by Hatim Betioui | Jun 6, 2014 | Interviews
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement may have stepped down from government following months of political instability and a wide-ranging national dialogue, but that isn’t stopping leader Rachid Ghannouchi from preparing for upcoming presidential and...
by Amir Taheri | May 31, 2014 | Features
One sizzling summer day in 2012, Tehran was abuzz with talk of an impending “historic moment.” The venue was the brand-new Hall of Conferences, constructed to host the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement during which Egypt was scheduled to hand over leadership to the...
by Mshari Al-Zaydi | May 15, 2014 | Opinion
Who wholly expect Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s religious authority and political orator, to vent his anger regarding what is taking place in Egypt these days. The octogenarian cleric is angry and frustrated. He must have thought, leaning on his...
by Kamal Ben Younes | Feb 4, 2014 | Features
Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—From 1978 onwards, January 26 in Tunisia has been imbued with significance as the day on which popular uprisings swept across the country. That year’s bloody confrontations between Tunisian security forces and angry mobs and labor unions...
by Monji Saidani | Jan 10, 2014 | Middle East
UPDATE 16:15 GMT: PM Jomaa has been sworn in and has promised to form a cabinet “as soon as possible.” Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Prime Minister-designate Mehdi Jomaa has taken concrete steps to forming a technocratic caretaker government to oversee Tunisia...
