Tunisia’s race for identity

Q&A with Ameur Larayedh: Ennahda versus Salafis
World

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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