The silence from Tunis is not a denial — it is a confession On June 3, 2026, a video began circulating across Tunisian social media. It purportedly shows a group of men attacking a pregnant sub-Saharan African woman in Sfax — stripping her, beating her, mocking her unborn child. By the next…

Justice for Saâdia Mosbah and Her Colleagues: Standing Against the Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders in Tunisia As Tunisia continues to navigate a period of political and social transformation, concerns are mounting over the growing pressure faced by civil society organizations, human…

Mohamed Hichem Meddeb’s 45-Minute Warning: A Half-Empty Glass Without Data Former Tunisian army officer Mohamed Hichem Meddeb recently published a 45-minute video that has attracted tens of thousands of views and hundreds of reactions. Presented as a warning about irregular migration, NGOs, and…

Ahmed Saïdani, Prison, and the Normalization of Political Threats in Tunisia Ahmed Saïdani’s return to public life after his release from prison raises an uncomfortable question for Tunisia: how can a figure once known for threatening political opponents now attempt to rebrand himself as a…

Why Many Tunisians Feel Afraid — And Why So Many Blame the Regime For years after the 2011 revolution, Tunisia was presented as the lone democratic success story of the Arab Spring. People argued openly in cafés, criticized politicians on television, mocked ministers online, and protested in the…

Tunisian Ministry of Defense Press Release (21 May 2026) – In-Depth Analysis Executive Summary: On 21 May 2026 Tunisia’s Ministry of National Defense (MoD) issued a terse official statement asserting the army’s discipline and neutrality amid “repeated attempts to drag the military into political…

Tunisia’s Civil Society Is Still Bleeding From the Edge of Despair Just when many Tunisians thought the wave of pressure against NGOs and independent associations had reached its limit, another suspension arrived. This week, the Social Accountability Association announced that authorities had…

When Security Commentary Turns into Narrative Influence: A Close Reading of Mohamed Hichem Meddeb’s Viral Videos Mohamed Hichem Meddeb, a former Tunisian army officer, has become one of the most widely circulated security commentators on Tunisian social media. His videos are long, structured, and…

Tunisia and Drone Manufacturing: A Forgotten Pioneer?

Tunisia Wants to Ban TikTok and Porn. The Internet Has Thoughts.

في قلب المدينة العتيقة بتونس، بين الدروج والأبواب الزرقاء والريحة الأصيلة، اكتشفت بلاصة مختلفة تحسّك ترجع لزمن تونس القديمة 🇹🇳 🎥 youtu.be/rTNx12iL4tc

When a Child Becomes a File: Why the Case of Mory Should Alarm Us

Three presidents. Three promises. One generation left waiting.

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“A Breath” for Free Expression: Tunisia’s New Citizen Movement Takes to the Streets In a political climate increasingly marked by tension, fear, and growing restrictions on dissent, a new Tunisian citizen movement called “Nafas” — Arabic for “Breath” — has officially announced its launch. Framing…

When Scientists Die in Clusters: Pattern, Paranoia, and the Cases That Made Us Wonder

Tunisia’s Seed Sovereignty Crisis: Behind the Official Narrative In Tunisia today, the debate over agriculture is no longer limited to harvests, rainfall, or food prices. It has become a deeper struggle over sovereignty itself — who controls the country’s food system, who owns the seeds planted in…

When the Space Shrinks: Tunisia’s Civil Society at a Turning Point

Tunisia’s Streets Speak Again: Anger, Anxiety, and the Return of Citizen-Led Protest On Saturday, May 16, 2026, the streets of downtown Tunis may once again become the stage for a familiar but increasingly tense political ritual: citizens marching to express frustration over the state of the…

Tunisia’s Renewable Energy Debate: Investment, Sovereignty, and the Cost of Long-Term Choices

Tunisia’s Energy Puzzle: The Dismissal, the Arbitration, and the Questions No One Is Answering

Tunisia After Kaïs Saïed: The Question Nobody Wants to Ask Disclaimer: The following reflects personal thoughts and analysis drawn from publicly available political commentary. It does not represent any institutional position, and the scenarios explored are speculative in nature. The author…

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واخيرا جربت المدفونة في مطعم دار الشيخ ❤️🔥 في قلب المدينة العتيقة بتونس، بين الدروج والأبواب الزرقاء والريحة الأصيلة، اكتشفت بلاصة مختلفة تحسّك ترجع لزمن تونس القديمة 🇹🇳 فيديو خفيف لكن مليان أجواء تونسية أصيلة ❤️ وفرجة ممتعة للجميع 🍽️ 🎥 youtu.be/rTNx12iL4tc

