In Tunisia, scapegoating migrants diverts from the continuous failure of government to solve deep economic and social crisis.
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Tunisia is behaving like many other countries confronted by social, political and economic challenges - it’s blaming migrants as a ploy to divert attention.
Tunisia’s democratic backslide demonstrates how autocrats can use constitutional cover to entrench authoritarianism.
Hammamet with Its Mosque, a little picture with a monumental impact, belies a complex history of cross-cultural encounter.
Former president Bourguiba’s standing as father of Tunisian feminism has come under scrutiny.
Political and economic forces across the Middle East and North Africa combine to mean well-educated young people spend years looking for work, which delays their independence and adulthood.
The first African player to reach a major tennis final, she has set Wimbledon – and Tunisian hearts – ablaze.
Intermediary cities have a vital role to play in the economies of African countries.
The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders - as well as the democratic system - a vanguard popular constituency.
In order for snow to form, two distinctive weather properties are needed: cold temperatures and moist air. The Sahara can tick these boxes.
Viewing Tunisia as an Arab Spring success story was always too simplistic.
In the ten years since the Arab Spring, the countries affected have transformed completely. Here’s how.
The 1970s and 1980s saw a new genre of popular protest - its spirit would be felt even in 2011 when protests toppled a dictator.
Since the revolution, Tunisians’ call for “bread, freedom and social justice” have fallen on deaf ears.
The underlying issues of inequality, corruption and poverty are still dogging the region, ten years after the protests.
Idir’s songs gave Kabyles a sense that their culture counted: that their customs and traditions could form a part of a modern Algerian nation.
New research with survivors of sexual violence who have been forced to migrate reveals difficulties of COVID-19 lockdowns.
Those who conduct business in Tunisia consider it a low-risk security environment compared to some of its neighbours in North Africa and the Middle East.
Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
Teeth can reveal a lot about diversity when they are reasonably well-preserved.
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