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Tunisia's President Saied Set For Landslide Election Win

President Kais Saied was poised Monday to win Tunisia's election by a huge margin, though low voter turnout reflected widespread discontent in the cradle of the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings.

International Business Times

Tunisia Holds Presidential Election Amid Controversy

Tunisia's third presidential election post-Arab Spring faces controversy and criticism over fairness and candidate selection.

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Landmark Paris trial of Syrian officials accused of torturing, killing a father and his son starts

The landmark trial of three former Syrian intelligence officials has begun at a Paris court for the alleged torture and killing of a French-Syrian father and son who were arrested over a decade ago, during the height of Arab Spring-inspired anti-government protests

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A gun attack on an old Tunisian synagogue has killed 5 people

The number of people killed in a gun attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage has risen to five. The motive for the attack was under investigation.

WEKU

Syrians Mark 12th Anniversary of Anti-regime Uprising

Thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the war-ravaged country's opposition-held northwest on Wednesday, marking 12 years since the start of pro-democracy protests and rejecting any international "normalization" with Damascus. The brutal repression of the 2011 protests, which began during the so-called "Arab Spring" uprisings, triggered a complex civil war that drew…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hackers target Bahrain airport website to mark uprising

Hackers say they have taken down the website of Bahrain’s international airport to mark the 12-year anniversary of an Arab Spring uprising in the small Gulf country

The Independent UK

All Eyes on Turnout as Tunisia Votes again after Boycott

Tunisians are to vote again on Sunday in elections for a parliament stripped of its powers, the final pillar of President Kais Saied's remake of politics in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The second-round vote comes as the North African country grapples with a grave economic crisis and deep…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Tunisians vote for parliament amid economic, democracy vows

Tunisians are voting for a new parliament to the backdrop of a dire economic crisis and concerns of democracy backsliding in the North African country — the cradle of Arab Spring protests a decade ago

The Independent UK

Polls Open in Tunisia Parliamentary Elections

Polls opened on Saturday in a Tunisian parliamentary election that will test President Kais Saied’s rule. Taking place 12 years to the day after vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in an act of protest that sparked the so-called Arab Spring, the vote is being boycotted by political…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia's Saied unpicks 'Arab spring' democracy

President Kais Saied has dramatically reshaped Tunisian politics in his favour since mid-2021, amassing near total power in what critics see as a march to one-man rule set to culminate on Saturday, when voters will elect a largely toothless parliament.

Reuters

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the jailed Egyptian-British dissident on hunger strike

Alaa Abd el-Fattah, an Egyptian-British software developer and blogger from an activist family who rose to prominence in the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak is now a symbol of suffering during the repression that followed.

Reuters

'Harka': Tunisia's struggle, a decade after the Arab Spring

Director Lotfy Nathan joins us to talk about his latest film "Harka", a devastating take on Tunisian society a decade after the Arab Spring. We discuss the insurmountable challenges faced by protagonist Ali, as well as the existential and emotional experience of a young man caught up in the socio-economic…

France 24

Can the Iran Protests Do Better Than Uprisings of the Past?

This time could really be different.

Reason

Unaffordable food and shortages risk instability in the birthplace of the Arab Spring

Tunisians face soaring food prices and shortages of basic staples, threatening to turn discontent in the North African country — the cradle of the Arab Spring protests — into larger turmoil.

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Editorial: US needs to support Iranian protesters

In 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, besieged by corrupt Tunisian officials who harassed and humiliated him as he tried to sell fruit from a street stand, set himself on fire in protest. His death shocked the conscience of not just Tunisia, but much of the broader Mideast, spurring the Arab Spring protest…

Reuters

Sheikh Qaradawi, Islamist champion of Arab revolts, dies at 96

Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood who championed the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and unsettled rulers in Egypt and the Gulf with his Islamist preaching, died on Monday. He was 96.

The Conversation

How displaced Syrians effectively navigated 'border frictions' in Lebanon and Turkey

The Syrian conflict began in early March 2011 on the heels of the Arab Spring as pro-democracy uprisings in Syria demanded regime change and political reform.

The Conversation

South Africa has been warned that it faces an 'Arab Spring': so what are the chances?

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality.

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Disillusioned Tunisians head to polls for president’s referendum

Tunisians go to the polls on Monday in a constitutional referendum expected to create a presidential regime concentrating power in the hands of the head of state Kais Saied. While many international observers see the vote as just a power grab, at a polling station in the capital Tunis, many…

Reuters

What became of the 'Arab Spring'?

Tunisian President Kais Saied is set to secure more power under a new constitution that is expected to pass in a referendum on Monday, in what critics fear is a march to one-man rule over a country that rose up against dictatorship in 2010.

Reuters

Tunisia's Saied unpicks young 'Arab spring' democracy

Most photographs of Tunisian President Kais Saied on his official social media feed show him behind his desk with mouth open, lecturing a procession of subdued, deferential subordinates.

Al Jazeera

Ex-president Mbeki rebukes Ramaphosa, predicts SA’s ‘Arab Spring’

Mbeki says current president has failed to deliver on his promises to address poverty and curb government corruption.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia to Vote on New Constitution

Tunisians will vote Monday on a constitution that would give President Kais Saied almost unchecked powers, a key moment in his plan to overhaul the political system in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The referendum takes place a year to the day after Saied sacked the government and suspended…

France 24

Tunisia’s draft constitution: Ending the parliamentary regime, or undoing democracy?

Tunisian President Kais Saied delivered his draft for a new constitution to the public on Friday after months of political turmoil. A referendum is expected to be held on July 25 to decide the document’s fate, and, according to some, the fate of the only democracy to emerge from the…

Reuters

What's in Tunisia's proposed new constitution?

A proposed new constitution for Tunisia significantly enhances the powers of the head of state, hardening fears among critics of President Kais Saied that he aims to entrench one-man rule and undo the democratic gains of 2011 Arab Spring uprising.

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