Tunisia Protests

A Generation in Revolt

Ronan Farrow | Posted 05.16.2012

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Ronan Farrow

To make good on its promise, this generation will have to continue to stand up and participate -- not just in the moment of protest, but in the building of sustainable institutions for years to come.

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PHOTOS: Clashes As Demonstrators Defy Protest Ban

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 04.10.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia -- Police used tear gas and truncheons to disperse protesters seeking to march Monday along the Tunisian capital's main boulevard despi...

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Welcome to the American Spring

Max Berger | Posted 05.18.2012

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Max Berger

This week, the American Spring began. It was a celebration of what's best in America -- civic community and self-expression. But last night I also saw the worst of America. I saw police do everything they could to suppress our right to express ourselves and gather freely.

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Letter From Tunis: Time to Repair a System That Has Become Ridiculous

Jeremy Barnicle | Posted 04.03.2012

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Jeremy Barnicle

Watching the 2012 campaign unfold from a distance, it is clear to me that the American political system has become ridiculous at a time when we really need it to work.

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Thousands Of Tunisians Rally Against Violence By Ultraconservative Islamists

AP | By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 03.29.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia -- More than 8,000 Tunisians marched Saturday through the capital denouncing violence committed by ultraconservative Islamist groups in...

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The West's Imprudent Investment in Islamist Movements

Raghida Dergham | Posted 03.28.2012

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Raghida Dergham

It is unacceptable for the world to stand idly by, watching what is happening to Arab women in the age of change, and welcoming the prevailing democracy that takes away women's fundamental and democratic rights.

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You Say You Want A Revolution...

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 01.25.2012

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On Jan. 25, 2011, one year ago today, Egyptian protesters began the 18-day uprising that ended in the ejection of President Hosni Mubarak. The even...

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Second Man Sets Self On Fire In Tunisia

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 03.08.2012

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TUNIS, Tunisia — A middle-aged man with a history of mental illness set himself on fire Saturday in northern Tunisia, two days after a similar c...

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Remember How Insane The World Was In 2011?

Posted 12.23.2011

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When Mohamed Bouazizi, a young Tunisian fruit seller, set himself on fire toward the end of December 2010, he did so out of economic despair and outra...

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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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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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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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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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Islamist Protests in Tunisia

Mischa Benoit-Lavelle | Posted 12.13.2011

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Mischa Benoit-Lavelle

While Tunisia has avoided the instability that has threatened to push Egypt back into full-scale contestation, it is clear that tensions are rising and that those tensions are centering on the subject of Islam.

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Tunisia's Ex-President Faces Two New Trials

AP | Posted 09.20.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian court on Thursday postponed a trial in two new cases targeting the country's ousted president over alleged corruptio...

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14-Year-Old Boy Reportedly Killed In Tunisia Protest

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 09.16.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — Authorities said Monday that a 14-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet fired during a violent protest in the Tunisian town...

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Tunisia's Ex-President Sentenced To 35 Years In Jail

Posted 08.20.2011

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TUNIS, June 20 (Reuters) - A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife, in absentia, to 35 years in...

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Tunisia's Ex-President To Be Tried In Absentia

AP | BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | Posted 08.14.2011

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TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia's deposed president will be tried in absentia next week on charges of embezzlement and drug trafficking, an official sa...

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Freedom and Development: Something Worth Fighting For

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 08.09.2011

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Otaviano Canuto

The protests that swept through the Middle East and North Africa over the past six months have shown us what people will do to have their voices heard...

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Has The Arab Revolution Come To Spain?

TIME | Lisa Abend And Eric Karlsen | Posted 07.23.2011

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Two earthquakes have shaken Spanish political life in the past week. First were the massive sit-ins that had tens of thousands of citizens camping out...

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Jennifer Bendery

Obama Will Announce Billions In Economic Aid To Support Middle Eastern Democracy

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will announce plans Thursday to funnel billions of dollars in economic aid to Egypt and Tunisia as part of a broa...

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Tunisia's Way (AUDIO)

Kimberly Abbott | Posted 07.09.2011

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Kimberly Abbott

The first Arab revolution in Tunisia may stand the best chance of success of ushering in the more open, democratic government that protesters demanded. Robert Malley shared his insights into Tunisia's revolution.

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France Blocks Train Carrying Immigrants Fleeing Unrest In North Africa

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 06.17.2011

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ROME — A train carrying Tunisian immigrants from Italy was halted at the French border Sunday in an escalation of an international dispute over ...

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The Arab World's Agents of Change

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 05.30.2011

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Jeffrey Sachs

There can be no doubt about the core of the revolutions sweeping North Africa and the Middle East. As John F. Kennedy said in another context 50 years ago, the torch is being passed to a new generation.

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