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Absence of Policy on Niqab in Tunisian Schools Sparks Tension

Tristan Dreisbach | 11 April 2013 | 5 Comments

A Tunisian high school principle alleges that he was assaulted Wednesday because of his decision to ban a student wearing a niqab from participating in classes. The incident occurred in the town of Menzel Bouzelfa, where the principle, Abdelwahed Sandasni, accused Islamist activists of attacking him. Demonstrations at the high school began last week when [...]

Speakers Announced for Harvard Arab Alumni Association Conference

Salma Bouzid | 18 March 2013 | 2 Comments

The Harvard Arab Alumni Association will host its eighth annual Arab World Conference this Thursday at La Résidence Hotel in Tunis. The conference will explore the theme, “The Arab World: From Revolution to Transformation.” The event will include five different panels: People & Pluralism: The (Im) Possibility of Politics after the Revolution; The Rule of [...]

Tunisian Universities Become Literal and Ideological Battlegrounds

Roua Khlifi | 11 March 2013 | 0 Comments

Several high-profile violent incidents last week at Tunisian universities have highlighted concerns about security in the country’s institutions of higher education. Clashes broke out March 4 between representatives of the leftist and Islamist student unions at the Institute of Humanities of Ibn Charaf, leading to a two-day suspension of classes as well as a number [...]

Manouba University Cancels Classes After Chokri Belaid’s Assassination

Amira Masrour | 07 February 2013 | 1 Comment

Classes within 12 institutes at the University of Manouba near Tunis were suspended yesterday and today after higher education unions decided to hold a two-day strike to protest the assassination of political opposition leader Chokri Belaid, Habib Kazdaghli, dean of the university, told Tunisia Live. A union meeting will be held today to try to decide [...]

Rewriting Tunisia’s Textbooks, Rewriting Tunisia’s History

Roua Khlifi | 04 February 2013 | 4 Comments

In the period following the 2011 revolution, students often tore up textbook pages with pictures and references to ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, protesting the civic education enforced under his regime. “I hated studying about Ben Ali and how great his party was in the civic education subject,” said Ala, a 17-year-old high school [...]

Justice Ministry Agrees to Religious Education for Prison Inmates

Amira Masrour | 06 December 2012 | 1 Comment

Minister of Religious Affairs Noureddine Khadmi and Minister of Justice Noureddine Bhiri signed this morning an agreement to cooperate in the provision of religious education to inmates in Tunisian prisons and juvenile detention facilities. This agreement, which was penned at the Ministry of Justice, aims to help rehabilitate both prisoners and juvenile delinquents so that [...]

International Book Fair Defies Past Censorship as Islamic Literature Sales Boom

Paul Rosenfeld | 08 November 2012 | 5 Comments

Co-written by Noah Rayman Abu Al-Fida remembers coming to the annual book fair to buy comics like Blueberry, a Franco-Belgian tale of an America cowboy roaming the Western frontier. This week, the self-described Salafist helps operate an Islamic book stand at the 29th session of the Tunis International Book Fair in Le Kram and the [...]

Faculty Syndicate Calls for Nationwide Strike

Paul Rosenfeld | 05 November 2012 | 0 Comments

Members of the Union of Tunisian University Professors and Researchers (Ijaba) called today on all Tunisian university professors to participate in an immediate strike. Nejimeddine Jouida, general coordinator for Ijaba, said that the independent syndicate is protesting what members see as the Ministry of Higher Education’s lack of reform since the fall of the Ben [...]

Education Fair to Promote Study Abroad in Canada

Houda Mzioudet | 18 October 2012 | 1 Comment

Canada wants to see more Tunisian students continue their studies in Canadian universities, Sébastien Beaulieu, the country’s ambassador to Tunisia, said during a reception held at the Canadian Embassy in Tunis. Beaulieu’s speech came on the occasion of the 12th edition of the education fair organized by the Canadian Embassy in Tunis, which runs from October 17 till [...]

Classes at 9 Avril University Resume Following Violent Clashes Between Student Unions

Houda Mzioudet | 09 October 2012 | 0 Comments

Classes resumed yesterday at 9 Avril University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in Tunis after clashes between two student unions on Wednesday led the administration to shut down classes. Members of the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) brawled with students from the General Tunisian Union of Students (UGTE) on Wednesday, leaving several students [...]

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