Tying Tunisia to America Via Heartland & Phoenicia (Eryj Ben Sassi 3 of 3)

Did you know Tunisia is one of America's oldest friends, dating back to George Washington? Eryj Ben Sassi tells more about Tunisia's diplomatic relations with America and her future plans with the Heartland Research Group. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/RzsfVA_7y1U Don't miss our other segments with Eryj! https://gospeltangents.com/people-eryj-ben-sassi Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission 28 is a Powerful Number GT  00:31  All right, tell us a little bit more about your foundation that you've started. Because it's to build on the history of Tunisia. Tell us the name of it and how did it get started? Eryj  00:45  Okay, so the name of our association is Didon of Carthage. It's to honor the first women who founded Carthage three millennia ago, almost three millennia.  So, Quenn Dido or Elissa, she came from Tyre, a princess from Tyre. GT  01:09  That's Lebanon. Right? Eryj  01:13  Yes,  Tyre, yes. So, even with Lebanon, Tunisian and Lebanese they have the same traditional culture. We say that Lebanon and Tunisia, they are two sisters. In a lot of things, we have the same, not destination, let's say fate, maybe. In 2014 we, with my best friend, I was talking about Queen Dido Elissa. GT  01:54  Okay. Eryj  01:56  And Dido founded Carthage 814 BC. In 2014, if we add the two dates, we will have 2828 years of the foundation of Carthage. Double 28, a perfect number, a double perfect number, 28 is a powerful number. If you made some research on the internet, you can pass days reading about the 28th. At that time, I was a member of an organization, a Tunisian organization called Equality and Parity. That mean to put in the same level of women and men in politics, in organizations, in social life. So, this part is for Dido. Dido, the women who marked the history of Carthage, the symbol is 2828. And we have another date of Hannibal Barca, the man who marked the history of Carthage. It's the victory of the biggest battle on August 2. In Tunisia, we don't say August 2nd, we say the 2nd of August. So, we have another 28. So, we have this quality and parity between men and women, both characters who market the history of Carthage. We were, in 2014, at that time. So, 2 multiplied by 14. GT  03:56  Is 28. Eryj  03:57  It's not a coincidence. So, I said to myself, "Oh, my God. I need to make something to commemorate this date. This date will never come again. Never." I was the only person that got that. I said, this is my mission. GT  04:17  Okay. So you're the founder of the organization? Eryj  04:21  Yes, with the help of, for sure, with my best friend. She is the vice president of the organization. Both of us founded the organization, and we made the first event the 2nd of August 2014. And with limited resources, we've made big events. We found people who believed in our project in our association and this is how it started. GT  04:59  So, are you going to have another one on the 2nd of August 2028? Eryj  05:03  Oh, I hope I will leave by that time. GT  05:09  Well, very interesting. And so, I think why we get along so well, is because I found out that not only do you love history, but you're a mathematician, as well, just like me. Eryj  05:21  Wow, yeah. I love mathematics. I say to myself, and my mom gave me this love for mathematics. She's a dress maker. GT  05:38  She makes dresses?  Eryj  05:39  She makes dresses. So, when she cuts, there's a lot of calculation to make [dresses.] She worked, and I have another table to make geometry. She was good at geometry, because it's her work. So, this is how I love mathematics. I find that mathematics is very important, because when you have this type of mathematics thinking, you can understand everything, culture, arts, philosophy, sociology, psychology, medicine, politics, whatever, agriculture.