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International Affairs
Rached Ghannouchi’s Arrest: the End of the Tunisian Exception
Alessandra Tommasi 1 June 2023

Twelve years after the Arab Springs occurred, the curtain is closing on what has been the only Arab democracy: the so-called Tunisian exception. On May 15, 2023, a Tunisian court sentenced opposition Party leader Rached Ghannouchi to one year of prison. His Islamist-inspired Ennahda was the largest force in Tunisian Parliament before Kais Saied dissolved it in July 2021 and started to rule by decree. Ghannouchi’s arrest seems to be part of a crackdown on political dissent that has become more acute since early 2023, but has started at least one year ago according to Andrew March
International Affairs, Society
Trying To Reset 12 Years of History in Tunisia
Federica Zoja 14 March 2023

Tunisia is undergoing an authoritarian pivot that seems to be taking back to a time before the Jasmine Revolution paved the way for democracy. It is not difficult to find those who recognize this trend, not only among President Kaïs Saied detractors but even among those who originally supported him. Very few, however, agree to do so in the light of day, putting their name and face to it. Once again, it’s a time for “prudence,” “risk calculation,” “always better to avoid,” because the risks of retaliation even for one’s own family members are real. Reset DOC talks with Tunisian intellectuals, Amel Grami and Zyed Krichen to gauge moods and anxieties over the future of their country in view of the instauration of the Assembly on March 15th.
Migrations, Society
A Fractured Maghreb: Infighting and Grudges
Instead of Unity and Cooperation
Rabii El Gamrani 22 December 2022

The Maghreb countries cooperated with each other to the birth of the Arab Maghreb Union. Thirty-three years after, even circulating is hard
International Affairs
After the Referendum, Tunisia’s Democracy on the Brink
Federica Zoja 4 August 2022

Ten days after a largely boycotted vote on a new Constitution pushed forward by president Kais Saied, official results have yet to be announced, while a new IMF loan is urgently needed to keep the country afloat. The coming weeks will be crucial for the destiny of the young North African democracy.
Media and Communication
The Forgotten Story of Tunisia’s Satirical Press
Abdel Aziz Hali 2 December 2021

Contrary to what most readers of the written press think, satire has played an important role in the Tunisian media landscape as it always has done in publications such as ‘Le Canard Enchaîné’ and ‘Charlie Hebdo’ in France. In fact, satire was never more manifest in Tunisia, than it was preceding independence. Wielding this particular style as their sword, our journalistic knights, in upholding their belief in freedom of expression, sought to combat political correctness and continue the crusade against censorship, while cleverly evading prohibitions and taboos with great subtlety.
International Affairs, Society
A Thai scenario for Tunisian democracy?
Abdel Aziz Hali 25 October 2021

Pro- and anti-Saied demonstrators are staging a growing “squares battle” after the centralization of powers in the hands of the President.
International Affairs
Najla Bouden, the Woman Set to Lead Tunisia in a State of Exception
Abdel Aziz Hali 4 October 2021

The poorly known Tunisian geologist was tasked by President Saied of forming a new government. Will she have any space to deliver?
International Affairs
North Africa’s Last Democracy is Now Officially Suspended
Federica Zoja 26 August 2021

Tunisia’s President Kaïs Saïed has announced the extension “until further notice” of the state of exception. While free voices are increasingly intimidated.
International Affairs
Saïed had Carefully Paved the Way for the Suspension of Democracy. What’s Next for Tunisia?
Federica Zoja 30 July 2021

Eighty-seven per cent of Tunisians support the President’s decision to ‘freeze’ parliament’s work for 30 days. Yet the danger of an authocratic swing is high.
International Affairs
Protests, Power Struggles, Conservative Nostalgia: Tunisia’s Troubling Times
Federica Zoja 3 February 2021

Ten years after the sudden destitution of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, all the chickens are coming home to roost in a Tunisia drained by what appears to be a never-ending economic crisis. Political reports mirror a situation that is now festering and in which conflict pervades the present.