Tunisia

 Common Ground News Service

Tunisian Youth ‘Turned Off’ By Politics To Effect Change

Tunisian Youth ‘Turned Off’ By Politics To Effect Change

GHADA DALY, CGNEWS: The apathy that Tunisian young people feel for politics is being re-directed in a positive direction into varied civil projects

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IMF Loan: Is It Good Or Bad News for Tunisia?

IMF Loan: Is It Good Or Bad News for Tunisia?

COMMON GROUND NEWS: A young Tunisian set out himself to find out what the future holds for him and his contemporaries following the news of the recent IMF loan to the country

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Violence: The Cancer At the Heart of Tunisian Society

Violence: The Cancer At the Heart of Tunisian Society

MOHAMMED MESSAI, CGNEWS: Rather than being a last resort the lure of the gun is proving irresistible to all across the political spectrum

 Francis Matthew

Uncertainty Undermining Joy of New Freedom

Uncertainty Undermining Joy of New Freedom

The positive side of continual political change has got lost in the Arab world. Fear of uncertainty has killed the joy of new political life emerging in so many Arab states. The grim weekly numbers of people killed in political and sectarian violence dominate the new burgeoning of political life at national and local levels.

FRANCIS MATTHEW: The positive side of continual political change has got lost in the Arab world. Fear of uncertainty has killed the joy of new political life.

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‘Talk or Shoot?’: Tunisian Society on a Knife-Edge

‘Talk or Shoot?’: Tunisian Society on a Knife-Edge

LAMIA HATIRA, NURA SULEIMAN, CGNEWS: We don’t have a culture of armed conflict but it’s possible that we’re moving in that direction.

 Juan Cole

Class Issues ‘At The Heart’ of Tunisian Conflict

Class Issues ‘At The Heart’ of Tunisian Conflict

JUAN COLE: The assassination of Chokri Belaid has brought tens of thousands Tunisians onto the streets.

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Drugs Having ‘Profound Effect’ on Tunisian Youth

Drugs Having ‘Profound Effect’ on Tunisian Youth

JIHED FREDI, CGNEWS: The recent chaos in Tunisia has allowed drug traffickers to gain a hold and they’re targetting the young with disastrous consequences

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El Kef: The Thriving Centre of Tunisian Theatre

El Kef: The Thriving Centre of Tunisian Theatre

AMINA BENKHLIFA, CGNEWS: Often associated with harsh weather and difficult economic conditions El Kef, my hometown, has a deep theatrical heritage

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Since The Revolution: Victories and Losses

Since The Revolution: Victories and Losses

AKREM KAABI, CGNEWS: There are significant threats to democracy and to hard won freedoms but huge progress has been made.

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Activist Success: Civic Groups ‘Thrive’ in New Tunisia

Activist Success: Civic Groups ‘Thrive’ in New Tunisia

INES ZGUIDANE, CGNEWS: A new sense of civic engagement has taken root in Tunisia with individuals working together to deal with major societal issues

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The Muted Voice: Where Are Tunisia’s Young People?

The Muted Voice: Where Are Tunisia’s Young People?

NOUR AWAISS, CGNEWS: So prominent in the protests that swept over the country last year Tunisia’s young people seem to be absent from public discourse now

 M.-Lynx-Qualey

Tunisian Writers Launch Campaign Against Censors

Tunisian Writers Launch Campaign Against Censors

M. LYNX-QUALEY: Censorship is developing many tentacles in Tunisia today but writers are refusing to take attacks lying down

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Women ‘Taking the Lead’ In Tunisian Politics

Women ‘Taking the Lead’ In Tunisian Politics

SANA SBOUAI, CGNEWS: More than a quarter of deputies to parliament are women. But that only tells part of the story.

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No ‘Sharia’ in Tunisia: Is It a ‘Game Changer’?

No ‘Sharia’ in Tunisia: Is It a ‘Game Changer’?

SONIA BAHI, CGNEWS: It was a bold move which has divided opinion in the country. But has it set the example for other ‘Arab Spring’ countries?

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The Tunisian Niqab Question: Dialogue is Required

The Tunisian Niqab Question: Dialogue is Required

LOTFI RADHOUANE CHEBIL, CGNEWS: It’s generating heated debate on Tunisian university campuses. What’s to be done?

 Michael J. Totten

To Tunisia: The Arab Spring’s ‘Bellwether’

To Tunisia: The Arab Spring’s ‘Bellwether’

MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Largely forgotten in the West, Tunisia is where the great movements and ideas of the Arab Spring are fighting a huge battle.

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Tunisia: Economic Woes Point To ‘Major Trouble’

Tunisia: Economic Woes Point To ‘Major Trouble’

AMINE GHALI, CGNEWS: With growth stagnant, foreign companies leaving in droves Tunisia’s new government faces huge issues

 Michael J. Totten

Arab Spring One Year On: Where are We Now?

Arab Spring One Year On: Where are We Now?

MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria have undergone enormous turmoil in the past year. But can we see a path for each country’s immediate future?

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Tunisian Universities ‘Battleground’ for Ideologies

Tunisian Universities ‘Battleground’ for Ideologies

OMEZZINE KHELIFA, CGNEWS: The birth pangs of the new, democratic Tunisia are proving to be painful with a polarisation of society into two conflicting camps possible. Which side will triumph?

 David Roberts

Stuff Happens: The Dangers of Predicting ‘Arab Spring’

Stuff Happens: The Dangers of Predicting ‘Arab Spring’

DAVID ROBERTS: Events have a way of making an idiot of anyone predicting how the Arab world will play out. Here’s a perfect example.