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Tunisia’s Rebuke of the Political Establishment was a Long Time Coming

The second round of Tunisia’s presidential election will be a choice of two political outsiders after they topped the first round of voting on Sunday: Kais Saied, an independent candidate and a law…

Yasmine El Geressi 20, Sep 2019

Why President Essebsi, and Tunisia, Stood Alone

Last Thursday,Beji Caid Essebsi, the president of theRepublic of Tunisia, died in a military hospital at the age of 92. His death fell on a national holiday of particular resonance: Republic Day…

Allen James Fromherz 02, Aug 2019

Moncef Marzouki: Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes Alliance Failed to Govern Tunisia

Tunisia-Mohamed Moncef Marzouki was the first democratically elected president of Tunisia after the January 14th Revolution in 2011. A neurologist by profession, he spent many years defending…

Boubaker bin Omar 15, Mar 2019

Rene Trabelsi: Jewish-Tunisian Appointed as Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts

Illustration by Ali al-Mandalawi Trabelsi was born in the Tunisian Djerba Island, which is situated in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya. This island is home to El…

Moncef al-Mazghany 19, Nov 2018

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