Yasmine Ryan is a New Zealand journalist based in Tunis. She has been covering North Africa for more than six years, previously as a staff reporter for Al Jazeera English, where she was at the forefront of the network's Arab Spring coverage. She has written for a wide range of publications including the Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Policy and the LA Times, and is also a documentary maker for AJ+. On Twitter: @yasmineryan