For instance, women are no longer required to wear veils in public. Also, women previously received little or no education and were confined to their homes. Today, they have the legal right to participate fully in Libyan society. Most Tunisian Arab live in the urban areas of Libya's northwest province of Tripolitania. There, they live in apartments that are only large enough to house one nuclear family.
Some families live in more spacious dwellings located in the city's suburban areas.
The staple dish of the Tunisian Arab is called couscous . It consists of steamed semolina served over a vegetable stew. The family eats from a common bowl, using neither utensils nor individual plates. Their everyday language is a colloquial Arabic dialect, but the French language is commonly used, especially for business and trade. Libya remains under the leadership of Mu'ammar Ghadaffi, a maintains total control over government policy.