tunisia

Tunisia: Can niqabs and bikinis live side-by-side? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21925753 Two years after the long-time government was ousted in Tunisia, some women are enjoying their freedom to wear Islamic clothes such as the niqab, while others are afraid of losing their...

Haroon Moghul Executive Director, The Maydan Institute Just as in the case of Tunisia, we've been caught off guard by the rapid pace of events in Egypt. Commentators are having a difficult time understanding the dynamics of the Arab world and especially the role of religion in this latest...

Warily watching the Arab revolt By David Ignatius Thursday, January 27, 2011; 8:00 PM DAVOS, SWITZERLAND It's a sign of the times that some Arab journalists attending the gathering of international power brokers here were spending their free time scanning Twitter messages about...

TUNIS, Tunisia — After 23 years of iron-fisted rule, the president of Tunisia was driven from power Friday by violent protests over soaring unemployment and corruption. Virtually unprecedented in modern Arab history, the populist uprising sent an ominous message to authoritarian governments that...