The effective beginning of Tunisian Arabic written songs came in the early 19th century, when Tunisian Jews in the Beylik of Tunis began writing songs in Tunisian Arabic about love, betrayal and other libertine subjects [REF].
This tendency was promoted by the creation of Radio Tunis in 1938,[REF] which allowed many musicians to better disseminate their works and helped spread the use of Tunisian Arabic in songs [REF].