Twelve Jews have been appointed as administrators and senior officials by the Tunisian authorities. All of them had studied the Arabic language after graduating from French universities. The Tunisian Jewish community has been encouraging the study of the Arabic language among Jews, since Arabic is becoming more and more important.
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