Ronaldinho in Tunisia: three days, from Ksar Said to Sidi Bou Said
On 14 May 2022, Karim Gharbi announced in a video that he would bring Ronaldinho to Tunisia to promote its tourism, its crafts and its heritage, and to show that the country is safe to visit. Tunisian media compared the event to Michael Jackson’s visit more than twenty years earlier.
See you in Tunisia
Karim and Ronaldinho, in the Tunisia shirt, announce their visit to promote Tunisian tourism, crafts and products.
Original video on InstagramDay by day
- Thursday 19 May: Ronaldinho lands in Tunis in the evening.
- Friday 20 May: he goes to Ksar Said, the neighbourhood where Karim grew up, and plays a match with the local children on the neighbourhood pitch, then visits Sidi Bou Said.
- Saturday 21 May: a walk on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in the centre of Tunis.
Over the three days the programme also took in Carthage, Gammarth, the souks of the Medina and youth football academies.
A night without sleep
In I AM K2, residents of Ksar Said remember that the children could not sleep the night before and went to bed in their football kits. “It was a simple gesture that inspired hope in the youth,” Karim says, “especially since Ronaldinho came from a favela and achieved global success.”