Tunisia Elections

Opportunity Missed

Amira Mohsen Galal | Posted 05.03.2012

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Amira Mohsen Galal

Although the early uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt were markedly secular and free of ideology, it was Islamists in both countries that swept the board in recent parliamentary elections. Where did it go wrong for Arab liberal secularists? How can they reconnect with the masses?

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"The Revolution Will Spread Throughout the Muslim World - and Beyond"

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 04.01.2012

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Elisabeth Braw

People call him "The Godfather of the new Islamist Middle East." Rachid Ghannouchi, whose Ennahdha party won Tunisia's first free elections last November, does indeed spearhead the post-Arab Spring Middle East.

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Tunisia Fetes Arab Spring

AP | By PAUL SCHEMM and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 02.16.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia -- Exactly one year ago, in a hardscrabble town in Tunisia's arid interior, the death knell sounded for the decades-old system of dicta...

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Tunisia Breaks With Years Of Dictatorship

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 02.12.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia's newly elected president promised at his swearing-in ceremony Tuesday to be a leaders for all Tunisians. Veteran righ...

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Tunisia Expected To Elect Human Rights Activist Interim President

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 02.11.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia's new assembly chose a veteran rights activist Monday as the country's first democratically elected president. Moncef ...

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Egypt's Elections: Owning the Revolution

Eunice Roque | Posted 01.29.2012

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Eunice Roque

For Egyptians, Tunisians, and anyone who has ever experienced life under a dictatorship, the sight of people lining up to vote is cause for jubilation and the most reassuring sign that the revolution is working.

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Tunisia: A Test For What 'Moderate' Islam Looks Like

Posted 11.28.2011

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By Elizabeth Bryant Religion News Service TUNIS, Tunisia (RNS) Nearly a year after Tunisia set off the Arab Spring of popular revolt, the face of ...

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Tunisian Parties Agree On New Cabinet

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 01.19.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia — The three parties making up Tunisia's new ruling coalition on Saturday divided up the top government jobs between them, with th...

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Tunisia Picks New Interim Prez

AP | By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 11.15.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia -- A veteran human rights activist was selected as Tunisia's new interim president on Tuesday, a party official says. Moncef Marzouki,...

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Islamist Winner Of Tunisian Elections Promises Open Society

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 01.10.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia — The new Tunisia will welcome people of all faiths and carry on the tradition of moderation for which it has always been known, ...

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PHOTOS: Women Demonstrate To Protect Rights Following Islamist Party Victory

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 01.02.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia — Some 200 Tunisian women demonstrated Wednesday in downtown Tunis in defense of their rights, following the election victory of ...

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Arab Spring, Islamic Harvest: Tunisia Goes to the Polls

Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 12.29.2011

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Dr. Charles G. Cogan

The feeling toward Ennahda among many Tunisians, as is the case elsewhere with Islamist parties in the Arab world is, in a nutshell, "They're clean. Let's give them a try."

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Night Of Unrest In Town Where Arab Spring Started

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 12.28.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — The leader of the moderate Islamist party that won Tunisia's first free elections called for calm Friday after protests erupted...

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Islamist Party Official Winner Of First Free Tunisian Elections

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 12.27.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia's moderate Islamist party Ennahda, banned for decades, emerged the official victor in the nation's first free elections...

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Partial Results Indicate Moderate Islamist Party Wins Nearly Half Of Seats

AP | Posted 12.26.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia -- Authorities say the latest results from Tunisia's landmark elections indicate the moderate Islamist party is holding onto its lead, ...

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Tunisian Elections Are Milestone For Arab Spring

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 12.26.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — No matter what the results, Tunisia's landmark election was a monumental achievement in democracy that will be a tough act to f...

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A Guide To Tunisia's Election Results

The Atlantic Wire | Max Fisher | Posted 12.26.2011

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Update, Wednesday 10:45 a.m.: Women will come out under-represented, but not compared to the U.S. In setting up their new political party system, Tuni...

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Previously Banned Islamist Party Leads In Tunisia Elections

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 12.24.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — A moderate Islamist party claimed victory Monday in Tunisia's landmark elections as preliminary results indicated it had won th...

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First Free Arab Spring Election

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 12.23.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — The people who started the Arab Spring shared one of its earliest fruits on Sunday: a free election. Tunisians who brought down...

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Tunisia Elections: The Difficulties of Democracy

Jonathan Schienberg | Posted 12.22.2011

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Jonathan Schienberg

As Tunisia gears up for its first democratic elections this Sunday, its popular emerging political parties, like Afek Tounes, have high hopes for spreading their message far and wide.

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Landmark Elections

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 12.22.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunis was filled with rival rallies throbbing with music as the political parties marked the end of three weeks of campaigning ...

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From The Streets Of Tunisia To Wall Street

Hedi Jaouad | Posted 12.21.2011

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Hedi Jaouad

This Sunday, Tunisians will go to the polls for the first transparent, multi-party elections in their 3,000-year history.

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Women Struggle To Run In Landmark Tunisian Elections

AP | By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 12.21.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia -- The new constituent assembly that will emerge from Tunisia's landmark elections this weekend will, without a doubt, have one of the ...

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Video of Friday's Islamist Protests in Tunisia

Mischa Benoit-Lavelle | Posted 12.19.2011

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Mischa Benoit-Lavelle

From the West these demonstrations have been viewed solely through the lens of secularism versus Islam, free speech versus blasphemy; but in fact, the situation is more complex than that, and more political.

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Conservative Muslims Continue Fierce Protests Against TV Station

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 12.14.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — A mob attacked the home of a Tunisian television station owner with firebombs on Friday, following protests against a film his ...

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