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Why Tunisia Could Host the U.S. Military’s African Headquarters Op-ed Contributor \| 12 June 2013 8:52 am The post-revolutionary Tunisian government may soon find itself inclined to host a major piece of the United States’ international military...
Tunisia’s Army: Is it Still Up to the Task? Op-ed Contributor \| 07 June 2013 12:10 pm According to most sources, the Tunisian army sided with protesters during the 2011 revolution, resulting in the overthrow of an...
Unity Amid Diversity: Habib Bourguiba in Addis Ababa,1963 Op-ed Contributor \| 28 May 2013 11:16 pm Editor’s Note: The following speech was given by Tunisia’s first president, Habib Bourguiba, on May 25, 1963 at the first...
Polish Fighter Pilots and the Question of History in Tunisia Op-ed Contributor \| 22 May 2013 10:47 am Poland’s wish to commemorate its fighters’ contribution to the victory over German forces in Tunisia during the Second World War...
A Tunisian’s Guide to Life on the Outside Op-ed Contributor \| 16 May 2013 4:41 pm Living outside your home country is not easy for anyone. Whether you are thinking about moving abroad, or you’re like...
Muslim Women Take on Topless Activists Op-ed Contributor \| 14 May 2013 5:49 pm Last month, Femen, the self-proclaimed “naked shock troops of feminism,” carried out “International Topless Jihad Day.” The justification for the event...
The Real Reason Prices are High in Tunisia Op-ed Contributor \| 13 May 2013 4:24 pm In this article I will talk about inflation, or as economists define it, “the percentage increase in the average level...
Beyond Femen in Tunisia Op-ed Contributor \| 02 May 2013 4:53 pm The women of the Ukrainian group Femen are used to drawing the attention of the media with their half-naked protests....
Tunisian Media Since 2011: A Work in Progress Op-ed Contributor \| 22 April 2013 12:53 pm As I watch Tunisian television and read Tunisian newspapers today, I see they have come a long way. This...
Reflecting on Bourguiba, 13 Years after his Death Op-ed Contributor \| 09 April 2013 9:00 am Tunisia gained its independence in 1956, largely thanks to the efforts of former President Habib Bourguiba, who died 13 years...
Chokri Belaid: The Making Of A Myth Op-ed Contributor \| 28 March 2013 5:21 am The assassination of opposition political leader Chokri Belaid on February 6 shook Tunisia and shocked its people. And the question...
Tunisia’s National Memory of Sufism: From its Origins to the Present Destruction of Ancient Shrines Op-ed Contributor \| 21 March 2013 10:02 am History is experienced in the present through our collective memories, and our feelings about the past are part of its...
The Arab Spring: A U-Turn in the Modernization Path or a Simple Adjustment? Op-ed Contributor \| 20 March 2013 10:09 am Roughly two years on from the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, we begin to develop some perspective on the victories...
From London to Tunis to Paris, Tunisians Release Balloons to Honor Chokri Belaid Op-ed Contributor \| 18 March 2013 11:18 am Tunisians gathered in Tunis, Paris and London Sunday to release thousands of red and white balloons in honor of the...
My Experience as a Tunisian American in the U.S. Jury System Op-ed Contributor \| 12 March 2013 9:12 am February 4, 2013: I opened my mail and saw the purple letter from the County Court: a summons for ONE...
Tunisia in Transition: My Interview with a Prostitute Op-ed Contributor \| 27 February 2013 6:19 pm SILENT NIGHT It’s eleven o’clock in the evening on a cold Christmas Eve in Tunis. I’m walking past the Cathedral...
Job Vacancy at DCAF Tunis Op-ed Contributor \| 20 February 2013 4:29 pm The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) is an international organisation with 61 member states. DCAF...
North Africa Needs Private Sector Investment, Not Charity Op-ed Contributor \| 20 February 2013 11:33 am By Peter K. Semler Tunisia, the Arab world’s first democracy, is under threat not because of a rogue group of...
Confronting the Challenge of Preventing Atrocity Crimes in 2013 Op-ed Contributor \| 31 January 2013 2:30 pm By Adama Dieng As we head into 2013, the crises in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the...
Tunisia Should Focus on Internal Security, Not Border Control Op-ed Contributor \| 29 January 2013 1:00 pm By Felix Tusa The day after the French government recently launched its military intervention in Mali, President Moncef Marzouki admitted...
Two Years on: Has the Tunisian Uprising Plagiarized the French Revolution? Op-ed Contributor \| 14 January 2013 8:37 am By Baligh Ben Taleb At the dawn of 2011, a new revolutionary spirit touched major parts of North Africa and...
