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Beji Caid El-Sebsi (C), Tunisian leader of the secularist party Nidaa Tounes (Tunisian Call) and presidential candidate, gives a speech during his first campaign meeting on November 2, 2014 in the central coastal city of Monastir, Tunisia. (AFP Photo/Bechir Bettaib)

Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes leader launches presidential campaign

by Monji Saidani | Nov 3, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following the Nidaa Tounes party’s victory in last week’s parliamentary elections, party leader Beji Caid El-Sebsi launched his presidential campaign on Sunday in the coastal city of Monastir, birthplace of the first president of the modern...

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Anti-government protesters wave Tunisian flags as they rally for the dissolution of the Islamist-led government in Sfax, 170 miles (270 km) southeast of Tunis September 26, 2013. (REUTERS/Anis Mili)

Tunisia preparing for national dialogue

by Monji Saidani | Oct 3, 2013 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Wednesday, the speaker of the Tunisian Constituent Assembly, Mustapha Ben Jafar, met with secretary-general for the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) Hassine Abassi to prepare for the first round of political dialogue between the government...

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Anti-government protesters wave Tunisian national flags and shout slogans during a demonstration in Tunis August 24, 2013. (REUTERS/Anis Mili)

Spring has not yet sprung in Sidi Bouzid

by Adel Al-Nouqti | Sep 23, 2013 | Features

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Almost three years after the revolution, Tunisia celebrates January 14—the day Ben Ali was toppled—as its national day. But the residents of Sidi Bouzid insist that December 17 should be Tunisia’s day of celebration. On December 17, 2010,...

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Tunisian Prime minister Ali Larayedh (R) meets for an emergency meeting in Tunis on August 1, 2013 with Houcine Abbassi (L), Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), who has been calling for the resignation of the government following the assassination of opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID.)

Tunisia: Government and opposition talk to defuse crisis

by Monji Saidani | Aug 2, 2013 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Tunisian government held discussions with opposition and civil society figures on Thursday in a bid to seek a solution for the political and security crisis that engulfed the country in the wake of last week’s assassination of the secularist...