How exit is structured within the fair system in Tunisia to preserve autonomy and system integrity. EXIT INTEGRITY How relationships end. Most systems are judged by how they grow. Very few are judged by how they let go. Exit Integrity defines whether separation remains possible once coordination, volume, and dependency increase. This constraint exists to prevent coercion by permanence. The Distortion In most supply systems, exit is allowed in theory and punished in practice. Contracts thicken. Notice periods stretch. Assets become stranded. Data disappears. Reputation becomes leverage. Leaving becomes more expensive than staying – even when staying is irrational. How Distortion Appears Exit distortion forms through: asymmetric termination rights long or undefined notice periods forfeited deposits or tooling withheld payments at separation informal retaliation or blacklisting non-competes disguised as “protection” Exit is not blocked outright. It is burdened. Structural Consequence When exit integrity collapses: inefficient relationships persist loss-making production continues power concentrates silently adaptation slows failure propagates instead of resolving The system appears stable – but only because movement is trapped. Structural Position In the Chakchouka system, exit is treated as a design requirement. No relationship is considered healthy if it cannot end without damage. Continuity must be chosen – not enforced by friction. Constraint Logic The Exit Integrity constraint enforces five rules: Symmetric termination rights No party holds unilateral exit power. Defined and bounded notice Exit timelines are explicit and limited. Asset and data restitution Tools, molds, and information return cleanly. Guaranteed final settlement Outstanding balances cannot be withheld as leverage. No retaliatory penalties Exit does not trigger informal punishment. What This Prevents Without exit integrity, systems tend to: weaponize sunk costs blur cooperation with captivity extract concessions through delay discourage honest renegotiation convert fear into compliance Exit becomes a threat instead of a mechanism. What This Enables When exit remains intact: inefficient links dissolve early resources reallocate correctly power stays distributed trust becomes credible long-term cooperation strengthens Clean exits reduce total damage – even when relationships end. Position This is not instability. It is controlled reversibility. A system that survives only by trapping its participants is not resilient – it is brittle. LABOR CONTINUITY How capacity persists over time. Next Constraint

How labor continuity is maintained within making systems in Tunisia without creating dependency or exhaustion. LABOR CONTINUITY How capacity persists over time. Most systems treat labor as a variable. This one treats it as capacity. Labor Continuity defines whether skill, reliability, and human throughput can survive volatility once coordination scales. This constraint exists to prevent silent collapse. The Distortion In most production systems, labor expands and contracts with demand. Orders spike. Work accelerates. People are activated. Then demand drops. Production halts. People disappear. The system calls this flexibility. In reality, it is erosion. How Distortion Appears Labor discontinuity forms through: volatile or speculative order cycles seasonal or project-based production on/off hiring and piece-rate compensation fragmented subcontracting chains demand buffering through casual labor Work arrives – but continuity does not. Structural Consequence When labor continuity breaks: skills decay between cycles experienced workers exit permanently quality declines quietly capacity shrinks invisibly recovery becomes slow or impossible The system appears lean – until it cannot respond. Structural Position In the Chakchouka system, labor is treated as infrastructure. Capacity must persist beyond individual orders. Skill must accumulate, not reset. Human throughput is stabilized intentionally – not left to demand volatility. Constraint Logic The Labor Continuity constraint enforces five rules: Baseline workload stability Work does not drop to zero between cycles. Production smoothing Output is staggered to avoid spikes and stoppages. Multi-client aggregation No single demand source governs continuity. Skill-preserving cadence Work rhythm protects technique and mastery. Refusal of stop–start models Capacity is not repeatedly dismantled and rebuilt. What This Prevents Without labor continuity, systems tend to: burn skill faster than it forms substitute experience with churn degrade quality without noticing lose capacity before demand returns confuse short-term savings with efficiency Labor exits quietly – and does not come back. What This Enables When continuity is protected: skills compound across cycles quality stabilizes naturally delivery becomes reliable adaptation speeds up growth does not hollow out the system Capacity becomes cumulative. Position This is not employment ideology. It is capacity preservation. A system that consumes its labor base will eventually consume itself. FAIR SYSTEM If any one of these constraints fails, the system fails. Final Note

