Tunisia
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…
Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March
World
March 24, 2012
Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March
Tunisians are likely to vote for their first full post-revolutionary parliament in just under a year's time, a government official…
‘A Tunisian Tale’: A grim delight
Books
March 4, 2012
‘A Tunisian Tale’: A grim delight
The spark at the center of Hassouna Mosbahi’s short novel, “A Tunisian Tale,” is a human immolation. As in the…
Clinton urges Tunisians to use social media to hold rulers accountable
World
February 25, 2012
Clinton urges Tunisians to use social media to hold rulers accountable
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Tunisians on Saturday to protect their newly-won freedoms and called on Islamist and…
Culture Minister denies that Egyptian Artists Syndicate boycotts Tunisian artists
Art news
February 23, 2012
Culture Minister denies that Egyptian Artists Syndicate boycotts Tunisian artists
Egyptian Culture Minister Shaker Abdel Hamid said news circulating that the Egyptian Artists Syndicate is boycotting Tunisian artists is groundless. The minister…
Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role
Egypt
February 22, 2012
Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role
After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how…
Tunisian parliament bloc proposes Islamic constitution
World
February 21, 2012
Tunisian parliament bloc proposes Islamic constitution
TUNIS — The third-largest party in Tunisia's constituent assembly, charged with writing a new constitution, proposed on Monday a draft…