Two Years After the Revolution Op-ed Contributor \| 12 January 2013 6:52 pm By Her Majesty’s Ambassador Chris O’Connor Monday, January 14, marks the second anniversary of the historic departure of Tunisia’s former...
Tunisia Live Co-Founder to Star in Al Jazeera English Series Op-ed Contributor \| 10 January 2013 2:44 pm By Al Jazeera staff A fresh generation of African leaders will be featured on the new Al Jazeera English series, Tutu’s...
Economist Hernando de Soto Speaks About Tunisia’s Informal Economy Op-ed Contributor \| 17 December 2012 10:18 am World-renowned economist Hernando de Soto is speaking today about his theory on the informal economy along with an expert panel...
Shale Myths Travel to Tunisia Op-ed Contributor \| 08 December 2012 9:43 am By Reynald Du Berger As a retired professor with an avid interest in energy issues, I am disheartened by the shale...
International Union Enters Debate on Shale Gas in Tunisia Op-ed Contributor \| 24 November 2012 4:47 pm By Felix Tusa The international trade union, Public Services International (PSI), has announced that they are coordinating a national campaign...
Obama’s Second Term Challenges Op-ed Contributor \| 24 November 2012 10:02 am By Amina Laouni Newly reelected with a confortable margin, Barack Obama will soon be confronting some daunting domestic and foreign...
Arabs (Really) Love Obama Op-ed Contributor \| 06 November 2012 8:59 am By Moez Hababou PhD and Wafa Ben Hassine According to the Arab-American Institute, there are now nearly 3.5 million Arab...
The Un-Tunisian Burning of the American Embassy Op-ed Contributor \| 23 October 2012 4:58 pm By Fares Bouhadiba While it is difficult to piece together what exactly happened on September 14th, there is no question...
All of Tunisia, in a Day Op-ed Contributor \| 19 October 2012 3:03 pm By Sam Clayton The sounds of cheers and chanting were louder. They had started off as a faint rumbling in...
Democracy: Time for the Upgrade Op-ed Contributor \| 02 October 2012 4:35 pm By Thorbjørn Jagland Next week over one thousand people from some one hundred countries will descend on the Council of...
Persepolis and El-Qaradawi Test Cases for Democracy Op-ed Contributor \| 01 May 2012 1:28 pm By Tam Hussein On the 10th of April, 2012, one day after Martyr’s Day, I heard a profusion of voices...
Live Updates: Labor Day Celebrations Op-ed Contributor \| 01 May 2012 9:41 am 1:50pm: The Labor Day Celebrations are beginning to wind down, so we are going to end the live updates soon. We...
Tarek Maaroufi: Tunisia’s Most Notorious Jihadist, Returns Home Op-ed Contributor \| 01 April 2012 6:32 pm By Aaron Y. Zelin Last weekend, thousands of Salafis filled the streets of Avenue Habib Bourguiba demonstrating in support of...
Working Towards an Innovation Society Op-ed Contributor \| 01 April 2012 6:32 pm By Montasser Ghachem The Tunisian Revolution was a golden opportunity for us, Tunisians, to reflect on our society and ask ourselves:...
This Independence Day, Tunisians Must End Dependence on France Op-ed Contributor \| 20 March 2012 7:20 pm By Rafik Ouerchefani Habib Bourguiba signed Tunisia’s declaration of independence on March 20th, 1956 terminating 75 years of what is...
A Tunisian Love Story Op-ed Contributor \| 11 March 2012 12:48 pm By April Parker Times like this make my soul hurt for Tunisia. I wake up in the morning and do...
Scandalous Flag Incident at Mannouba University: A Wake-up Call Op-ed Contributor \| 11 March 2012 9:00 am By Dr. Douja Mamelouk The March 7th events at the University of Mannouba in Tunis drew my attention this week:...
Honoring Women in an Age of Participation Op-ed Contributor \| 09 March 2012 7:46 am By Melanne Verveer As we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, we must renew the call for action, investment,...
The Rocky Road for Freedom of Press in Tunisia Op-ed Contributor \| 04 March 2012 10:11 am By Douja Mamelouk When I turned on the Tunisian radio station mosaique fm at six o’clock in the morning in Knoxville,...
Tunisia: The Difficulties of the Coalition Op-ed Contributor \| 03 March 2012 5:17 pm By Hamadi Redissi On October 23rd, Tunisians elected a National Constituent Assembly charged with drafting a constitution and forming an...
