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  • Locals on the Tunisian holiday island of Djerba, where a gunman killed five people last week during a Jewish pilgrimage, are asking why – and what happens next.
    Synagogue shooting in Tunisia

    What next for Djerba?

    Jews on the Tunisian holiday island of Djerba, where a gunman killed five people last week during a Jewish pilgrimage, are asking why – and what happens next. By Cathrin Schaer and Tarak Guizani

  • Women protesting against President Kaïs Saïed's proposed constitution in the run-up to the referendum on 25 July (photo: Zeubair Soussiy/REUTERS)
    Referendum on a new constitution for Tunisia

    Rolling back the achievements of the revolution

    Tunisians are set to vote on a new constitution on 25 July. The prominent lawyer and women's rights activist Yosra Frawes fears the referendum could facilitate a return to dictatorship. This would also endanger progress on women's rights achieved since 2011. Interview by Claudia Mende for qantara.de

  • Birthplace of the Arab Spring

    Tunisia: a young democracy in peril

    Tunisian President Kais Saied is consolidating his authoritarian rule, while Europe stands idly by and misses opportunities to exert influence. Analysis by Isabelle Werenfels

  • President Kais Saied has been dismantling the checks and balances of Tunisia's nascent democracy.
    Kais Saied's creeping coup

    Who will save Tunisia's democracy now?

    Tunisia's president has been carrying out a coup by degrees, demolishing the country's hard-fought democratic gains bit by bit. With an economy in turmoil and a splintered opposition, is there anybody that can stop him?

  • The Tunisian Ramadan TV series "Baraa" has been criticised by rights activists and secular politicians over the issue of polygamy.
    Ramadan

    Tunisia TV series sparks polygamy row

    A Ramadan TV series dealing with polygamy has sparked a heated debate in Tunisia, an Arab pioneer in women's rights that banned the practice decades ago

  • Tunisia: President Saied's power grab

    How will the president wield his unprecedented powers?

    Kais Saied has stressed his loyalty to "the suffering people" and has vowed to fight corruption. His upcoming state budget will show whether he really means it or not. By Mariam Abdel Baky and Olfa Lamloum

  • Protests against the miserable economic situation in Tunis in December 2020.
    Arab world

    "The people aren't ready" – can Arabs do democracy?

    "The people aren’t ready for democracy" has been the constitutional basis for Arab tyranny, its favourite slogan and its sacred narrative for more than a century. Yet, asks Khaled Hroub, what chance does democracy have, unless it is repeatedly put to the test by the people at all levels of society?

  • Presidential take-over in Tunisia

    Political earthquake in Tunis

    Tunisia's President Kaïs Saïed has assumed executive powers in his country in a highly controversial and possibly unconstitutional manner, fuelling fears of an impending authoritarian rollback. Despite strong criticism of his intervention, many still hope for an end to the country's endemic crisis. By Sofian Philip Naceur

  • Arab Spring ten years on

    Tunisia is paralysed by a political culture of consensus

    Recent unrest shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's followed Tunisia's trajectory. The image of the North African country as the only "survivor" of the uprisings in the region is misleading, writes Sarah Mersch

  • Polling in the Maghreb

    Presidential run-off in Tunisia, but will anyone vote?

    Tunisia’s parliamentary elections on 6 October – the penultimate poll before Sunday’s presidential run-off – delivered a very fragmented result without a clear majority. Whoever emerges as victor will face a tough task, fighting widespread voter fatigue and disillusionment with the political establishment. By Alessandra Bajec

  • Women's rights in the Middle East

    Feminists in Tunisia claim civic space

    In 2011, the Tunisian people overthrew their authoritarian regime after decades of oppression. The fact that women were at the forefront of this movement was soon noticed by the international community, challenging the widespread preconception of a region devoid of womenʹs activism. By Aya Chebbi

  • Eight years after the Jasmine Revolution

    Young Tunisians see red

    Inspired by Franceʹs "gilets jaunes", the Tunisian "red vest" movement reflects the widespread discontent in the North African country, where protests against spiralling living costs, unemployment, mismanagement and corruption are once again on the increase. By Alessandra Bajec

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