The demographic dimension: The role of population growth in the Arab uprisings
Decades of unprecedented population growth have played a significant role in Arab regime repression, the two main waves of revolutions that swept the region, and the fierce counterrevolutions that followed.
Read MoreTunisia: Freedom and the pursuit of unhappiness
With greater freedom has come greater unhappiness in Tunisia. Behind this apparent paradox is economic hardship and nostalgia for a past that never was.
Read MoreThe truth about Islamic reformations
Islam needs a reformation for Muslim societies to develop and prosper, is one of those rare convictions shared by both Islamophiles and Islamophobes. Tunisia has done just that: radically reformed its brand of Islam and established a vibrant democracy to boot, yet prosperity eludes it. Why?
Read MoreDiary of Dictator M, aged 82¾: fight, not flight
In the second leaked extract from his secret diaries, President M is enraged by what he sees as an unpresidented act of cowardice and treachery.
Read MoreDiary of Dictator M, aged 82¾: a panicked call from Tunisia
In the first leaked extract from President M’s diaries, he calms an alarmed fellow dictator in Tunisia.
Read MoreThe Jasmine Revolution
Tunisia’s revolution will spread the scent of its jasmine to oppressed nations all over the region.
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