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Setting the reset button on Franco-Tunisian relations
Just minutes after French election results were reported, showing that Socialist candidate Francois Hollande had defeated incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy, Tunisian leaders celebrated the socialist… more →
Kefteji
The Unfinished Revolutions
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wrote 1 week ago: by Guest Contributor Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie* There is little doubt that we are witnessing a profoun … more →
Teaching Again at the Zaytuna Mosque in Tunisia
wrote 1 week ago: The Arab uprisings have brought the Islamists to power in places such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Morocco … more →
Setting the reset button on Franco-Tunisian relations
wrote 2 weeks ago: Just minutes after French election results were reported, showing that Socialist candidate Francois … more →
Guilty! Tunisian courts convict Persepolis translator
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Today Nessma TV, a Tunisian television station, was found guilty of blasphemy and disturbing the pub … more →
Episode 3 - WikiLeaks World Tomorrow
wrote 3 weeks ago: Episode 3 | WikiLeaks World Tomorrow. … more →
Sheikh it baby!
wrote 1 month ago: The rulers of old dynasties in northern Africa and the Arab world are a bit anxious these days. Perh … more →
A Balancing Act: Ennahda's Struggle with the Salafis
wrote 1 month ago: My new article, co-written with Brandeis researcher Aaron Zelin, has been published at the Sada Jour … more →
Labib is dead, long live labib! The demise of Tunisia's favorite desert fox
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wrote 1 month ago: As my loyal readers know, I have been somewhat attached to the Tunisian symbol for the environment, … more →
The bizarre and counterproductive crackdown by Tunisia's police
wrote 1 month ago: Courtesy Willis from Tunis: A tear gas canister explodes while cries from inside the cloud call for … more →
The deeply troubling arrests of the "Mahdia Affair"
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wrote 1 month ago: A disturbing story from the coastal town of Mahdia in Tunisia has inflamed passions in the ongoing r … more →
El Général and the Arab Spring
wrote 1 month ago: El Général, who became something of a posterboy of the Arab Spring Tunisian Revolution of 2011, work … more →
Why this really is a battle for the Arab Spring
wrote 1 month ago: Published on the Yale Books blog, 30 March 2012 It is always dangerous to achieve something previous … more →
Muslim Tyrants
wrote 1 month ago: These Muslim dictators need to learn a thing or two from Uthman, the third caliph. They claim they h … more →
The strange return of Habib Bourguiba to Tunisia
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wrote 2 months ago: On Saturday in Monastir a strange event took place. Gathered together in the same place for the firs … more →
Will the Tunisian left return to authoritarian Bourguisme - more reactions on Tunisia's Independence Day
wrote 2 months ago: As I wrote yesterday, the left celebrated Tunisia’s indpendence day on Tuesday with a peaceful … more →
Tunisian civic awareness shows signs of life + picture of the day
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wrote 2 months ago: Civic awareness was somewhat of a lost cause in Tunisia under Ben Ali. The regime’s tight cont … more →
[VFX] From Joblessness to Revolution
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The Arab spring lexicon: Tunisian revolution downgraded from revolution to turning point by way of uprising
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wrote 2 months ago: The Tunisian Prime Minister, Hamadi Jebali, speaking in Berlin this week, called the events that led … more →
Debate: Fortress Europe, Migration, and Lampedusa
wrote 2 months ago: Finally, France 24 has a good debate regarding Lampedusa, migration, and the European Union. Catch p … more →
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