Tunisian bloggers & Politics, featuring Riadh Guerfali (@Astrubaal), Amira Yahyaoui (@mira404), Tarek Kahlaoui (@t_kahlaoui), Mehdi Lamloum (@MehdiLamloum) and Slim Amamou […]
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 […]
The state of the Internet 2011 [Infographic]
Created by: OnlineSchoolsLike any classic hero, the Internet grew from humble beginnings as a tiny speck to become the legend […]
Inside the ‘Arab Spring’
Al Jazeera speaks to Sami Ben Gharbia, a Tunisian activist who co-founded the popular web portal Nawaat.
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 […]
Tunisia: Nessma TV misleading Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
It is when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says about Nessma TV “they were not Ben Ali’s favorite TV station” that one realizes it does not take much to manipulate the US diplomacy
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.
videos: Roadmap of Political Reforms in Tunisia
For a month and a half since the famous popular uprisings that led to the Arab World’s first democratic revolution, Tunisia had been struggling to identify and implement the necessary structural and ideological changes that are essential for the budding democratic system. Tunisians all over the country had been patiently waiting to see what the interim government and the opposition leaders would bring to the table, and for a month and a half they got little more than flowery rhetoric praising the revolution and those who gave their lives for a democratic Tunisia.
A Night In Tunisia: Al Kasba’s lesson
Tunisian officials must be scratching their heads at the moment. After decades of a sluggish political apathy, the country has witnessed a couple of governments in a few weeks. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannoushi’s resignation is edifying. Foremost among the lessons learned is that public pressure and private suasion eventually pay off.
Egypt: Sequence of Communication Shutdown during 2011 Uprise
25 January 2011 was the day when people of Egypt went to the streets in several cities to demonstrate against […]
Tunisia: Hold Police Accountable for Shootings
The transitional government of Tunisia should make it an urgent priority to investigate the killings of demonstrators by Tunisian security forces in early January 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Security forces used excessive force in suppressing demonstrations in the central western cities of Kasserine and Tala, Human Rights Watch said, killing at least 21 people with live ammunition in these two cities alone between January 8 and 12, Human Rights Watch found.
Tunisia’s Transitional Government: a page from the Ben Ali playbook
It is remarkable how self-assuredly and skillfully Mohamed Ghanouchi and Foued Mbazaa are managing street anger by juggling the composition of the unity government (keeping old-regime figures in the unity government and disbanding the ruling party).
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 ruling party (RCD) and the road to democracy
By Neji Ali Dhakouani, Calls are mounting for disbanding the Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique (RCD) or at least banning it from […]
Tunisian unity government: Exclusion of certain opposition parties.
By Neji Ali Dhakouani, Like all Tunisians I have been closely watching recent developments in my native country. While many […]
Tunisia: The day after
It was extremely calm, almost serene in Tunis this morning. It was hard to believe that only yesterday, thousands marched […]
Tunisia: Zine Ben Ali Tunisia’s President Flees The Country To Malta
It’s semi official. Zine Ben Ali, Tunisia and his corrupt, oppressive regime are now history. There are numerous reports, including one from Le Monde that Ben Ali is gone and turned the governing of the country over to the Tunisian army. He did this after several press conferences these past days spoken in a language I am told he has not used for 23 years – the Tunisian Arabic dialect – offering the people of his country much of what it is that he has taken away these past decades: economic opportunity and democracy. Too little too late, his concessions were laughed at and did nothing to dampen the opposition.