Explore programs, initiatives, accelerators, incubators, and other institutional environments in which My Chakchouka has participated. Programs About Programs Programs & Initiatives Participation Principles About Programs The Programs page brings together programs, initiatives, accelerators, incubators, institutional opportunities, and other forms of organized participation connected to My Chakchouka. These programs represent environments in which the institution has engaged with organizations, contributors, mentors, participants, and broader networks beyond itself. Through participation, institutions can encounter new relationships, perspectives, opportunities, and forms of collaboration that contribute to their development over time. The page serves as a point of exploration for understanding the institution's participation within external programs and initiatives. Each program can be explored as part of a broader context that connects the institution to organizations, communities, contributors, and institutional environments beyond its own activities. The purpose of this page is not simply to gather selections or achievements in one place. It is to document the programs and initiatives through which the institution has participated beyond itself. Programs & Initiatives The programs gathered within this page reflect forms of participation that have emerged through the institution's development, activities, contributors, and broader engagement with the world beyond itself. Each entry provides a pathway for understanding how the institution has participated within external initiatives, programs, accelerators, incubators, collaborations, and other organized environments. These forms of participation help document relationships that connect the institution to organizations, communities, contributors, mentors, participants, and wider networks. Explore the programs and initiatives below. Diasporactive 1KUB, l'Incubateur ELLEvate Summit Open Minds Community Participation Principles Program participation provides context, but it does not provide complete understanding. Programs, initiatives, accelerators, incubators, collaborations, and other institutional opportunities can help document how an institution has engaged with organizations, contributors, mentors, participants, and broader networks beyond itself. They make certain external relationships visible and help record environments in which participation has taken place. At the same time, participation should not be confused with institutional value. Selection into a program does not fully explain the significance of an institution, the quality of its work, or the realities it seeks to document. Programs may reflect opportunity, alignment, timing, support, collaboration, or shared interests, but they do not provide a complete picture of the institution itself. For this reason, participation should be approached as a source of context rather than a source of proof. Program entries help visitors understand where the institution has engaged beyond itself and the environments in which that participation occurred. They do not replace direct engagement with the institution's contributors, governance, products, knowledge, practices, or relationships. Participation is most useful when understood alongside the work being undertaken. A program gains meaning when connected to the activities pursued within it. An initiative gains meaning when connected to the relationships it creates. A collaboration gains meaning when connected to the realities it helps shape. The purpose of this page is therefore not to establish legitimacy through selection or participation. Its purpose is to document institutional participation and make it easier to understand within its proper context. Programs document environments in which participation occurred.

How margins are contained within the fair system in Tunisia to prevent value extraction beyond defined limits. MARGIN CONTAINMENT How Spread is bounded. Margins do not drift. They accumulate. Margin Containment defines where spread is allowed to expand – and where it must stop. This constraint exists to prevent value from compounding without added function once coordination scales. The Distortion In most systems, margins stack silently. Each layer adds a percentage. Each percentage applies to the last. Spread compounds without changing the work. Coordination is paid repeatedly. Risk is already covered. Function does not increase – but price does. Margin becomes a recursive tax. How Distortion Appears Margin Containment distortion occurs when: pricing is percentage-based instead of function-based coordination fees are embedded inside product price multiple intermediaries perform overlapping roles scale efficiencies are captured, not passed branding justifies spread without cost reference Opacity allows accumulation to hide in plain sight. Structural Consequence When margins are unconstrained: final prices disconnect from production reality upstream viability erodes scale rewards extraction, not efficiency bargaining asymmetry hardens systems grow brittle despite revenue growth Spread increases even when cost falls. Structural Position In the My Chakchouka system, margin is bounded by function. Margin is allowed only where: new work is performed measurable coordination occurs risk is actually carried complexity is genuinely reduced No layer earns spread by inheritance. Constraint Logic The Margin Containment constraint enforces four rules: No percentage-on-percentage Margins do not compound on prior margins. Coordination is priced separately Fees are explicit, not embedded. Scale compresses spread Efficiency gains reduce margins – they do not inflate them. No margin without added function Narrative does not count as work. What This Prevents Without this constraint, systems tend to: reward distance from production hide extraction inside branding punish efficiency upstream inflate prices without resilience collapse under their own layers Growth becomes hollow. What This Enables When margin is contained: pricing remains legible efficiency benefits are shared upstream capacity survives scale trust replaces opacity growth compounds structurally Profit becomes durable instead of fragile. Position This is not anti-profit. This is profit with limits. A system that allows spread to grow without function will eventually consume its own base. DEPENDENCY AVOIDANCE How reversibility is preserved. Next Constraint

