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Tunisia President Moncef Marzouki holds a copy of the Tunisian new constitution during his address to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 3, 2014. (Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

Marzouki: Tunisia first democracy in the Arab world

by Monji Saidani | Mar 4, 2014 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki vowed to defend human rights in Tunisia during a speech in Geneva on Monday, and said that his government would be the first democracy in the Arab world. Speaking at a meeting of the UN’s Human Rights...

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People stand in front of a poster in Tunis showing President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali on the eve of the 16th anniversary of his accession to power, November 6, 2003. (Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: Tunisia’s little black book scandal

by Diana Moukalled | Dec 25, 2013 | Opinion

The Tunisian presidency did not hold up for long. Only weeks after publishing the “black book,” a list of journalists and media organizations who were complicit in supporting former president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and his regime, the current presidency announced it...

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Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki delivers a speech during a seminar with Tunisian officials and legal experts discussing the reinforcement of a law against “terrorism” in Tunis on October 29, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/FETHI BELAID)

Blacklisted in Tunisia

by Youssef Cherif | Dec 13, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Tunisia under Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali had its propagandists and organic intellectuals, like any regime would. Many of them served Ben Ali and his Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party, consolidating his power locally and abroad. Some of those polished his image...

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Tunisian demonstrators hold banners reading in Arabic: “leave” as they flash the sign for victory and shout slogans during a demonstration calling for the government’s resignation in Tunis on August 31, 2013. Demonstrators formed a human chain stretching three kilometres (two miles) from parliament to the Kasbah, where the government headquarters are located (AFP PHOTO / SALAH HABIBI)

Tunisian opposition parties form new political front

by Monji Saidani | Sep 2, 2013 | Middle East

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—The leader of Tunisia’s Tamarod (Rebellion) movement, Mohamed Balnour, claimed on Saturday that 1,700,000 Tunisians had signed a petition calling for the dissolution of the country’s parliament. Balnour told Asharq Al-Awsat on...

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A Libyan protester burns a portrait of Libyan leader Mummer Gaddafi in front of the Libyan embassy in Kuala Lumpur. (AFP)

Opinion: Has the Arab Spring nose-dived?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 28, 2013 | Opinion

It wasn’t only the Economist or many Western analysts who asked this question. It’s a question asked by millions of Arabs who witnessed the historical changes that began two and a half years ago. The overthrow of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi and the revolt against the...