English
عربي
Dossiers Politics Culture Society Economy
Politics Culture In Focus Contributors
en-tn Defying Bardo Fears
Majdi Ouerfelli | 
Tunis | 
31.3.2015

When 68-year-old French national, Regen heard about the killing of tourists in Bardo, she did not reconsider her participation two weeks later in the World Social Forum (WSF), held in Tunis from March 24-28, 2015. After the attack she said she was even more motivated to participate. She even arrived to Tunis earlier than the […]

en-tn Not Their Brother’s Keeper
Najeh Zaghdoudi | 
Tunis | 
30.3.2015

South of the former Roman capital of Sbeitla, the starting point of the Muslim conquests of Tunisia, lies Sbiba, also known as the capital of apples. Deep inside this rural area, nestled between the foothills of Meghila Mountain near Kairouan and Ben Hanbas Mountain on the Siliana (western) side is the village of Sidi Brahim […]

en-tn Dying to Work
Moez Al-Jamai | 
Tunis | 
26.3.2015

It is hard to hear Anis Kanawi over the wailing of sirens from the ambulance standing in front of the Human Rights Association building. Emergency responders rush into the archive office to transport four of Kanawi’s colleagues to the hospital. Thirty-nine-year-old Kanawi is pale and his face is hallowed and he is unable to get […]

en-tn “It’s True, There Was Negligence.”
Basma Alouaer | 
Tunis | 
25.3.2015

Many have wondered how two gunmen were able to slip past security in Tunis on March 18 and kill 23 people and injure 50 others in Bardo Museum, which is located only 150 meters away from the parliament building? Correspondents spoke to Rafik Chelli, Senior Security Official at Tunisia’s Ministry of the Interior. Many have […]

en-tn The Law That Could Have Prevented Bardo
Majdi Ouerfelli | 
Tunis | 
24.3.2015

As he rushed towards Bardo Museum, where two gunmen killed 23 people and wounded 50 others on March 18, deputy speaker of the Tunisian parliament Abdelfattah Mourou was shocked to hear voices shouting at him: “Get out!” He was not even allowed to approach the place of the attack or pass the barricade in front […]

en-tn No Guns Were Pointed at Tunisians
Adel Brinsi | 
Tunis | 
23.3.2015

Wisal Bu Zaidi, like other tour guides, was accompanying tourists from all over the world around Tunis on the morning of March 18. “It was a sunny day, perfect for trips so I went to the Halq al-Wadi port early in the morning with my colleagues to receive the buses bringing European, South American and […]

en-tn Witness to a Massacre
Amina Zayani | 
Tunis | 
23.3.2015

It is not easy to work while you are surrounded by corpses; or to keep your emotions from finding their way into your eyes.  I am not the type that likes to take selfies with killed or injured people and I am also not among those who continue to write about the ugly things they […]

en-tn A Family’s Shame
Najeh Zaghdoudi | 
Tunis | 
20.3.2015

Khalid Abdawi was born in 1990 into a well-off family from Oueslatia (central Tunisia) that  describes him as a young man who overcame shyness to pursue an interest in politics.  During the post-revolutionary October 2011 elections, Abdawi worked as a national observer and in 2012 he was a hardworking university student. Khalid Abdawi was born […]

en-tn An Evolving Relationship
Adel Brinsi | 
Tunis | 
11.2.2015

Ben Farhat, Ben Hamida, Elbaloumi, Elwartani, Ben Charbiyeh, Elhani, and Elsharfi, are just a few among many Tunisian journalists who have received death threats from terrorist groups. As a result, the Interior Ministry, which not long ago kept journalists under surveillance, is now providing threatened journalists with security protection—some accept the extra security, others do […]

en-tn Four-Party Gamble
Mounia El-Arfaoui | 
Tunis | 
11.2.2015

Finally, Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid has announced his new government, which is composed of 42 ministers and a Secretary of State, among them eight women, two of whom head the ministries of culture and women.  Finally, Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid has announced his new government, which is composed of 42 ministers and a […]

12345678…1213141516171819202122232425262728…5152535455565758
© MiCT 2021. All rights reserved.
Politics Culture Society Economy
In Focus Contributors Imprint
العربية English