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Tunisia’s Democracy Enters an “Insha’Allah” Phase
Hamza Khan There is a running joke in the Arab world: when a person assures someone that a task will be done, ending their sentences with “be it God’s will” (“insha’Allah”), one can be sure that nothing will be accomplished in the near future. Over the course of the past eight years, Tunisians have sought […]
MoreA Pyrrhic Victory? Addressing Expectations and Reality in the Wake of Tunisia’s Elections
Drew Holland Kinney Tunisia’s anti-establishment president Kais Saied’s victory was a major signal that democracy is alive and well in the small North African country. Shocking the establishment, however, was not the only aspiration of the youth who catapulted the constitutional scholar into office. The populist outsider, who was sworn in on October 23, […]
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