Last month Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) pulled its cruise ships out of Tunis after Tunisian officials at the port prohibited Israeli passengers from entering the country. It could have been confusion over visa and immigration issues, but NCL issued
Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly yesterday approved a new constitution, one of the most progressive in the region, three years after the overthrow of the long-time ruler Zine el-Abidne Ben Ali. Al Jazeera
My colleague Karima Bennoune analyzes the political tumult in Tunisia in this New York Times op/ed.KJRelated articles
Here’s an interesting set of pictures from photographer Rä di Martino of Star Wars sets that were abandoned in Morocco and Tunisia. Through the decades there have been various efforts to save these landmarks, but for the most part they
Over the past two weeks, the Trademark, Copyright, and Media Practice Group in Washington, D.C. hosted Afef Mars, a licensed Tunisian attorney, who came to the United States to gain a better understanding of U.S. law with particular focus on
Human Rights Watch wrote last week to the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly on its second draft constitution, released December 14, 2012. HRW faintly praised the Assembly for improvements since the first draft–dropping the criminalization on "the sacred" and any
In Tunis, a director faces a trial for blasphemy for broadcasting the French film Persepolis. More here from The New York Times.
After what has been said, one would imagine that human nature should perpetually rise up against despotism. But notwithstanding the love of liberty, so natural to mankind, notwithstanding their innate detestation of force and violence, most nations are subject to
Obama's lack of a grand strategy criticized. I'm not sure. If he had a grand strategy, it would probably be wrong. This way, he can at least make up his mind as things develop. OTOH I have little confidence his
Map courtesy of WordTravelsItaly’s government reportedly (and here) called a humanitarian emergency on Saturday after thousands of asylum-seekers sailed across the Meditarranean from Tunisia. “The cabinet today . . . has proclaimed a state of humanitarian emergency
