Tunisia

Anti-government protesters in downtown Tunis mark two years since the Tunisian Revolution, October 23, 2013, Tunisia. (Amine Ghrabi/CC BY-NC 2.0)

Black Lives Matter protests are boosting Tunisia’s anti-racist movement

Black Tunisian activism is growing in strength and allies — but advocates say much work remains to be done in addressing anti-Black racism in the country.

By Houda Mzioudet August 11, 2020

Palestinian prisoners advocate, Hasan Safadi. (Addameer)

Israel renews admin detention of Palestinian prisoners advocate

Hasan Safadi, who was accused of affiliation with a proscribed organization and visiting an enemy state, will remain imprisoned without charge for another six months. Israeli military authorities extended the administrative detention of Palestinian prisoners’ rights activist Hasan Safadi on Thursday. Hasan Safadi, a journalist who works as media coordinator for Addameer, an NGO that supports…

By Orly Noy June 9, 2017

Yemenite Jews walking to a ‘reception camp’ near Aden, 1949. (Photo by Kluger Zoltan/Israel National Archive)

It is time to rebuild ties between Mizrahim and the Arab world

Five years after Mizrahi Israelis offered their solidarity to the young men and women of the Arab Spring, it is time to say it loud and clear: real peace will come once we recognize the deep cultural and religious ties between Jews and Muslims of the region. By Almog Behar Five years ago in April…

By Haokets March 1, 2016

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Celebrations in Tahrir Square after Omar Suleiman's statement concerning Hosni Mubarak's resignation. (photo: Jonathan Rashad/CC BY 2.0)

Between democracy and ISIS: Five years since the Arab Spring

Five years after they toppled the tyrants of the Arab world, the youth of the revolutions find themselves caught between the hammer of unemployment and the anvil of ISIS.

By Houda Mzioudet February 16, 2016

Shimon Peres, John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan (World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell)

Israel won’t become part of the Middle East until the occupation ends

The chance of Israel’s re-admittance to the Middle East lies in its ability to show initiative, originality and flexibility of thought. Only by attempting sincerely to solve the Palestinian problem will it have a chance to become a public and recognized player. Prof. Elie Podeh A few months ago, former Justice Minister Tzipi Livni traveled…

By +972 Magazine January 26, 2015

A Muslim woman and her daughter attend the vigil in honor of Yoav Hattab, Tunis, January 17, 2015. (photo: Houda Mzioudet)

In Tunisia, Muslims and Jews come together to honor Paris victim

A vigil in honor of Yoav Hattab, who was killed in the terrorist attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris, brought together Tunisians of all faiths to Tunis' Grand Synagogue. Together they formed a united against all forms of terrorism and extremism.

By Houda Mzioudet January 18, 2015

Yoav Hattab

Paris victim Yoav Hattab died a Tunisian patriot

Young Tunisians on social media extol a video of Rabbi Hattab comparing the tolerant atmosphere between Jews and Muslims in Tunisia to the hostile one in France, where his son was murdered by terrorists last week. There is, of course, some romanticizing going on. “Tunisia is bereaved!” read the main headline on the front page…

By Lisa Goldman January 12, 2015

+972 Person of the Year: Woman activist of the Arab world

From Bahrain to Tunisia, at demonstrations, in interviews and in their own writing, they repeat, “We will not be quiet.” In their refusal to view the rights of women as a cause separate from civil rights, human rights and pro-democracy activism, female Arab protestors have taken feminism to a new level. By Lisa Goldman During…

By +972 Magazine December 29, 2011

Razzan Ghazzawi, December 2009 (Photo: Jilliancyork/Flickr)

Palestinians demand freedom for detained Syrian blogger

Following the arrest of Syrian-American blogger Razan Ghazzawi on December 4 by Syrian authorities, Razan subsequently faces various anti-state charges that carry up to 15 years of imprisonment. Today, a group of Palestinian bloggers and activists issued the following statement of support, which appeared on a range of internet outlets and blogs and follows weeks…

By +972 Magazine December 14, 2011

The writing is on the wall. "Give Me Freedom" grafitti in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, 22 October 2011, the location were 26 year old Mohammad Bouazizi set himself alight (photo: Roee Ruttenberg)

Notes from Tunisia: Islamist Party Claims Victory in Historic Vote

For the first time since Hamas won elections in 2006, an Arab Islamist party has successfully contested a national election. Its success may serve as an inspiration for other movement, like Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, to do well in their vote. And though the party is trying to distance itself from either counterparts, many Tunisians are…

By Roee Ruttenberg October 24, 2011

Supreme Court (Photo: Flickr/ActiveStills)

Now that boycott law passed, government to target High Court

Neve Gordon argues that the 'boycott bill' is a turning point in the erosion of Israeli democracy, and part of the Knesset's greater strategy in which the next target is the Supreme Court.

By +972 Magazine July 18, 2011

Can nonviolence move the next century?

By Todd Gitlin I just returned to New York after visiting Belgrade, where I interviewed (among others) Srdja Popovic, a leader of the nonviolent Otpor movement that overthrew Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, and now a lively, witty, imaginative advocate for nonviolent struggle against dictatorships everywhere. There’s a fine narrative of Otpor’s progress, and Srdja’s approach to…

By +972 Magazine June 7, 2011

Beirut Synagogue (Photo: Flickr/Petteri Sulonen)

Young Mizrahi Israelis’ open letter to Arab peers

Translated from Hebrew; English edited by Chana Morgenstern | Arabic version here In a letter titled “Ruh Jedida: A New Spirit for 2011,” young Jewish descendants of the Arab and Islamic world living in Israel write to their peers in the Middle East and North Africa We, as the descendents of the Jewish communities of the Arab…

By +972 Magazine April 24, 2011