Items related to Tunisia's race for identity

Q&A with Ameur Larayedh: Ennahda versus Salafis
Noha El-Hennawy 01 Sep 2012
Egypt Independent met with Ameur Larayedh, Tunisia's Ennahda political bureau head, constitution-writing...
A child wrapped in the Tunisian flag sits on the shoulders of a demonstrator who with hundreds of Tunisians turned out to demand jobs and dignity as the north African country marks a year to the day since its despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled into exile, Habib Bourguiba Avenue, Tunis, January 14, 2012. Some demonstrators, wearing the red and white of the national flag, called for recognition of the "martyrs" killed during the weeks of unrest before Ben Ali was toppled.
Tunisia’s Salafi flavor
Noha El-Hennawy 29 Aug 2012
TUNIS — The appearance of Mohamed Khouja, the leader of Tunisia’s first licensed Salafi political party,...
Rajaa Ben Slama
Q&A with Rajaa Ben Slama: Tunisia's Islamist-secular divide
Noha El-Hennawy 16 Aug 2012
Raja Ben Slama, a professor of Arab civilization at Manouba University in Tunis, founder of The Tunisian Cultural...
A child wrapped in the Tunisian flag sits on the shoulders of a demonstrator who with hundreds of Tunisians turned out to demand jobs and dignity as the north African country marks a year to the day since its despot Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled into exile, Habib Bourguiba Avenue, Tunis, January 14, 2012. Some demonstrators, wearing the red and white of the national flag, called for recognition of the "martyrs" killed during the weeks of unrest before Ben Ali was toppled.
Tunisia’s Islamist-secular divide gives a new meaning to the battle
Noha El-Hennawy 09 Aug 2012
TUNIS - Right in the heart of Tunis, a dozen of bearded men, some dressed in robes, others in tunics, sat outside the...
Q&A with Ennahda's Ajmi Lourimi
Noha El-Hennawy 06 Aug 2012
TUNIS — Ajmi Lourimi, a member of Ennahda’s highest decision-making body, stands out as one of the most...
Tunisians protest in the center of Tunis, January 19, 2011. Some 2,000 Tunisians rallied against their new government in Tunis as the leadership tried to defuse public anger over the continued power of the former ruling party and four ministers pulled out. The authorities meanwhile shortened a curfew that has been in place for days, saying the security situation had improved, but a state of emergency that bans any public assemblies remained in place.
Q&A with Habib Ayeb: Ties between Tunisia and Egypt
Dina K. Hussein 24 Jun 2012
Tunisian geographer Habib Ayeb grew up in the time of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Arab nationalism and socialist...