Nejib Belhedi completed his final stage of the 1400K Swim Across Tunisia on December 15th. Started amid the political turmoil and social upheaval in 2011, and continued through unimaginable problems and, at times, with armed escorts. The Swim of Peace was fueled by Belhedi's relentless persistence and emotional drive over the past year. He never gave up
Building upon the recent visit by two extreme swimmers from Ireland (Nuala Moore and Anne Marie Ward), swimmers from England, Malta, Portugal and Libya will join Nejib Belhedi on his Swim of Peace. The Swim of Peace is the Mahdia stage of his groundbreaking 1400K Swim Across Tunisia. These international representatives include a number of accomplished open
When Nuala Moore and Anne Marie Ward heard about Nejib Belhedi's 1400 km Swim Across Tunisia, they did what many open water swimmers do when their interest is piqued. They emailed Nejib and Facebooked him. One thing led to another and now the two open water swimmers from Ireland are enjoying a unique experience in Tunisia. In their own words, this is
Nejib Belhedi dreamed big thoughts of swim along the shoreline of his country Tunisia in a swim of peace and harmony. He started his swim during a time of significant political and social tension when civil wars and social upheaval were occurring throughout the Middle East. But Nejib swam on and the fruits of his labor are rapidly beginning to
Nejib Belhedi continues on his swim along the border of Tunisia. As he nears the Libyan border, the social unrest in the area presents a different kind of risk on the swim than open water swimmers usually face. However, the local community of Ben Guerdane (Arabic: بن ڤردان‎ Bin Qirdan) is helping Nejib. This coastal town in southeastern Tunisia, known for
HASSAN BEACH, Tunisia. The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nejib Belhedi swims day after day along the coast of his native Tunisia, continuing to build awareness of open water swimming. His 1400K Swim Across Tunisia started out as a one-man journey from western Tunisia last June. Over the past several months, Nejib has gradually and
If you are set about swimming across an entire country, how long would that take? In the case of Nejib Belhedi of Tunisia who is swimming 1,400K from the west to east of Tunisia, he started on June 22nd from Djerba Island and has swum over 700K to date as December ends. He is scheduled to finish in June 2012 for a 365-day journey, averaging 3.8K per day.
Ouma is an Arabic word, a typical and popular word used in Tunisia that means swim in the sea. As a result of Nejib Belhedi's 1400K Swim Across Tunisia, Tunisian Al Watanya 1 TV will announce on January 1st 2012 that all people of Tunisia of every age and background are encouraged to upload their videos of their sea swims during 2012. The videos will be
TUNISIA. Day by day, kilometer by kilometer, Nejib Belhedi is swimming 1,400K along the coastline of Tunisia. One of this week's legs on his stage swim is along Yasmine Hammamet Beach. Known as Tunisia's Saint Tropez, Hammamet is one of the country's prime holiday destination. A number of escort boats and spectators along the beach are expected to cheer
Nejib Ben
Messaoud Belhedi is swimming along the entire coast of Tunisia – 1,400 kilometers – day by day, week by week, month by month.
His dream of building bridges not only across his country, but also across a region of the world currently in
political upheaval, is lofty and inspirational.
Initially his 1400K stage
swim was a solo
