A year after Tunisian fruit-seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire and triggered popular uprisings across the Arab world, popular expectations continue to run high, writes Mourad Teyeb in Tunis
Who could have imagined one year ago that fewer (...)
TUNIS: Immediately after the 14 January uprising, Tunisians experienced the illusion of a free and prosperous society. Tunisian journalists have enjoyed newfound freedom in print and broadcast media, which under President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali had (...)
TUNIS: Immediately after the 14 January uprising, Tunisians experienced the illusion of a free and prosperous society. Tunisian journalists have enjoyed newfound freedom in print and broadcast media, which under President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali had (...)
Tunisia's political elite is failing to convince the country's voters to participate in the democratic transition in the run-up to the 23 October elections, writes Mourad Teyeb in Tunis
Over the past 50 years, Tunisians have become used to de facto (...)
The constitutional amendments were a good step forward on the democratic transition in Morocco, but they were unable to satisfy many factions in the society, notes Mourad Teyeb
On 1 July, Moroccans voted on a national referendum for constitutional (...)
Hundreds of illegal Tunisian immigrants to Europe have returned home, many of them putting an end to a sad adventure, writes Mourad Teyeb in Tunis
Waves of illegal Tunisian immigrants to Europe left the country after the January uprising that ousted (...)
British media expert talked to Mourad Teyeb recently on the freedom of the media in post-revolutionary Tunisia and Egypt, comparing it to Eastern Europe after 1989
You have compared what has happened in Egypt and Tunisia to what happened in Eastern (...)
Fewer than four months after former president Zein Al-Abidine bin Ali was toppled in the so-called "Jasmine Revolution", Tunisia is once again under curfew following days of unrest, reports Mourad Teyeb from Tunis
Tunisia's caretaker government (...)
While political prospects for Tunisia remain promising, the country faces daunting economic challenges. Can democracy deliver the economic goods? Mourad Teyeb writes in Tunis
Not all this year's Arab uprisings have had a happy ending, with some of (...)
Can Tunisia, lacking stability and hit by unrest, deal with the thousands of Libyans now flocking across its southern borders, asks Mourad Teyeb on the Tunisia-Libya border
Thousands of people have fled from their homes in north- western Libya, as (...)
Two months after the toppling of former president Zein Al-Abidine bin Ali, the Tunisian revolution has really only just begun, writes Mourad Teyeb in Tunis
It needed an additional 10-day sit-in in the symbolic Kasbah Square, and seven to 10 people (...)
Protests continued in Tunisia this week, with protesters demanding the resignation of members of the former ruling party from the transitional government and a timetable for elections, writes Mourad Teyeb in Tunis
Following the flight of ousted (...)
With the Islamists preparing to join the country's political process, is there room for them in the new Tunisia, asks Mourad Teyeb in Tunis
The leader of the Tunisian Islamist Party Ennahda, Rashed Al-Ghanoushi, announced on 15 January that he (...)
As the country wakes up to a new political future after 23 years of single-party rule, Tunisians are emphasising their thirst for change, writes Mourad Teyeb in Tunis
Whether it is called the Jasmine Uprising or the Tunisian Revolution, what (...)
Commentators agree that the social media and blogosphere contributed to events in Tunisia. But to what extent, asks Mourad Teyeb in Tunis
According to many commentators, it was the Internet even before action on the streets that played the largest (...)
Snipers, pillaging, night shooting…all are incidents Tunisians were used to seeing only in the movies and in news from Iraq, Gaza and Darfur. But since late December, these scenes have become a part of their daily lives, from Bizerte on the (...)
L'entraîneur de la sélection nationale de football, le français Roger Lemerre, a convoqué dix neuf joueurs en prévision du match amical face à la Serbie-Monténégro, le 1er mars prochain à Radés dans le cadre de la préparation des deux équipes pour (...)