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Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali meets with members of his cabinet on February 19, 2013, in the la Kasbah area of Tunis. Jebali is pursuing “another solution” to Tunisia’s biggest political crisis since the uprising two years ago after his plan to form a cabinet of technocrats failed. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID

Jebali the Dictocrat?

by Adel Al Toraifi | Feb 20, 2013 | Opinion

When the then Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ousted Bourguiba in a bloodless coup, in what was known as the 7 November Movement in Tunisia, it was natural that the transfer of presidential powers to the new president (Ben Ali) would pose a challenge to article...

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Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali speaks as he announces his resignation during a news conference in Tunis February 19, 2013. Jebali resigned on Tuesday after his attempt to form a government of technocrats and end a political crisis failed. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Tunisia’s PM Quits

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 20, 2013 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s prime minister Hamadi Jebali resigned yesterday after a failed attempt at forming a non-partisan government. Jebali’s resignation is expected to further deepen the country’s political crisis, which was sparked after the...

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Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali arrives for a round of consultations with other political parties at the Carthage Palace in Tunis, February 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Anis Mili)

Tunisia: PM Plan for Technocratic Government Fails

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 19, 2013 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said yesterday that plans to form non-partisan cabinet to tackle the current political turmoil Tunisia is facing have failed. “I say in all clarity that the initiative I presented—that is to say, a...

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Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, right, is pictured with Ennahda party leader Rached El Ghannouchi at the opening of a meeting with representatives of all Tunisian political parties, to see if there is sufficient support for his solution to end the country’s ongoing political crisis in Carthage, outside Tunis, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. AP Photo/Hassene Dridi

Confusion in the Ennahda Movement

by Tariq Alhomayed | Feb 12, 2013 | Opinion

A crisis has struck Tunisia as a whole, including the Ennahda movement and the opposition left, after the assassination of the latter’s influential leader Chokri Belaid. As a result, we can note that the Ennahda leaders are only interested in controlling the...