From Political Islam to the Politics of Islam

Winter 2022 / Essays

With electoral paths blocked or unpromising, the Islamist project is now being transformed from what it was at the beginning of the last decade

Inside Tunisia’s Power Struggle

Spring 2017 / Essays

Given the domestic upheavals that accompanied the Arab uprisings of 2011, how did Tunisia become the Arab Spring’s success story? Part of the answer is the pragmatism of the Islamist Ennahda movement, which formed a troika coalition with two secular parties after the ouster of the country’s dictator.

The Carthage Agreement Under Scrutiny

November 30, 2016 / Tahrir Forum

Tunisia’s national unity government symbolizes political elites’ willingness to cooperate, but their fragile compromise poses risks to the democratic process.

Tunisia’s Disappointed Hopes

February 25, 2016 / Tahrir Forum

Within and beyond the Arab World, many see the Maghreb’s smallest country as a beacon of hope. Tunisians themselves aren’t so sure.

The Leadership Crisis of Nidaa Tounes

December 9, 2015 / Tahrir Forum

The Nidaa Tounes party’s internal divide and public rift are discrediting it with the Tunisian public.

The Tunisian Experience

Spring 2014 / Essays

The leader of the Ennahda Movement, hailing the adoption of a new constitution in January, explains why Islam and democracy are compatible.

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