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Items by Salah Al-Din Al-Jorashi
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Disagreement or estrangement between Ghannouchi and Essebsi?
For the first time since their alliance, the leader of the Ennahda Movement in Tunisia, Rachid Ghannouchi, has refused to respond to the request of the Tunisian President, Beji Caid Essebsi, regarding the inclusion of a legal clause that stipulates equality between women and men in inheritance on the...
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Tunisia after Hamas
Talk in Tunisia has returned to Mohamed Al-Zawari as the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announced the results of an investigation into his assassination. The Tunisian drone engineer was assassinated outside his house in Sfax, Tunisia, on 15 December 2016. The Tunisian public were not surprised by these results as...
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The hidden battle between Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes
There is a lot of talk today in Tunisia about a prospective government reshuffle imposed by the vacancies in key ministries, including education, planning and finance. This article may be published simultaneously with a statement by Prime Minister Youssef Al-Shahed regarding his new government, but my purpose here is...
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Russia on Tunisia’s borders
The late Tunisian President, Habib Bourguiba, was cautious in his relations with Russia, as his main reliance, after independence, was to depend on Europe and America strategically without provoking the Soviet Union or engaging the country in a military alliance that will only result in peril. Even when Bourguiba...
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Tunisia’s security is improving, but its economy is in decline
As we approach the end of 2016, Tunisia will look back and see that although neither its economy nor social situation have improved this year — despite the predictions of the politicians in power — its security situation has improved remarkably. This was demonstrated when more than 4,000 people...
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Tunisia: Storm clouds gathering for Ghannouchi and Essebsi
There has been much talk in Tunisia about the existence of a silence crisis between the two most powerful figures in Tunisia; Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and head of Ennahda Rashid Ghannouchi. Despite both men’s denial of this, and Ghannouchi’s insistence that his relationship with Essebsi is good,...
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Libya’s symbolic step on the long journey to normality
We understand from US President Barack Obama’s words that he wants to correct his past mistakes in Libya. He said that he agreed with British Prime Minister David Cameron not to interfere militarily in Libya; they will refrain from sending ground troops there. Obama, who is preparing to depart...