduces decision-making. It reduces error. Continuity Across Time Olive oil does not demand immediate use. It stores well. It remains usable across months. This allows households to buy in quantity, to plan less often, and to rely on what is already present. Time is absorbed into the system. What This Makes Possible Because olive oil functions as a default, food becomes predictable. Meals assemble more easily. Mistakes are fewer. Attention is freed. One substance carries multiple functions so that daily life does not need to.

An overview of Tunisia as a functioning system, including its regions, materials, objects, and everyday structures. Tunisia How Tunisia works through everyday systems Orientation Materials Objects Rhythm of Life Regions Artisans Land & Kitchen Perspectives

An observation of how identity shifts when it moves from lived reality into representation. Identity This page observes how identity changes when it is represented rather than lived. Orientation Identity is often treated as something that can be shown. In practice, identity is lived through behavior, repetition, and continuity. Representation introduces a different logic. What is shown must be recognizable, legible, and stable enough to be interpreted by others. This page looks at how identity functions when visibility, classification, and signaling become structural pressures. Representation and Signal When identity is represented, it is translated into visible markers. Symbols, language, aesthetics, and narratives are adopted to signal belonging. These markers allow quick recognition but tend to simplify what they stand in for. The represented form becomes more static than the lived experience it references. Continuity weakens under signaling pressure. To remain recognizable, identity must repeat itself. Fluid or evolving aspects are reduced because they interfere with legibility. Formal classification intensifies this effect. Census labels, institutional categories, and market segments impose discrete slots onto lived variation. The map becomes easier to navigate, but less accurate. Distortion Under Visibility Visibility alters behavior. When identities are presented to broad or external audiences, nuance is compressed to fit familiar frames. Simplification ensures recognition, but it flattens internal diversity. The external gaze shapes internal conduct. Observation and evaluation encourage conformity to expected traits associated with the category. Over time, performance aligns with expectation, reinforcing the represented form. What began as description becomes prescription. Stabilization and Fragmentation Institutions stabilize identity for operational reasons. Administrative systems fix identity categories to manage access, rights, and coordination. These fixed labels persist even as lived expressions change, privileging stable forms over hybrid or fluid ones. Markets reward consistency. Recognizable identity signals are incentivized because they are easier to target, brand, or distribute. Narrow traits are amplified because they perform reliably. Fragmentation follows. When identity is framed externally, internal disagreement emerges over which representation dominates. Competing performances arise within the same labeled group. Misalignment accumulates between lived reality and public representation. Emphasis on selected aspects obscures others, producing tension between private experience and visible identity. Boundary Identity does not distort because it is false. It distorts when representation replaces continuity.