The Unraveling of Tunisia: Fear and Betrayal in 1881 How a court too afraid of its own people handed a country to a foreign power — and why the pattern feels uncomfortably familiar. At 7:11 in the evening of 12 May 1881, inside the Ksar Saïd palace at Bardo on the outskirts of Tunis, Sadok Bey —…

I’ve Known Hamed El Matri for Years — and This Video Doesn’t Surprise Me One Bit

واخيرا كليت مدفوعة في مطعم دار الشيخ، المدينة العتيقة بتونس

واخيرا كليت مدفوعة في مطعم دار الشيخ، المدينة العتيقة بتونس

واخيرا كليت مدفوعة في مطعم دار الشيخ، المدينة العتيقة بتونس

Tunisia’s New Civic Anti-Racism Petition Is More Than a Signature Campaign

When a Child Becomes a File: Why the Case of Mory Should Alarm Us

We Told You So — Tunisia’s Road to Ruin Was Mapped in Plain Sight

When a Voice Becomes a Target: The Arrest of Zied El Heni

When Procedure Becomes Pressure: The Case of Al Khatt and the Future of Civil Society in Tunisia

I’ve Known Hamed El Matri for Years — and This Video Doesn’t Surprise Me One Bit I have known Hamed El Matri for years. We worked together, and I can say with full confidence that he was one of the most genuinely funny, relentlessly hardworking, and deeply patriotic people I have ever had the…

Tunisia and Drone Manufacturing: A Forgotten Pioneer?

Abdelkader Ben Farhat’s Latest Bombshell: Fabricated Cases, State Power, and Tunisia’s Growing Crisis of Justice On May 3, 2026, former senior security official Abdelkader Ben Farhat released another explosive video—one that quickly spread across Tunisian social media, gathering tens of thousands…

Three presidents. Three promises. One generation left waiting.

Tunisia’s Energy Puzzle: The Dismissal, the Arbitration, and the Questions No One Is Answering Based on open-source research — Credits: Journalist Moez El Bye In late April 2026, a sudden political decision in Tunisia raised more questions than answers. On April 27, President Kais Saied dismissed…

When the Space Shrinks: Tunisia’s Civil Society at a Turning Point

Tunisia’s Renewable Energy Debate: Investment, Sovereignty, and the Cost of Long-Term Choices Between energy transition ambitions and growing concerns over control, risk, and national interest A recent report by TV5Monde has brought renewed attention to Tunisia’s proposed renewable energy laws,…

Churchills with the North Irish Horse advance near Medjez-el-Bab Tunisia - 24 April 1943 On the right is a Mk I with the hull-mounted 3-inch howitzer. Thanks Bo Fønss for his assistance Wackett (Sgt) Photographer IWM NA 2344 WWP-PD

نشر محمد أمين حمزاوي، الممثل ومغني الراب، تدوينة مقتضبة على حسابه بموقع فيسبوك، عبّر فيها عن موقف مباشر من الرّئيس قيس سعيّد، حيث دعا إلى إسقاطه، وهو الذي عُرف خلال الفترة الماضية بمواقفه الناقدة للرئيس. ويأتي ذلك في سياق تزايد حضور عدد من الفنانين والممثلين في النقاشات المرتبطة بالشأن العام

“We Thought Tunisia Was a Step — Not the End”

في وقت تتكاثر فيه التحديات وتتقلّص فيه مساحات التعبير والعمل المدني، يبقى دوركم ضروريًا وأساسيًا في حماية الحقوق والحريات في تونس الاختلاف في الرأي لا يجب أن يكون سببًا للتضييق، بل فرصة لتعزيز دولة القانون والعدالة. كل التضامن معكم ومع كل الإطارات التي تواصل الدفاع عن كرامة الإنسان وحقوقه

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Anger in the streets of Soukra (Tunisia) as a citizen chases a truck after stray dogs were killed. How long will these inhumane, outdated “solutions” continue? Killing animals is not policy—it's failure. We need humane alternatives, not brutality. Enough is enough.

Tunisia’s Press Freedom on Trial: The Case of Mourad Zeghidi and Borhen Bssaies April 28, 2026 — Tunis On Tuesday, April 28, 2026, Tunisian journalists Mourad Zeghidi and Borhen Bssaies appeared before the Court of Appeal in Tunis in a case that has sparked widespread debate since it began. The…

The UN’s Social Media Panic Is Missing the Point — Just Ask Tunisian Activists