Jasmine Revolution

A Conversation with Tunisian novelist Yamen Manaï

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.

27 MARCH 2023 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Tunisia—Towards the End of the Dream of Democracy

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.

1 AUGUST 2022 • By Raja Shehadeh
“Ghodwa” or the Bitter Taste of the Unfinished Tunisian Revolution

“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.

21 MARCH 2022 • By Juliana Francis Kelly
“A Tunisian Revolt” — the Rebel Power of Arab Comics

“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,...

21 FEBRUARY 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
Walls, Graffiti and Youth Culture in Egypt, Libya & Tunisia

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

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

14 MAY 2021 • By Saleem Vaillancourt
The Jasmine Revolution: Requiem for a Spring

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.

14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Danielle Haque
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