Tunisia

Southwest Tunisian town’s outrage over unemployment
World

Southwest Tunisian town’s outrage over unemployment

Southwest Tunisia has some of the world's richest phosphate deposits, but a recent series of violent protests by jobless residents…
Tunisia’s Salafis raise a black flag
Opinion

Tunisia’s Salafis raise a black flag

It’s difficult to say how it started. For clarity’s sake, let’s begin on 28 November 2011. Enraged at the university’s…
Tunisia’s quiet counterrevolution
World

Tunisia’s quiet counterrevolution

More than one year after Tunisia’s uprising against the rule of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and almost six months…
Tunis in shock after ‘Black Monday’ crackdown on protests
World

Tunis in shock after ‘Black Monday’ crackdown on protests

Tunisia was in shock Tuesday after riot police brutally clamped down on protesters defying a demonstration ban in the capital,…
Protesters, police clash in heart of Tunis
World

Protesters, police clash in heart of Tunis

TUNIS — Police used tear gas and truncheons to disperse protesters seeking to march Monday along the Tunisian capital's main boulevard…
Tunisians jailed for Facebook cartoons of Prophet
World

Tunisians jailed for Facebook cartoons of Prophet

Two young Tunisians have been sentenced to seven years in prison for posting cartoons of the prophet Mohamed on Facebook,…
Limits of development: Q&A with Habib Ayeb, co-director of ‘Green Mirages’
Environment

Limits of development: Q&A with Habib Ayeb, co-director of ‘Green Mirages’

Habib Ayeb is a Tunisian geographer and professor at the American University in Cairo’s Social Research Center. His domain of…
Egyptian Embassy in Tunisia negotiates over 3 detained sailing boats
Egypt

Egyptian Embassy in Tunisia negotiates over 3 detained sailing boats

The Egyptian Embassy in Tunisia resolved the situations of three Egyptian sailing boats that were detained several months ago for…
Tunisian Islamist leader: We cannot normalize ties with Israel
World

Tunisian Islamist leader: We cannot normalize ties with Israel

The head of Tunisia's governing Islamist party has said the country cannot normalize ties with Israel, the official TAP news…
Tunisia’s Islamists to oppose Sharia in constitution
World

Tunisia’s Islamists to oppose Sharia in constitution

TUNIS — The moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which leads Tunisia's government, will not back calls by conservatives to make Islamic…
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