Qalouقالو
The world’s proverbs, in Tunisian.
أمثال الدنيا بالتونسي
Proverb of the day
الحجلة تحبّ الجلبانة، أمّا موش اللّي تطيب معاها في الطنجرة.
مثل إفريقي (غرب إفريقيا)
The partridge loves peas, but not those that go into the pot with it.
A new proverb every day.
The book
المثل ملح الكلام
Over a thousand proverbs from many countries, translated into Tunisian by Monty. Each has its own page: the Tunisian line first, large and calm, then the English, and the country it comes from, drawn in pencil.
Tunisian first
The Tunisian line is the hero of every page: set right to left, in a proper Arabic face, every shadda as it was written.
Proverbs in conversation
Qolna w Qalou puts one Tunisian proverb beside what other countries answered. Some agree. Some push back.
A book you hold
Pages turn from right to left. Paper by day, Lamp by night. Large type, and a screen reader that speaks Tunisian and English.
Start reading, free
The first two chapters are free, and stay free.
A few of their proverbs are here. All of them are in the app.
The whole book, one purchase.
No subscription, no account, no ads. The rest of the book opens with a single payment in the app.