Category: Editorial

We remain committed to dialogue to resolve our political differences. This is the only way to preserve Tunisian unity against all the dangers and divisions that threaten us at this crucial time. By dint of misleading speeches and blatant allegations, Tunisia is fully weakened and all aspects of life are undermined. We are in the midst of a month (January) in which Tunisians have historically experienced horrific political and social fragmentation under the skies of Tunisia and our fear of attempts to further hinder stability and increase misery in these…

History taught us that repression and injustice are not a permanent solution and all calculations of oppression betray soon or later the colonizer. This is the case of Palestine. Palestine means lasting sufferance and tragedy of a people experienced longer the soreness, pain and patience…a people with their first half martyrs, its second a refugees, and the others are waiting for their fate with courage.  Palestine remains away from seasons of happiness. It is not necessary to be a Palestinian to admire Palestinians for their bitter struggle, as commented an…

The issue of the undocumented migrants from Tunisia and Libya, remains a burden and a serious problem for both Tunisia and European countries. Although the efforts striven by relevant authorities from both sides to curb the effect of this scourge, the situation went up to the worst by the increase of the number of Tunisians and other nationalities landing in Italy which prompt the Italian-EU delegation to hold talks constantly with senior Tunisian officials. The latest was between Tunisian President Kais Saied and European President Charles Michel at Carthage Palace. …

Tunisia on Thursday commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Revolution, a popular uprising that marked the Arab Spring. Due to lockdown for four days starting Thursday to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the demonstrations are banned, there were no festive celebrations marking the revolution. Avenue Bourguiba, the main artery in the capital city of Tunis, which became a center of the uprising, was deserted. In past years, demonstrators have rallied to recall the momentous events that sparked the wider Arab Spring revolts and to push for more change, but this…

 Over the last decade, we have witnessed unfortunately all sorts of violence, corruption, smuggling… that weaken the Tunisian State. The desperate ordinary citizen faces the worst every single day with the evidence that exposure to negative news is making people feel bad with all sorts of painful news affecting their daily life. In fact, the confused and wandering citizen lost his temper after finding himself surrounded by tremendous and deep problems under the state’s inability to act effectively to mitigate all kind of source of tensions that destabilize him conspicuously.…

Amid the growing tensions over satirical and insulting cartoons of the prophet Mohammad (PBUH), the French president tries to calm tensions in order to mitigate the Islamic anger and what he called misunderstanding, in a time blind terrorism which has no connection with Islam remains a looming threat to all including France which was  hit by severe and bloody attacks. In fact, such tensions that occurred last week are dreadful and the risks had to be assessed before these events will further affect the interest of France, polarize and fragment…