Details on how My Chakchouka collects, uses, and protects personal data. PRIVACY POLICY Effective date: 5 Feb 2026 Last updated: 5 Feb 2026 This Privacy Policy explains how My Chakchouka collects, uses, shares, and retains personal data when you visit our website, place an order, or contact us. It applies to consumers and visitors. It does not replace your statutory rights. Key points (convenience summary) This summary is provided for convenience only. The full policy controls. We collect only the data needed to run the site, process orders, and communicate with you. Payments are processed by PCI-compliant providers; we do not store full card numbers. Optional cookies (such as analytics or marketing) are used only if you consent. You can access, delete, or correct your data and change cookie preferences at any time. Nothing here limits rights you have under applicable law. 1. Who we are My Chakchouka Immeuble Le Montplaisir B25, Rue Omar Kaddeh, Tunis 1073, Tunisia Contact for privacy requests: hello@mychakchouka.com 2. What data we collect 2.1 Data you provide Contact details: name, email, phone number, shipping/billing address. Order information: items purchased, quantities, prices, taxes, delivery method, order ID. Communications: messages you send us, form submissions, reviews. Custom orders: specifications and approvals you provide (where applicable). 2.2 Data collected automatically Technical data: IP address, device and browser information, pages viewed, session data. Cookies and similar technologies: see Section 6. 2.3 Payment data Payments are handled by PCI-compliant payment processors enabled on our site (for example, Wix Payments, PayPal, or Stripe). We do not store full card numbers. We receive transaction references and limited details (such as the last four digits) needed for accounting and support. 3. How we use data We use personal data to: process and deliver orders; provide customer support and respond to requests; manage accounts, approvals, and confirmations for custom work; send transactional communications (order confirmations, shipping updates); send marketing communications only where consent is required and given; secure the site, prevent fraud, and maintain performance; understand site usage only if you consent to optional analytics. 4. Legal bases (where applicable) Depending on your location, we process data on one or more of these bases: Contract: to fulfill your order and provide the services you request; Consent: for optional cookies and marketing where required; Legal obligation: accounting, tax, or regulatory duties; Legitimate interests: site security, fraud prevention, and basic analytics where permitted and balanced against your rights. 5. Sharing data We share data only as needed with: Platform providers: Wix (hosting and site operations); Payment processors: to complete transactions; Delivery partners: to ship your order; Service providers: email delivery, analytics, or security tools only if enabled. When third-party tools are used (for example, analytics or pixels), they may collect data under their own policies. We link to those policies where applicable. 6. Cookies and consent 6.1 Types of cookies Essential: required for site security, sessions, and basic functionality. These are always on. Optional: analytics, personalization, or marketing cookies. These are used only if you consent. 6.2 Your choices You can accept all, reject all optional, or customize cookies from the banner. You can change your choice at any time via Cookie Settings on the site. 7. Marketing communications We send marketing emails only where consent is required and provided. Every marketing email includes an unsubscribe link. Transactional and service emails are sent to complete your order or respond to you and cannot be unsubscribed from. 8. Data retention We keep data only as long as needed: Orders and invoices: retained to meet legal and accounting requirements. Support communications and approvals: retained to resolve issues and defend disputes, then deleted. Analytics data: retained according to the tool’s settings or anonymized where available. Spam or unnecessary submissions: removed periodically. 9. Your rights Depending on your location, you may have the right to: access your data; correct inaccurate data; request deletion; object to or restrict certain processing; withdraw consent (for cookies or marketing). To exercise these rights, contact hello@mychakchouka.com . We respond within a reasonable timeframe. 10. International transfers Our providers may process data in different countries. Where required, appropriate safeguards are used. 11. Changes If we update this policy, we will revise the “Last updated” date. Material changes apply prospectively. 12. Contact Questions or requests: hello@mychakchouka.com

Learn about the people who participate in My Chakchouka and how participation becomes visible through representation, stewardship, knowledge, products, and relationships. People My Chakchouka is shaped by people: artisans, producers, knowledge contributors, and stewards whose work, experience, and responsibilities sustain its products, practices, relationships, and direction. This page explores who participates, how their contributions take form, and how representation connects people to the wider ecosystem. Who Participates Participation Through Representation Explore People Who Participates To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Participation within My Chakchouka takes many forms, shaped by people whose work, knowledge, experience, and responsibilities intersect. Through products, artisans, producers, and other contributors connect visitors to materials, practices, landscapes, and traditions. Through knowledge, experience, expertise, and observation expand how products, places, practices, and relationships are documented and understood. Through stewardship, ongoing attention and coordination help maintain relationships, develop systems, and guide the institution over time. These forms often overlap. A producer may contribute knowledge, an artisan may deepen understanding, and a steward may participate in documentation. Participation is therefore understood not primarily through titles or categories, but through how each contribution shapes the institution and the realities it documents. Participation Through Representation To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Participation is not always visible. Visitors may encounter a product, body of knowledge, or outcome without encountering the people who helped make it possible. Representation helps preserve that connection. Within My Chakchouka, its purpose is not recognition alone, but context: connecting producers to harvests, artisans to practices, knowledge contributors to subjects, and stewards to responsibilities. As products change, knowledge expands, and participation evolves, representation helps keep these relationships visible and connected to the broader ecosystem. Explore People Explore the people represented within My Chakchouka and the different forms their participation takes. Founder & Steward Explore the responsibilities involved in maintaining the institution’s continuity and direction. Artisans Directory Discover represented artisans and the products, practices, and knowledge connected to their work. Producers Directory Discover represented producers and the landscapes, harvests, and products connected to their work.

