Trends in Arab Uprising of 2011 and Ghana Uprising of 1966 GhanaWeb Trends in Arab Uprising of 2011 and Ghana Uprising of 1966 Looking at what has happened to Egypt and Tunisia, can we still blame the Danquah/Busua tradition for the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah in 1966? We should all be ashamed of ourselves for blaming ... |
 magharebia.com | Tunisian Islamists attack movie theatre magharebia.com A violent attack on pro-secular artists probes the limits of freedom of expression in post-revolution Tunisia. By Houda Trabelsi for Magharebia in Tunis – 30/06/11 [Houda Trabelsi] Nadia El Fani faced fierce criticism from extremists for her film on ... Is Tunisian culture under threat from Islamists? Tunis police arrest 30 during Salafist protest to stop the screening of the ... |
 magharebia.com | American businesses step up Tunisia support magharebia.com A recent visit by the heads of several US corporations is raising hopes about Tunisia's economic recovery. By Monia Ghanmi for Magharebia in Tunis – 30/06/11 [US Embassy Tunis] "We have a real desire to expand our investments in Tunisia," says Jeffrey ... |
 Doctors Without Borders | Trapped in Transit: The Neglected Victims of the War in Libya Doctors Without Borders Since the beginning of the war in Libya, more than one million1 civilians have fled the conflict, most of them crossing land borders to Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Chad, Niger, and Sudan. Others have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Malta and Italy. ... Trapped in Transit: the neglected of the war in Libya |
 Independent Online | Judges' strike postpones Ben Ali trial ABC Online The second trial of Tunisia's ousted president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali has been postponed because the judges have gone on strike. The justices complained of threats and harassment from the justice ministry even after the fall of Ben Ali's regime in ... Tunisia judges' strike postpones Ben Ali trial to July 4 Tunisia judge's strike postpones Ben Ali trial to July 4 Tunisia seeks to reinvent its schools |
An Imperfect Election Is Better Than No Election Slate Magazine Demonstrations in Tahrir Square TUNIS, Tunisia—Mokhtar Trifi, president of the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights, was extremely cheerful when we met for lunch recently. ... |
Tunisia: Police Inaction Allowed Assault on Film Screening Human Rights Watch (press release) Tunisian police should have moved quickly to protect the audience and organizers of the film. The government - including the police - have a duty to protect the right of Tunisians to create and view art, whatever its point of view and however offensive ... |
The "French dream" of Tunisia's illegal immigrants FRANCE 24 France 24 caught up in Paris with the same group of migrants we filmed in Tunisia in March. By Cyril VANIER / Julien SAUVAGET / Zakaria DRIAS This is “part 2” of a story that began after the fall of former Tunisian President Ben Ali. ... |
 Foreign Policy | Islamists and the Problem of Double Discourse Huffington Post (blog) I was in Tunis last week participating in a conference that brought together the main political viewpoints now competing for ascendancy in Tunisia. Several American scholars who study transitions to democracy or Islam and politics were also there. ... Marc Lynch: Tunisia's New al-Nahda |
 The Guardian | 'Saudi Arabia is simply a very different society from Egypt, Tunisia or Syria' The Guardian "Saudi Arabia is simply a very different society from Egypt, Tunisia or Syria," says Dr Mustafa Alani, an analyst at the Gulf Research Centre, Dubai. There is activism. The women working on the jigsaw are all involved in campaign groups, ... |