Tunisia’s surveillance state
Mass monitoring poses a threat to democratic freedoms as the case of Tunisia shows.
Tunisia
France ’98 and a genuine moment of Maghrebi solidarity
Tunisia played England in France '98. English hooligans attacked Tunisians in the streets of Marseille. Algerians came to Tunisians' rescue.
What’s behind Tunisia’s growing military?
In post-uprising Tunisia, the western backed military is hampering the country's transition to democracy.
White masks in Tunisia
Racism against its black citizens permeates the social, institutional, and political strata of Tunisia.
What is happening at the Durban International Film Festival?
As with our last movie night post, we need to start with the bad news. 1.
Whose “New African Writing”?
The latest issue of the Journal of Postcolonial and Commonwealth Studies takes on “African writing in the twenty-first century” and
Rap Comes Home
It’s quite a weekend for New York’s prodigal child. Hip-Hop, that burst of youthful energy that was
The Golden Generation of Les Éléphants
Watching the Africans Cup of Nations at an Ivorian restaurant in Harlem, New York.
On the ‘white man’ comment by Israel’s Interior Minister
A muted response in the blogosphere persuaded me to write about Israeli interior minister Eli Yishai’s
Salafists and art in Tunisia
Artists wanted to comment on the political struggles and religious undercurrents roughing up Tunisian society. Religious zealots, backed by the state, shut them down.
Spring revolution or a summer of discontent
Can North Africans define their own futures, away from the inventions of old white men in think tanks in Washington DC?
World Theater Day in Tunis, Part II
March 25th is dedicated in the world to theater. In the spirit of that day, stage
Germany has a version of GQ magazine
A woman in Germany removes her clothes and poses for a magazine photographer with her famous
Tunisian Coke
The Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) kicked off on Saturday, and things are already getting pretty
Get Up, Stand Up
Tunisian born artist Amel Bennys, who works between Tunis and Paris, has just had her first
Remembering Tunisia
The 14th of January marks the first year since the Tunisian people pushed the country’s despot
Paris is a Continent, N°5
Not sure what it says about France that Dominique Strauss-Kahn (he is portrayed as a victim of
The Assault on Patriarchy in Tunisia
By Dan Moshenberg Tunisians went to the polls on Sunday, October 23, 2011. Remember the date,
Wole Soyinka on Robert Mugabe
An excerpt from a speech in June at the New York Public Library in which the great
Letter from Tunisia
In this long moment of waiting, Tunis is a strangely quiet town. The country is in a long pause between Ben Ali’s flight and July’s elections.