The Northeast Coast of Tunisia, shaped by seasonal rhythm, shared public life, and coastal continuity. Northeast Coast Seasonal rhythm, public life, and coastal continuity. Orientation Snapshot Long, inhabited coastline with established towns and daily life Activity expands and recedes with the seasons Public space shapes visibility and interaction Coastal and inland systems remain closely linked Operating Conditions The year moves in distinct seasonal phases Summer brings density; the rest of the year restores pace Coastal towns are oriented outward, toward streets, cafés, and ports Agriculture, making, and services operate side by side Inland labor and resources continue to support coastal life Reality Pins Cap Bon concentrates intensive agriculture within a compact territory Textile workshops and factories form part of everyday urban life Domestic visitors shape the season as much as international ones Towns remain lived-in beyond peak months Material & Making Implications Agricultural output supports both local tables and wider circulation Clay and ceramic traditions persist within contemporary use Textile making favors repetition, assembly, and continuity Craft labor aligns with seasonal tempo and distributed workshops Objects here are shaped for use, replacement, and return Handoff Materials move between land and coast through established cycles. Objects reflect seasonality, public use, and continuity.

Meet Hadda Saidani, a potter and sculptor from Sejnane, Tunisia, whose unique hand-built work includes earthenware vessels and human figures. Hadda Saidani Sejnane Potter and Sculptor from Tunisia Hadda Saidani is a potter from Sejnane in northern Tunisia. Her work includes earthenware vessels and sculptural clay forms, among them individually formed human figures. Working within the wider Sejnane pottery tradition, Hadda draws on knowledge developed and transmitted among women across the region. Her work remains recognisably her own: each figure reflects particular decisions in proportion, facial treatment, surface, and decoration. A simple guide Hadda and Her Work A Family Practice Continued Human Figures and Individual Form Surface, Markings, and Fire Within the Sejnane Pottery Tradition A Documented Sejnane Potter Works by Hadda Hadda and Her Work To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Hadda works with clay through a family practice that public documentation traces to 1942. She continues this knowledge while helping transmit it forward. Her practice extends across pottery and sculpture. Human figures form one visible direction within that work. These figures are not anonymous examples of a collective Sejnane style. They are objects made by Hadda, shaped through her own treatment of the body, face, surface, and upright form. A Family Practice Continued The pottery tradition of Sejnane is characterised by direct hand-building without a potter’s wheel. Clay is prepared, formed, dried, decorated, and traditionally fired on the ground through an open-firing process. These shared methods provide a material foundation, but they do not produce identical objects. Each maker develops her own relationship with: Form Scale Proportion Surface Decoration Function Figurative representation Hadda works within this wider knowledge while producing objects that carry her individual decisions. To understand the broader process through another documented Sejnane maker, explore The Village Where Pottery Is Still Made Without a Wheel . Human Figures and Individual Form To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. The works currently documented by My Chakchouka include four human figures, each approximately 30 centimetres high. All four stand independently, but they differ considerably in proportion, modelling, surface, and decoration. One figure is extensively painted. Its facial features, clothing, joined hands, jewellery-like details, and geometric markings divide the body into distinct areas. A second has an elongated, restrained form. Earthy cream, ochre, brown, and dark tones move irregularly across its narrow body, allowing material variation to carry much of its visual presence. The third is also elongated but has a deep black surface, a rounded head, prominent ears, and simplified facial features. Its compact shoulders and narrow cylindrical body create a different relationship between head and form. The fourth is broader and more explicitly modelled. Its face, breasts, curved arms, and rounded torso remain visible beneath a dark surface, giving the figure a fuller bodily presence. Together, the four works show that Hadda does not rely on one fixed treatment of the human form. She moves between painted detail, restrained modelling, elongated proportion, rounded volume, earthy tonal variation, and deep monochromatic surfaces. Surface, Markings, and Fire The surfaces of Hadda’s documented figures reveal different relationships among clay, decoration, and firing. Across the first figure, darkened areas and tonal shifts become central to its appearance. Its matte surface remains visibly irregular rather than uniformly coloured. Across the second, painted markings establish the face, clothing, and bodily divisions more explicitly. Geometric lines sit beside representational details without covering the clay completely. These features can be described visually, but their meanings should not be assigned without Hadda’s own explanation. A painted triangle, line, necklace-like form, or facial mark may relate to a wider decorative vocabulary. It may also reflect a decision made for that particular object. Visual resemblance alone does not establish one fixed symbolic meaning. Within the Sejnane Pottery Tradition To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Sejnane pottery developed through women’s knowledge of local clay, hand-building, surface preparation, decoration, drying, and open firing. Historically, this knowledge supported objects associated with domestic life, including vessels used for cooking, serving, and storage. It also supports dolls, animal forms, human figures, and other sculptural objects. Hadda’s work belongs within this breadth. Her figures show how inherited material knowledge can continue through forms made for contemporary display. This does not place them outside the tradition, nor does it make them representative of every Sejnane potter. Shared knowledge leaves room for different hands. In 2018, the skills associated with the pottery of the women of Sejnane were inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inscription recognised a living practice maintained by its community; it did not certify individual makers or objects. Explore the materials, methods, uses, and contemporary context of the wider Sejnane pottery tradition . A Documented Sejnane Potter To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. Hadda Saidani has appeared in public documentation and cultural projects involving the potters of Sejnane. She was among the women connected to Laaroussa, a long-running project developed by Tunisian artists Selma and Sofiane Ouissi around the gestures, work, and knowledge of Sejnane potters. Her name remains in the project’s documentation alongside those of many other participating women. Festival d’Avignon documentation In 2019, Hadda and Sihem Saidani were received in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, during the Festival des Solidarités. The visit created an opportunity for exchange around the pottery tradition and the work of its makers. City of Boulogne-sur-Mer These appearances form part of Hadda’s public relationship with the practice. They do not replace the work itself: the objects remain the clearest record of how she handles clay, form, and surface. Works by Hadda The works below form the beginning of Hadda Saidani’s documented body of work within My Chakchouka. Their availability may change, but their attribution and object records remain connected to her page. Dark Sejnane Woman Sculpture Price €79.00 Dark Sejnane Standing Figure Price €69.00 Earth-Toned Sejnane Standing Figure Price €69.00 Painted Sejnane Woman Sculpture Price €79.00 Continue Exploring Understand the Tradition Explore the materials, uses, knowledge, and cultural continuity of Sejnane Pottery . See the Process Follow clay through preparation, hand-building, decoration, drying, and open firing in The Village Where Pottery Is Still Made Without a Wheel . Explore Sejnane Sculptures Discover available figurative pottery with clear maker attribution and object provenance. Meet Other Makers Continue through the Artisans Directory to encounter other people documented within the My Chakchouka ecosystem.

