Tunisia’s race for identity
Q&A with Ameur Larayedh: Ennahda versus Salafis
World
September 1, 2012
Q&A with Ameur Larayedh: Ennahda versus Salafis
Egypt Independent met with Ameur Larayedh, Tunisia's Ennahda political bureau head, constitution-writing assembly member and well-known moderate, who returned to Tunisia…
Tunisia’s Salafi flavor
World
August 29, 2012
Tunisia’s Salafi flavor
TUNIS — The appearance of Mohamed Khouja, the leader of Tunisia’s first licensed Salafi political party, does not overtly show…
Q&A with Rajaa Ben Slama: Tunisia’s Islamist-secular divide
Egypt
August 16, 2012
Q&A with Rajaa Ben Slama: Tunisia’s Islamist-secular divide
Raja Ben Slama, a professor of Arab civilization at Manouba University in Tunis, founder of The Tunisian Cultural Association to…
Tunisia’s Islamist-secular divide gives a new meaning to the battle
World
August 9, 2012
Tunisia’s Islamist-secular divide gives a new meaning to the battle
TUNIS - Right in the heart of Tunis, a dozen of bearded men, some dressed in robes, others in tunics,…
Q&A with Ennahda’s Ajmi Lourimi
World
August 6, 2012
Q&A with Ennahda’s Ajmi Lourimi
TUNIS — Ajmi Lourimi, a member of Ennahda’s highest decision-making body, stands out as one of the most moderate voices…
Q&A with Habib Ayeb: Ties between Tunisia and Egypt
World
June 24, 2012
Q&A with Habib Ayeb: Ties between Tunisia and Egypt
Tunisian geographer Habib Ayeb grew up in the time of Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Arab nationalism and socialist rhetoric. Born in…