The Media in Tunisia after the Revolution
Riadh Ferjani says that changes in Tunisia's media landscape look more like a consequence of power balance between the different clans in the current government than a nascent process towards a democratic media system. An interview by Judith Pies More »
Tunisia Begins to Process Recent History
In mid-October, people in Tunisia will vote for a constituent assembly aimed at putting the country on the path to democracy. Meanwhile the process of coming to terms with the 23-year Ben Ali dictatorship has only just got off to a hesitant start. A reportage by Sarah Mersch in Tunis More »
Tunisian Blogger Lina Ben Mhenni
A professor at the University of Tunis, Lina Ben Mhenni was instrumental in informing people about repression under the Ben Ali regime. In this article she writes about the mood of the protests that would change the face of Tunisia More »
Interview with Ralf Melzer
A few weeks after its peaceful revolution, Tunisia must deal not only with reconstruction, but also with an influx of people fleeing civil war in neighbouring Libya. Considering the circumstances, Tunisians are handling things surprisingly well, says Ralf Melzer in this interview with Eleonore von Bothmer More »
Political Islam in Tunisia
The role of the Islamists in the political future of post-Jasmine Revolution Tunisia is now the topic of feverish debate. While some fear the establishment of a theocracy, others would like to see political Islam tolerated – as evidence of the country's new pluralism. Alexander Göbel reports More »
Overthrow of President Ben Ali in Tunisia
The uprising began as a revolt by a neglected generation of young Tunisians with no prospects in life. Within less than a month, it developed into a movement of such force that it swept away the country's autocratic president. Beat Stauffer sends us this analysis of events More »
