Tunisia
Southwest Tunisian town’s outrage over unemployment
World
April 21, 2012
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
April 17, 2012
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
April 14, 2012
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
April 10, 2012
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
April 9, 2012
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
April 6, 2012
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
April 3, 2012
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
April 3, 2012
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
April 1, 2012
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
March 26, 2012
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…