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A copy of the new Tunisian Constitution lays on a parliament member’s desk at the Constituent Assembly, in Tunis, Monday, Jan.27, 2014. The document is groundbreaking as one of the most progressive constitutions in the Arab world — and for the fact that it got written at all. It passed late Sunday by 200 votes out of 216 in the Muslim Mediterranean country that inspired uprisings across the region after overthrowing a dictator in 2011. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia: The Birth of the Second Republic

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...

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Deputies of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA) with flags jubilate after the adoption of a new constitution on January 26, 2014, in Tunis. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Opinion: Tunisia’s new constitution and the triumph of modern values

by Amal Mousa | Feb 2, 2014 | Opinion

The ratification of Tunisia’s new constitution marks one of the most significant events to have taken place in the country’s recent history. In fact, this event is so significant that it has to be approached from more than one angle. Analyzing the articles of the new...

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Deputies of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA) with flags jubilate after the adoption of a new constitution on January 26, 2014, in Tunis. (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Tunisia approves new constitution, appoints government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 27, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Reuters—Tunisia’s national assembly approved the country’s new constitution on Sunday in one of the last steps to establishing full democracy three years after the uprising that toppled autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Just before the constitution...

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Former prime minister Hamadi Jebali waves to reporters following the transfer of power ceremony to newly appointed Tunisian prime minister Ali Larayedh, unseen, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Thursday March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Hamadi Jebali: A View from Tunis

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...