PNUD: Media Coverage of Upcoming Tunisian Elections

MONASTIR- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted a two-day training session which occurred on September the 6th– 7th , 2014, at Helya Beach & Spa. This session- dedicated to journalists- is concerned with the media coverage of the upcoming Tunisian elections. The event was led by Dr. Hamida Elbour, a university teacher and media…More

Tunisia: Premier Mahdi Jomaa Fails to Present his Cabinet on Time

New interim Premier Mahdi Jomaa failed last night to present the final and official list of ministers of the new government that will manage the country’s affairs until the forthcoming elections take place. Mr. Jomaa was supposed to present his cabinet last night. The announcement was postponed because of disagreements over the current minister of…More

Dalila Ben Mbarek Backfires on Article 6 Opponents

Dalila Ben Mbarek, lawyer and member of the “Dostourna” network (Arabic word for “our constitution”), has denounced the demands made by Islamist MPs who took an antagonistic stand against Article 6 of the Tunisian Constitution. Article 6 guarantees freedom of belief and conscience and the free exercise of religion and bans apostasy. After it has…More

Fifty Shades of Black: ‘The Black Book’ of Corruption

Following the book release of “The Black Book” by the Tunisian presidency, Kamel Ben Younes, one of the journalists accused of having a hand in promoting for the corrupt regime of ousted president Ben Ali, addressed a number of news agencies, media outlets and journalists in an email that contains clarifications in an attempt to…More

Education in Tunisia: ‘Hit the Road Jack!’

Egyptian poet and dramatist Ahmad Shawqi once said: “قم للمعلم وفِّه التبجيلا كاد المعلم أن يكون رسولا” This line means that everybody should respect teachers as they are the closest thing a person can be to a messenger. What happens when these, if I may say, semi-messengers verbally and physically abuse their students? Should we…More

Amira Karaoud: A Tunisian Globe Trotter (interview)

Amira Karaoud is a Tunisian globe trotter who found peace and serenity embracing the wonders of nature while taking beautiful memory-fueling memories.   TTT: Tell us about yourself. Tell us what have changed in you since you’ve left for the world’s wonder? Amira: I’ve changed. I’m a different person. Everything is completely different for me. One…More

Tunisia is Amazigh, declared pro- Amazigh associations

They are Tunisians. They are Muslims. They are the original inhabitants of North Africa. However, they utterly refuse the idea of being called Arabs. And recently they are protesting against the Media to stop using “Arab Maghreb”. Their mother tongue is Amazigh. They never learn Arabic till they go to school. However, they are fluent…More

National Football Championship 2013

  Today, May 29, 2013, marks the final day of a long championship strewn with obstacles, sprawling with action-packed situations and full of thrills: a day that is still undecided and rejects all odds. Two matches are scheduled between CSS, head of the pack, and CA, last on the ranking table on one side, and…More

The Angelina Choice

“Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.” – Angelina Jolie to the New York Times Angelina Jolie, namely the world’s sexiest woman, decided to undergo bilateral mastectomies due to having the BRCA1 gene which she inherited from her late…More