Although Amel Karboul has been tasked with reviving the country’s struggling tourism sector, she is better-known for her frequent selfies—taken in restroom mirrors, on football fields, at dinner tables and any other place where she can pull out her smart phone.  Her instagram page, with over 10,000 followers, shows the 40-year-old tourism minister smiling her […]

Tunisians have always known Bahri Jelassi, leader of the Openness and Loyalty party after the 2011 revolution, for his infamous ideas – like his calls for polygamy and his support for the marriage of underage girls. Tunisians have always known Bahri Jelassi, leader of the Openness and Loyalty party after the 2011 revolution, for his […]

Tunisian journalist Mahmoud Bouneb has been kept in Qatar for nearly three years. The charge against him was squandering of public money. Bouneb’s lawyers and human rights organizations say the real reason for his travel ban is a dispute with Sheikha Mozah, wife of the former Qatari emir and mother of the current one. Tunisian […]

Correspondents met with Mariam Bilali, general secretary of the Tunisian Women’s Party, to discuss the party’s goals and the reasons she founded it. She wanted to guarantee the presence of women in Tunisia’s decision-making process. Why did you create a women’s party? Is there no place for men in it? Do you want to exclude […]

Tunisians have chosen Mohammed Shafiq Sersar to head the Independent High Electoral Commission (ISIE), charged with organizing the legislative elections on October 26, 2014. A constitutional law professor, Sersar is facing the first challenge to his commission, which has previously been accused of partiality. Now the commission is being criticized for the faltering voter registration […]

“Abu Nasr al-Tunisi” is the name the Tunisian jihadist chooses to introduce himself to Correspondents. We do not know if this is the name he was using in Syria, where he fought for a year and a half, or just a name that he randomly came up with when he met Correspondents. If he mentions […]

Nejib Chebbi, founder of Tunisia’s Progressive Democratic Party, which was created in 2001 and became the Republican Party after the revolution, wants to become Tunisia’s next president.  His party, he insists, is the only one not obsessed with power. Nejib Chebbi, is the forthcoming presidential election your last opportunity to crown your political career? Nejib […]

Security Unions in Tunisia have faced serious accusations in recent weeks, with a government decision referring them to the judiciary, should they continue to allegedly leak confidential information.   Security officials like Muhammad Rida Zaytouni, police officer, say that these accusations are fabricated and are motivated by the demands they raised while holding corrupt officials […]

Suleiman’s family was not quite certain how he died last February  but an aching suspicion kept returning as they watched the news. “On TV we saw graphic photos of young men who were misled to fight on the pretext of Jihad,” said Suleiman’s father Mohammad. “Then we received the news of his death.” Mohammad believes […]

News about an emergency security meeting was leaked by the Interior Ministry early this month, with Interior Minister Lutfi Ben Jeddo and Reda Safar, the minister in charge of security, in attendance.  According to leaks, the aim of the session was to put an end to the meddling of security unions, which have aggravated security […]