Tackling Tunisia’s Unemployment Problem, One Job at a Time Op-ed Contributor \| 23 February 2012 3:18 pm By Zied Laaribi In many countries, being a university graduate has never been so challenging. The 2008 economic meltdown has cast...
Driving in Tunis: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the GP9 Op-ed Contributor \| 12 February 2012 6:11 pm By Adam Le Nevez Being on the road in Tunis can be frightening and bewildering for someone who has just arrived....
Tunisian Entrepreneurism and Innovation: The Road Ahead Op-ed Contributor \| 16 January 2012 3:05 pm Tunisian Entrepreneurism and Innovation: The Road Ahead By Chris Carr, Professor of Business Law & Public Policy at California Polytechnic State University...
An Apology to Our Readers For “McDonald’s Set Up New Franchises Soon in Tunisia” Op-ed Contributor \| 06 January 2012 12:14 pm It has come to our attention that some information reported in McDonald’s Set Up New Franchises Soon in Tunisia is untrue. We...
Libyan Border Crossing: 4 Tunisian National Guards Kidnapped, 3 Released Op-ed Contributor \| 31 December 2011 6:32 pm On Saturday, four Tunisian National Guardsmen were kidnapped by an armed group of Libyans one kilometer within Tunisian territory, in the...
What Ennahda Did Right Op-ed Contributor \| 11 December 2011 12:29 pm What Ennahda Did Right An Open Letter to Moderate and Liberal Tunisian Parties By Jen Krimm Although...
Secularists and Islamists in the Maghreb: The Dangers of Polarization Op-ed Contributor \| 07 December 2011 12:46 pm The Dangers of Polarization By Kal Ben Khalid, author of The Moor Next Door Kal Ben Khalid is the author...
Elections Are Over, Now Comes the Hard Part Op-ed Contributor \| 30 November 2011 6:07 pm Michael J. Koplow By nearly any measure, Tunisia’s elections for its Constituent Assembly were a resounding success. Tunisians turned out...
HIV/AIDS Increases in Tunisia Among High Risk Groups Op-ed Contributor \| 30 November 2011 4:33 pm Recent research indicates that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is growing in Tunisia among high risk groups such as sex workers,...
Updated: Tunis Air Plane Hijacked? Op-ed Contributor \| 26 November 2011 7:51 pm Update: The plane took off at 10pm Tunis Time from Maatigua airport in Tripoli heading to Tunis, Tunisia. According to...
Tunisia: How the Egyptian Elections Look From Here Op-ed Contributor \| 26 November 2011 7:29 pm Written by Kacem Jlidi. Jlidi is an activist, blogger and Social Media enthusiast from Kairouan, a semi-rural city in the...
Tunisia Highlighted at 2011 Harvard Arab Weekend Op-ed Contributor \| 18 November 2011 8:51 am Written By Salma Ben Mahmoud This weekend was special for some Tunisians living in Boston who attended the fifth annual...
The Culture of Dialogue Op-ed Contributor \| 13 November 2011 11:01 am by M. Adnen Chaouachi In a newly born democracy, dialogue should be engaged between the different political parties. For more...
Tunisian Media and Propaganda Op-ed Contributor \| 31 October 2011 11:36 am by M. Adnen Chaouachi The process of building a democracy in Tunisia was launched by demonstrations in the streets of...
Aridha Candidates Invalidated: The Troubling Coda to a Successful Election Op-ed Contributor \| 28 October 2011 5:54 pm The Tunisian electoral commission abruptly invalidated nine candidates who won seats in the Constituent Assembly on Thursday night, prompting violent...
Applauding Tunisia’s Historic Achievement Op-ed Contributor \| 27 October 2011 6:29 pm Op-ed by Ambassador Gordon Gray On Sunday, like so many all across the country, I found myself at a polling...
PDP Crushed, Party in Chaos Op-ed Contributor \| 25 October 2011 6:58 pm While the media’s attention has so far focused on the ascendance of the moderate Islamist party Ennahda, a perhaps more...
Practical Proposals for the Obama-Essebsi Meeting Op-ed Contributor \| 06 October 2011 9:23 am By Kouichi Shirayanagi On Friday, October 7th, President Obama will be meeting with Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi at the White...
Our Guide to the Tunisian Jewish Community Op-ed Contributor \| 29 September 2011 11:30 am By Kouichi Shirayanagi Tunisia is the home to what is considered the world’s oldest diaspora Jewish Community. According to local...
Hasta Siempre, Che-ikh Osama Op-ed Contributor \| 03 May 2011 8:32 am Written by Youssef Cherif Let the Redneck celebrate, but I won’t. Very few Arab leaders escaped the image of corrupt cowards,...