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Jasmine Revolution

27 March, 2023 • Sarah Ben Hamadi

A Conversation with Tunisian novelist Yamen Manaï

Our correspondent in Tunis, Sarah Ben Hamadi, interviews Yamen Menaï, one of Tunisia's best-selling young novelists.

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1 August, 2022 • Emna Mizouni

Tunisia—Towards the End of the Dream of Democracy

Our columnist on the ground in Tunis, Emna Mizouni, reluctantly reports that Tunisia's fragile democracy appears doomed.

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21 March, 2022 • Sarah Ben Hamadi

“Ghodwa” or the Bitter Taste of the Unfinished Tunisian Revolution

Sarah Ben Hamadi reviews a new Tunisian feature film that weighs the successes and failures of the revolution.

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21 February, 2022 • Nada Ghosn

“A Tunisian Revolt” — the Rebel Power of Arab Comics

Writer-translator Nada Ghosn talks to the illustrator of a new graphic novel recounting one of Tunisia's earliest uprisings, in 1984, presaging the Jasmine Revolution.

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14 May, 2021 • Claudia Wiens

Walls, Graffiti and Youth Culture in Egypt, Libya & Tunisia

Former Egypt and Turkey-based photographer Claudia Wiens documents street art of the Arab Spring.

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14 February, 2021 • Farah Abdessamad

The Jasmine Revolution: Requiem for a Spring

Half Tunisian, half exile, Farah Abdessamad remembers the jasmine of her childhood and the dreams of Tunisia's future.

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