How food is preserved in Tunisia to manage seasonality, scarcity, and continuity across the year. Preservation How Tunisian households extend food across time. When Freshness Ends Certain foods appear only briefly. When abundance peaks, households do not try to consume everything at once. They convert what is available into forms that last. Drying, salting, fermenting, and storing are not framed as special acts. They are responses to timing. Chosen for Reliability Preservation methods are selected for one reason: they work. They require little equipment. They produce predictable results. They fit into ordinary kitchens. The goal is not improvement. It is continuity. Stored Without Display Preserved foods are kept close, not showcased. Jars, containers, and stored goods wait quietly. They do not demand attention. When needed, they re-enter meals without announcement. Nothing new is introduced. Nothing old is mourned. Preservation as Buffer Stored foods reduce dependence on markets and timing. When fresh items are unavailable, preserved ones absorb the gap. Meals continue without adjustment in effort or planning. Time becomes less urgent. Planned Calmly Preservation is done when conditions allow it. There is no rush. No sense of loss. Households prepare for later simply because later will come. What This Makes Possible Because food crosses time, households are not forced into constant response. Availability is extended. Choice pressure is reduced. Continuity is maintained. Preservation does not add meaning. It removes risk.

Explore handmade Tunisian gifts for hosting, kitchens, homes, and thoughtful occasions — including ceramics, pantry sets, and objects made for daily use. Gifts Handmade Tunisian objects chosen for gifting, hosting, daily use, and thoughtful occasions. Category All Table Pantry Home Price €49 €79 Painted Sejnane Woman Sculpture Price €79.00 ADD TO CART Hout Plate Price €49.00 ADD TO CART Honey Discovery Set Price €69.00 ADD TO CART Understand the objects further These objects are shaped by materials, regions, and everyday use. Objects Materials Regions Artisans