Tunisian documentary smashes taboos with gay love story

Nasreddine Shili’s hyperreal documentary takes a tender look at homosexuality, poverty and drug use in Tunis slums.

Tunisia

Tunisia's Ennahda party faces more assassination allegations

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is threatening to sue the Ennahda political party, which was recently accused of planning in 2013 to assassinate him and the French president.

Tunisia

Arab Spring memories fresh as Tunisians protest MBS

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was greeted in Tunisia by hundreds of protesters, blaming him for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and calling for an end to the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia

Tunisian women one step closer to equal inheritance

The Tunisian government recently approved a law on gender equality in inheritance, stirring mixed reactions in the country that prides itself for being the most democratic in the Arab world.

Tunisia

Official handshakes, angry crowds greet Saudi crown prince in Tunis

Tunisian protesters say hosting the Saudi crown prince, who is accused of ordering journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder last month, is the wrong move for a country striving to promote democratic gains and ensure human rights.

Saudi Arabia

Can startups help solve Middle East water crisis?

Young entrepreneurs are coming up with new projects and systems in a bid to cater to the water needs of the populations in the Middle East, where water scarcity could become a problem in the coming decades.

Near East

Congress seeks more control over North Africa counterterror program

Lawmakers want a coherent strategy for the desert region from the Donald Trump administration.

North Africa

Woman tapped as head of Presidential Diwan in Tunisia

A woman has been appointed as head of the Presidential Diwan for the first time since Tunisia’s 1956 independence.

Tunisia

New transparency law enters into force in Tunisia

Tunisia's latest anti-corruption effort is an ambitious new law requiring powerful state figures and staff to declare their financial profits and interests.

Tunisia

Middle East pins Oscar hopes on young directors

From Lebanon to Egypt to Tunisia, regional countries' Academy Awards nominees for best foreign language film are mostly the works of young directors and center on the lives of young adults and children.

Egypt

Tunisia's foreign exchange reserves drained to new lows

Since the beginning of the year, the foreign exchange reserves of Tunisia’s Central Bank have been dropping even as crucial economic sectors like tourism grow.

Tunisia

What is behind Tunisia's rising illiteracy?

Tunisians' first reaction to rising levels of illiteracy is to blame it on the economy, but experts say the mindset toward education has changed for the worse since the days of independence.

Tunisia