Tunisia

Tunisia is becoming the lone Arab Spring success story

The place where the Middle East uprising began adopts a liberal constitution

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The Harlem Sheikh: a tool of civil disobedience in the Arab world

The dance that has the Internet aflutter has taken on new life in the Arab world.

The revolution stops here

Tunisia: The revolution stops here

A political assassination. A prime minister’s resignation. The country that was the cradle of the Arab Spring is shaking

Dangerous Harlem Shakes, a ‘sit-in’ & a creep at Western

What students are talking about today (March 6th)

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Tunisian opposition leader, Chokri Belaid, fatally shot while leaving house

One of the loudest critics of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist government has been shot and killed outside his home in Tunis.

CIDA, DFAIT, and promoting democracy abroad

Last year’s revolutions of the Arab Spring were, and remain, the greatest opportunity for the global growth of democracy since the end of the Cold War and the resulting spread of freedom in Eastern Europe.

People power

Newsmakers of the Year: the heroes of the Arab Spring

The Arab Spring unleashed a wave of hope and action in a region ruled by oppressive regimes and tyrants

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Bikinis and beer are okay

The leader of Tunisia’s liberal Islamist party says alcohol and sunbathing won’t be banned

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Tunisia’s ex-president sentenced to 35 years

Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and wife Leila convicted in absentia of theft, unlawful possession of goods

In conversation: SNC-Lavalin CEO Pierre Duhaime

From our archives: The executive, who quit the firm this week, on capitalism, Libya and the future of nuclear power

Voices from the grave

Beijing’s new crackdown

China has detained its best-known artist, Ai Weiwei

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A comeback for banned books in Tunisia

After chasing out former president Ben Ali and his family, Tunisians can’t stop reading about them