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Tunisian President Kais Saied after winning the elections, Tunis, October 21, 2024. AFP

Kais Saied appears to be in the driver's seat...for now

Although Tunisia's president maintains an illusion of full control, he is highly dependent on a few groups within his government. Should any turn on him, the edifice could crumble.

Sabina Henneberg 31 August 2025
A shot of Tabarka from the top of the Dchera neighbourhood Ibrahim Tutunji

Tunisia’s Tabarka: land of jazz, cork, red coral and nightingales

In this melodious north-western corner of Tunisia, there are plenty of reasons to be wistful, as memories of a glorious cultural era fade. Yet there are also reasons to hope.

Ibrahim Tutunji 25 June 2025
Sidi Bou Said is a city located in northern Tunisia, about 20 kilometers from the capital.
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Why Tunisia has become a retirement haven for Italians

As Tunisian youth flee their homeland in search of opportunity, thousands of Italian retirees are heading in the opposite direction—drawn by tax breaks, low living costs, and Mediterranean charm

Kawthar Zantour 12 June 2025
Former Tunisian Minister of Finance, Siham Al-Boughdiri Namsia, presents the state’s general budget for 2022, Tunisia, December 28, 2021.
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Tunisia's 'IMF shadow' disappears with Nemsia's sacking

The unexplained dismissal of the finance minister leaves more questions than answers as the highly indebted country seeks to avoid a 2025 default

Kawthar Zantour 26 February 2025

Tunisia may need an economic miracle in 2025

The country faces both security and financial challenges but the more urgent question is whether it can repay its debt while still paying government employees, funding subsidies, and buying missiles

Kawthar Zantour 20 January 2025
Tourists in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
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Global tourism rebound set to continue into 2025

1.5 billion tourists over five continents raked $11tn into the global economy in 2024, surpassing pre-COVID levels. Meanwhile, North Africa broke records as a new hot-spot destination.

Mohamed Sharki 06 January 2025
A Carnegie Centre for Peace report warns of the ideological extremism of female jihadists, including Tunisian women, who remain loyal to the terrorist ideology. Lina Jaradat

Tunisia weighs pros and cons of repatriating IS women

Hundreds are now stuck in Syria's Al-Hol camp. If they are allowed to return home, they will surely face stigmatization, but they could also be a useful intel resource for the state.

Kawthar Zantour 14 July 2024
Chinese President Xi Jingping shakes hands with Tunisian President Kais Saied during a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on May 31, 2024. AFP

Frustrated by the West, Tunisia looks East to help its economy

Serenaded in Beijing, whose yuan he wants, the Tunisian president has upended half a century of foreign policy to boost a flagging economy and avert unrest ahead of his re-election… But at what price?

Kawthar Zantour 07 June 2024
A still image from the film 'Four Daughters' Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

'Four Daughters' explores themes of femininity under the Islamic State

Film director Kaouther Ben Hania's innovative and unconventional docudrama is part-real, part-fiction. The Tunisian family it depicts is real, as is their pain, and it is scooping up many awards.

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 09 March 2024
Riyadh wants Tunisia's help to build futuristic cities, but domestic issues and mismanaged funds complicate efforts. Al Majalla explains. Ewan White

Will Saudi Arabia's $1bn Tunisia investment pay off?

Riyadh wants Tunisia's help to build futuristic cities, but domestic issues and mismanaged funds complicate efforts. Al Majalla explains.

Kawthar Zantour 06 February 2024
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A portrait of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hangs during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv on March 29, 2025. Jack GUEZ / AFP
Politics

From covert to overt: Netanyahu's Doha strike is telling

11 September 2025

His emerging strategy shows a willingness to gamble on high-profile assassinations, even at the expense of diplomatic blowback, regional stability, and fragile negotiations

Michael Horowitz
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

11 September 2025

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine
Activists protest near the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza. Alex Wong/ AFP
Politics

Americans are tiring of Israel. Will US policy follow?

01 September 2025

While the US public has long been supportive of Israel, its genocide in Gaza appears to have had a big effect, with most young Americans now outright hostile towards it

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Fathy Embaby on using history to understand the present

05 September 2025

The Egyptian novelist—one of the Arab world's renowned writers of epic fiction—reveals the details of his craft to Al Majalla as the fourth book in his 'River' series captures a key moment

El-Sayed Hussein

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