Tunisia

 James M. Dorsey

It’s Official: A Revolution Improves A Country’s Football Performance

It’s Official: A Revolution Improves A Country’s Football Performance

JAMES M. DORSEY: A study has revealed that 5 North African nations experiencing upheaval in 2011 have seen football teams improve markedly.

 Common Ground News Service

Urgency for the Rule of Law Rises for Fledgling Post-Arab Spring Governments

Urgency for the Rule of Law Rises for Fledgling Post-Arab Spring Governments

NASSER AL SARAMI, CG NEWS: There is a relationship between the region’s new electoral experiments and the need to establish the rule of law.

 The Moor Next Door

Tunisian vs Egyptian Islamists: What Are Differences?

Tunisian vs Egyptian Islamists: What Are Differences?

THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: The Islamic parties of Tunisia and Egypt differ markedly, with their origins the key to understanding the differences

 Juan Cole

Tunisia Votes Itself into Political Pluralism

Tunisia Votes Itself into Political Pluralism

JUAN COLE: The latter two mentioned are secular, and al-Nahda needs these secular allies to run the government, not to mention achieve a majority.

 The Moor Next Door

Game On in Tunisian Election Campaign

Game On in Tunisian Election Campaign

THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: With a week to go before Tunisia’s national election anticipation is mounting. With more than 100 parties contesting which of them is set to emerge victorious?

 Common Ground News Service

Tunisian Media – It’s ‘Not Up to the Mark’

Tunisian Media – It’s ‘Not Up to the Mark’

MOURAD TEYEB, CGNEWS: ‘With freedom comes responsibility’ goes the saying. The Tunisian media need to start taking their’s seriously.

 The Moor Next Door

North Africa: Berber Renaissance Gains Momentum

North Africa: Berber Renaissance Gains Momentum

THE MOOR NEXT DOOR: They’ve been fighting hard against Qaddafi’s troops but turmoil throughout North Africa has seen an upswing in Berber identity.

 Lucy Emmerson

Promise of Arab Spring Failing to Deliver for Middle-Eastern Women

Promise of Arab Spring Failing to Deliver for Middle-Eastern Women

LUCY EMMERSON: Now is not the time to let “women’s issues” fall to the back of the agenda; they must not be deprived of the dignity that they have fought for.