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Published in: openSecuritySplintering TunisThree years after the revolution, Tunisia is searching for a new urban identity.
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Published in: openSecurityAn uncertain future for TunisTwo years after the revolution, Tunisians have reclaimed public spaces in the city. But failing municipalities, a...
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Published in: HomeFinal draft of Tunisia’s new constitution releasedAfter long heated debates, a final draft of Tunisia’s new constitution was released last week by the National...
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Published in: HomeYoung Tunisian cigarette vendor dies of self-immolation
Hundreds joined the young man’s funeral procession in Jendouba and protested against the region’s poverty and...
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Published in: HomeHarlem Shake Tunisia-style
Such a division over bodies stands in dialectical relationship to the division of the body politic in the country....
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Published in: HomeTunisia: the backlash in women‘s rights amid the rocky political transition
The announcement of the long awaited new government in Tunisia coincided with International Women‘s Day. Ironically,...
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Published in: HomeThe Harlem Shake controversy in Tunisia
The ministry's website was also temporarily hacked and a call went out on social media for the staging of a "mega...
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Published in: HomeWhat’s next for Tunisia? Can democracy be saved?
Following the assassination, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced that Tunisia is to form a non-partisan...
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Published in: HomeDenial runs through Tunisia: you say we absorbed the shock?
Today, the one thing that devastated me the most is how quickly the president who is supposed to be a human rights...
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Published in: HomeThe visit of a controversial Muslim to Tunisia sparks debate
Tunisia is well known for its moderate interpretation of Islam. However during the last couple of years, a more...
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Published in: HomeTunisia’s political dysfunction rests on a fierce power struggle
The political players (the ones in government and the opposition) should accelerate their efforts today towards...
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Published in: HomeDon't hate the revolution, hate the power-play
Weariness with unfulfilled promises, deteriorating economic conditions and the rising threat of violence was rather...
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Published in: HomeIn Tunisia, another Sufi shrine is vandalized
For many opposition parties the government is not doing enough to protect the country from extremism.
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Published in: HomeTunisian constitutionalism and the draft constitution of December 2012
One may indeed speak of an orderly, leaderless transfer of power in January 2011 specifically because...
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Published in: HomeTunisian graffiti artists targeted by law
Berriche and Bouagila were arrested November 3 for writing on the wall of a university: “the people want rights for...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe upcoming general strike in Tunisia: a historical perspective
The first general strike in Tunisia since 1978 takes place in a much-changed country and against old friends but for...
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Published in: HomeTunisia: economic pressures threaten the regime‘s survival
A general strike will take place on Thursday, December 13, across Tunisia, a rare call, actually the third to be...
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Published in: HomeTunisians caught between the crowd and the political scene
At the end of the day, most of the political sphere disagreements are not of any importance to the ordinary Tunisian...
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Published in: HomeSecurity situation in Tunisia remains a major issue
For the fourth day in a row, thousands of people are still protesting in Siliana demanding that the local governor quits.
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Published in: HomeTwo Tunisian detainees die after hunger strike
Bouazizi’s desperate act of self-immolation in response to his humiliation seems to be replicated once again under...
