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Sami Harize (born January 26, 1980, in Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis) is a Tunisian scholar, accredited tour guide (specialized in premium services.^[1]), tourism expert, and a tourism activist. He appeared in a number of documentaries and interviews through the years. He is also known for his photography exhibitions.

After studies in guiding at the Institute of Higher Tourism Studies in Tunis, Sami Harize began his career as a national professional certified tour guide. He also completed a master's degree in Heritage Sciences and Museography from the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of La Manouba university. He is currently pursuing a doctoral thesis on "History of cultural tourism between yesterday and today in Tunisia".

Noted by his former professors at the Institute of Higher Tourism Studies, he was entrusted with teaching the tourism and guiding courses at the same institute where he trained, before differences of opinion with the institution and the civil unrest in Tunisia forced him to leave the institute and travel to the United States and then to Russia.

One of Harize's main points of disagreement with the institutions that ruled Tunisian tourism at the time concerned the necessary balance to be struck between the different forms of tourism. The exodus of visitors from mass tourism caused by the political instability appeared to him as an opportunity to develop quality tourism based on professional services, off-the-beaten-track tours and high-level guidance for both cultural and natural tourism enthusiasts.

He presented his views during several lectures given to public authorities and created an association (the Cultural Association for the Discovery of Tunisia (CADT).) to disseminate his ideas and put them into practice through various events and the establishment of luxury guiding services. He is also one of the driving forces behind the Union Nationale des Guides Touristiques Indépendants of Tunisia (UNGTI)^[2]

He also embarked on a doctoral thesis focusing on the history of cultural tourism in Tunisia.

Parallel to his guide work and policy advocacy, he conducted field research on how Tunisians maintain a vibrant relationship with archaeological sites, some of which appear to be remnants of older religious practices. This new type of research found widespread international acclaim but remained mostly ignored by the Tunisian academical institutions.

One of the results of this research was the book "Le Mystère de la Sainte-Sorcière de Dougga" ("The Mystery of the holy witch of Dougga"), in which he explored the survival of the cult of female Muslim saints in many parts of Tunisia, which he linked with ancient Berbers traditions pre-dating the Christian era. Explained as a survival of ancient Berber mythology built around a fertility myth built around a terrestrial "Terra Mater" and a celestial, inaccessible, divine male in control of rain, the cult often focus its practices around ancient hydraulic infrastructures. Harrize shows in his book how some of those traditions are still actively maintained in rural areas such as Dougga or Zama Regia.

Harize is a documentary artist photographer specializing in the archaeological field. His work has been exhibited at various venues through the years

• Harize, Sami, Le mystère de la Sainte-Sorcière de Dougga, Tunis, 2021, 269p.

• Whitehouse, John and Harize, Sami. “Local Communities and Archaeological Sites in Tunisia: A Case Study at Dougga (Ancient Thugga) about Cultural Memory and Cultural Markers in the Longue Durée.” Journal of African Archaeology (2023)
• Harize, Sami. "The Prince of Korbous", in "Patrimoine et Créativité", Tunis, n°13 (2022), p.124 to 137 ISSN 2286 5578
• Whitehouse, John, et Harize, Sami. “Appendix: The Search for the Maritime Forum of Carthage.” The Bir Messaouda Basilica: Pilgrimage and the Transformation of an Urban Landscape in Sixth Century AD Carthage, Oxbow Books, 2020, pp. 365–84.^[3]
• Harize, Sami. "The Medina of Tunis, A New Designed Cultural Tour" in "Patrimoine et Créativité", Tunis, (n°11) 2020 pp.61-69 ISSN 2286 5578
• Annabi, Kheireddine, Drissi, Hatem & Harize, Sami "Traces du vécu tunisien", in "Patrimoine et Créativité", Tunis, n°6 2015, pp. 29-49 ISSN 2286 5578.
• Harize, Sami. "An Escape tot he North West of Tunisia", in "Patrimoine et Créativité", Tunis, n°5 2014, pp. 25-26, ISSN 2286 5578
• Harize, Sami. “Military Institution and Constitution of the Culture of Citizenship. Military Institution at the Service of Cultural Tourism in Tunisia or the Role of the Military Matrix in the promotion of Cultural Tourism in Tunisia» in "Republic of Tunisia, Ministry of National Defense. Directorate of Information and Cultural Heritage, Proceedings of the National Colloquium", Directorate of Information and Culture Heritage, Tunis, 2018, p.17 to 20

• "A Marginalized Archeological Site Named Ad Aquas", Radio Radès (11/2020)^[4]
• “The aqueduct of Hadrian and the region of Zaghouan”, El Araby TV (11/2020)^[5]
• "The Covid crisis and its repercussion on tourism and the "Sabeh En'Nour" project", El Araby TV (09/2020)^[6]
• "Très peu de sanctions de l'échec" in L'Economiste magghrebin, Tunis, May 19 2016^[7]

• "Guides of yesterday and today, a legacy of marginality that combines with the present", lecture for the National Union of Independent Tourist Guides (2024)
• “Infrastructure and Entertainment in Roman Carthage”, cultural outing in Carthage for approved national guides of Tunisia, conferences and commentaries in English in collaboration with Dr. John Whitehouse, March 24, 2018
• « Esquisses de spiritualités, éloge de beauté de la ville du Kef. » in the Medersa El Bachia, médina of Tunis, for the association Patrimoine et Environnement, with Ahmed Trabelsi, for the celebration of the 6th anniversary of the association, 21 January 2018, Tunis.
• “Military Institution in the Service of Cultural Tourism in Tunisia or the Role of the Military Matrix in the promotion of Cultural Tourism in Tunisia ", conference at the national center of cartography and remote sensing of Aouina, Tunis, 25th-27/10 2016
• "Pheradi Majus", conference with Dr. John Withehouse, October 18 2014
• Cultural event "Associations for the Promotion of Quality Tourism" organized at the Institute of High Tourist Studies of Sidi Dhrif, University of Carthage, which brought together the protagonist associations operating in the sector of cultural, ecological and alternative tourism, October 17, 2014
• Cultural event "Enhancement of Deep Tunisia", organized with the laboratory "Regions and Heritage Resources of Tunisia" and Dr. Habib Kazdaghli; dean of the University, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Humanities of Manouba University, November 13, 2013
• Cultural event “Cultural Tourism by Professional Guides II”, October 7, 2013, IHET of Sidi Dhrif, University of Carthage
• “The History of Cultural Tourism in Tunisia at the time of the Protectorate”, lecture at the "Patrimoine et tourisme au Maghreb au prisme des sciences sociales" conference-workshop, held at the Abbaye de Sylvanès 23rd-25th of September 2013^[8]

• Neustetter, Marcus. "Excavating Futures Tunis" Exhibition of Modern Arts: “Climbing Through the Tide” by Basak Senova, presented to the public during the inauguration of Space “B7L9”, Association Kamel Lazaar, Bhar Lazreg, Tunis, March 2019^[9]
• "Lights on the Ancient Archaeology of Tunisia" a photo exhibition on the little-known ancient sites of Tunisia composed of 27 photographs, Municipal Gallery of Sidi Bou Saïd, January 2009.^[10]