Sousse

British  

/ suːs /

noun

1. Ancient name: Hadrumetum.  a port in E Tunisia, on the Mediterranean: founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century _bc. Pop: 191 000 (2005 est)

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For "In a Whisper", Bouzid also delved into her own family history, filming in her late grandmother's house in the Tunisian city of Sousse.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Bilel Saadoui also worked in a hotel in Sousse and he too went on to marry an English tourist, a widowed hairdresser on holiday with her two young children.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

By age 9, Jabeur had moved an hour away with her family to Sousse, also on the coast, and the girl was telling people she aimed to win the French Open someday.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022

Demonstrators in Sousse tried to storm the local headquarters of the biggest party in parliament, the moderate Islamist Ennahda.

From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2021

The time-table marked a newly opened line of railway which runs directly inland from the port of Sousse; the distance to Gafsa seemed shorter; the country was no doubt new and interesting.

From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Norman Douglas