“One year after its accession to power in December 2011, the coalition, dominated by the Islamist party, has transformed the country, and is currently being contested and defied by a large portion of the population.”
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A Letter to the West
To the right honorable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, May you rest in peace. You are one of the most courageous women that the West has known. Your writings from the different corners of the world you visited did not lose popularity until this very day. You are being consistently celebrated for your entertaining way of reporting. Your passion to detail and beauty is not going unnoticeable.
Collective of Venticinqueundici: The European Union Peace Is Not Ours
On December 10th some EU representatives will go to Oslo to receive the award. Together with many other women and men, we can’t but express our deepest opposition to this award decision which hints at a conception of peace which is different from ours, an idea of peace which can’t be ours.
Almost a Revolution: The “Guardians” of the Revolution Failed the People
To the outside world Tunisia, the small country that inspired the Arab world to revolt, is moving towards a substantive democracy. Protestors, from all walks of life, took to the streets of Tunisia and shouted with one voice” the people demand the fall of the regime”. Although the demands were crystal clear “jobs, freedom and dignity”, the current troika government – a coalition government formed by Ennahda after October 2011 elections- has been virtually paralyzed to concretize those demands.
Open letter to Gordon Gray, The Ambassador of the United States of America in Tunisia
The Honorable Gordon Gray, The Ambassador of the United States of America in Tunisia, Sir, As fellow alumni of Columbia […]
5 reasons why Tunisia will succeed and the rest of the Arab spring will fail
By Erik Churchill – The success of the spread of democracy in the Middle East and North Africa will depend largely on the underlying demographics, economics, and geopolitical importance of each post-revolutionary country. In this regard, Tunisia, the first country to throw its leader out, is the most likely candidate to succeed. Here’s why.
Where are my 7 million guests?
By The local To start, I’m a declared revolutionary since the 14th of January and that date is not a […]
The Mess we made
By Salem Romdhan – As we are slowly sobering up from the political binge that followed the Tunisian uprising, one could start to discern the outlines of the new scene we are presented with.
The Dictator is gone but not the dictatorship. We haven’t done anything yet.
Ben Ali is gone, but the regime is still there. This interim government must be purged of the old regime’s […]
Tunisia: The day after
It was extremely calm, almost serene in Tunis this morning. It was hard to believe that only yesterday, thousands marched […]
History Is Not the Past
Submitted by Suffet De Carthage : That history is not a thing of the past is a general truth, of which I simply want to remind the reader. History is not the tale of bygone days, but the present we dwell in.11 It is part and parcel of a nation; it constitutes its memory, its consciousness, its ambitions. It is what is everlasting in its geography and demography. It is the mirror of the nation’s […]
Borhane Bsaies ou L’avocat du diable
Ecrit et publié sur Nawaat par Hannibal LeCarthaginois : Les critiques de Bsaies ne visent que défendre Ben Ali. S’imposant comme l’avocat du diable cet ex militant étudiant converti en mercenaire dévoile, ou plutôt prétend dévoiler, « l’autre dimension » de la délégation. N’ayant point d’argument pour défendre son président, il préfère contre-attaquer et soustraire toute légitimité […]
A local staff in Japanese embassy to Tunisia pushed to death
After weeks of pressure, stress, harassment and humiliation , Ahmed CHOUL , a young Tunisian local staff working for the embassy of Japan to Tunisia since more than 10 years had fatal heart attack on Friday November 20TH . few weeks ago , he had […]
