by Monji Saidani | Dec 14, 2014 | Middle East
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s former prime minister and secretary-general of the Islamist Ennahda Movement, Hamadi Jebali, told Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday that he has “definitively withdrawn” from the Islamist party, denying claims of a clash with the party’s...
by Nadia Al-Turki | May 4, 2014 | Interviews
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Tunisian prime minister Hamadi Jebali told Asharq Al-Awsat that, should he run in presidential elections set to be held by the end of the year, it will be as an independent candidate without the backing of his Ennahda party. The former...
by Nadia Al-Turki | Aug 13, 2013 | Interviews
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since Zine El Abedine Ben Ali fled into exile at the beginning of 2011, Tunisians have lived through virtually the full gamut of revolutionary turmoil, spared only the outbreak of widespread intercommunal that accompanies so many revolutions....
by Nadia Al-Turki | May 19, 2013 | Interviews
Oxford, Asharq Al-Awsat—With Tunisian elections nominally scheduled to take place before the end of this year, there has been much focus on political divides and infighting in the country’s fledgling democracy. At the same time, Tunisia is dealing with a...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Feb 23, 2013 | Opinion
In Tunisia, the press reports that there is a significant difference of opinion between Hamadi Jebali, “star” of Ennahda, and the party’s founder and leader Rachid Ghannouchi. This dispute, regarding the approach to governing, has reached an impasse after Jebali’s...
