Abdelaziz El Aroui

Born in Monastir and educated at Sadiki College and the Zitouna, Abdelaziz El Aroui was a prolific investigative journalist and editor of Al-Zahra and Al-Nahda. In 1938, he joined Radio Tunis, creating the legendary weekly program Hikayat El Aroui (Stories of El Aroui).

Armed with a warm, gravelly voice and incomparable comedic timing, he recounted traditional Maghrebi folk wisdom, moral parables, and peasant wit in rich, expressive Tunisian dialect. For thirty-three years, families gathered around the radio to hear his stories, which were later adapted into landmark television series.