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The Tunisian Arabs of France

The Tunisian Arabs of France, numbering approximately 459,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Arabic-speaking North African people whose culture reflects a blend of Arab, Amazigh (Berber), Mediterranean, Islamic, African, Ottoman, and European influences, shaped by Tunisia's strategic position between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Tunisian Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Arab, Tunisian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: France
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Tunisian Arabic (aeb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 459,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011685
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tunisian Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Tunisian Speakers

Media Resources in Tunisian Arabic:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Tunisian Arabic:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Tunisian Arabic bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tunisian Arabs are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Tunisian Arabs:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Tunisian Arabs of France

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
readIsaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

But Jesus called them to him, saying "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God."
readLuke 18:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a burden to share the hope of Christ with children.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Arab, Tunisian Across Countries (ROP3 - 110285) reported in the following countries:

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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Tunisian ArabsPG047412Tunisian ArabsCanada24,000Engaged yet UnreachedTunisian ArabicSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG047223Tunisian ArabsUnited States145,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG046797Tunisian ArabsItaly125,000Engaged yet UnreachedTunisian ArabicSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG042454Tunisian ArabsGermany45,500Unengaged and UnreachedTunisian ArabicSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG012222Tunisian ArabsTunisia11,430,000Engaged yet UnreachedTunisian ArabicSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG011849Tunisian ArabsLibya215,000Unengaged and UnreachedTunisian ArabicSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG011685Tunisian ArabsFrance459,000Engaged yet UnreachedTunisian ArabicSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG000443Tunisian ArabsNetherlands10,500Unengaged and UnreachedTunisian ArabicSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsPG000072Tunisian ArabsBelgium16,500Unengaged and UnreachedTunisian ArabicSunni Islam

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