Adel Thabti was born in Kairouan (150 kilometers southwest of Tunis) in 1965. After years of being held in prison because of his activities in the student union and being forced to stay in the Kairouan countryside, he wrote for the London based 'Aklaam Online' website. He published several opinion pieces on 'Tunis News' online magazine and for 'Elmewqif' Newspaper. Throughout the year 2008 he worked as a journalist for 'Mouatinoun' newspaper, and from 2011 he worked as it's editor-in-chief, until it stopped being printed in summer 2012. He is currently the editor-in-chief of Anadolu News Agency's Tunisia office.