Hussain Khshaira began smuggling goods across the Libyan-Tunisian border when he was a child, after he had dropped out of school. He came from a family of smugglers who made their living this way, in their underdeveloped community near Ben Gardane, (in southern Tunisia), where unemployment is high. On Friday September 3, Khshaira was stopped […]

When she went back to her home province of Al-Qairawan, Fathia Al-Hamadi, a young engineer who works for the Agriculture Development was surprised to see the harsh circumstances in Ein Bomra village, where her family lives. She watched lines of women from her villages, as they carried containers of stagnant water held on their shoulders. […]

Kamal Ayadi, Minister of Public Service, Governance and Anti-Corruption in the caretaker government, says he has never come under pressure to cover up corruption cases, which have increased significantly since the revolution. Minister Ayadi, how do you explain the increase in uncovering corruption cases during the negotiations to form a new government? Kamal Ayadi, Minister […]

Every day at sunset, ten-year-old Saber embarks on a risky journey with his friends in the night’s darkness. Saber spends hours trekking in the barren bush around his village in  Qasr al-Mahadna, (in southeastern Tunisia) to hunt scorpions. He directs his flashlight at the animal to paralyze it, then he carefully picks it up with […]

Hanan Ben Daghman experienced an enormous vaccum form in her life when her husband, Lieutenant Ramzi El-Zirli, died this past March in an operation against a terrorist group in the southern town of Ramzi. The couple have two children. Although the authorities have a system to care for the families of terror victims from the […]

In Ghannouche village in the Gulf of Gabes in the Mediterranean Sea, Elshatawi Aliya and his fellow fishermen head out to the sea in their small boat hoping to earn their meager living. Their journey extends dozens of kilometers offshore due to the scarcity of fish in the gulf. On that day, like any other, […]

Last April, medical waste workers at Ibn al-Jazzar University Hospital in Kairouan (160 kilometers southwest of Tunis) found amputated toes from a female surgical patient. An administrative investigation was initiated and the human parts were delivered to the municipality for appropriate disposal. Last April, medical waste workers at Ibn al-Jazzar University Hospital in Kairouan (160 […]

H. S. was born and raised in a Muslim family yet spent nearly fifteen years sifting through books about converting to Christianity and preaching sites looking for convincing reasons to convert from Islam to Christianity. “I have spent long nights looking for convincing arguments to proselytize,” says H.S. H. S. was born and raised in […]

Only a few security patrol units can be found on the long road that goes through the cities of Kebili, Djerba and Tataouine in southern Tunisia, leading to the desert village of Remada on the Libyan border. The checkpoints in these areas rarely stop or intercept passing travellers. Only a few security patrol units can […]

Mariam*, a young journalist, deeply regrets not filing a sexual harassment complaint against her previous manager. In 2012, Mariam worked for a Tunisian media professional who owned an audio-visual production company, but she was later dismissed from her job because she refused to give in to her employer’s sexual advances. “My boss used to insistently […]