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11 November 2012
I had the tremendous honor to be a delegate in the Academy of Achievement 2012 Summit in Washington DC. This yearly summit gathers some of the world’s most renowned politicians and public figures to share their experiences with promising young leader. Since 2012 marked the Academy Of Achievement’s 50th anniversary, it quite special… I spent 3 days in [...]
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30 September 2012
The New York Times published an article written by our interim president Moncef Marzouki in which he talked about the clash of civilizations and he stated: And he concluded with: I find the article well written and articulate YET Mr president, I think before we can ask for help from the west, we must show [...]
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07 July 2012
By Rola Halawanji Months of psychological preparation to go back to Tunisia has been put to the test within the first two weeks of my return. Located in the north tip of Africa, Tunisia is considered a young developing country, liberal (if not the most liberal of the Arab world), and a vacation haven for [...]
06 July 2012
What has become of Moncef Marzouki? The interim president is now being slowly but steadily marginalized by his Islamists allies. By M.A. Gharbi “Moncef Marzouki plants seeds of change in impatient Tunisia”; so blared the Guardian headline[i] three weeks ago, highlighting the moral authority and the cachet of a longtime human rights activist the current [...]
24 June 2012
Despite the multiple calls from the United Nations and the International Refugee Organization against the extradition of the Libyan ex-prime minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi, the Tunisian prime minister, Mr Jbeli handed Mr Mahmoudi today to the Libyan neighbors. He actually planned on doing just that a while ago and announced it last month on one of his televised [...]
24 June 2012
I thought I could use a bike while waiting for my car to arrive from California… I asked around for the best place to shop for a bike and the most common answer was Moncef Bey market on Sunday morning. The market was named after the late Moncef Bey who became bey of Tunis on the death of his cousin Ahmad [...]
20 June 2012
By Dr. Bechir Bouzid Some good news from Bloomberg based on Tunisia’s Euro-denominated bonds yields today…S&P last downgrade was NOT, as many of us had anticipated, a realistic assessment of the economy and ultimately of the sovereign default risk of the country. Wire: BLOOMBERG News (BN) Date: Jun 20 2012 4:33:18 June 20 (Bloomberg) — Tunisia’s [...]
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11 June 2012
By Lotfi Hermi, Phd None of these composed images are true. Hit the beach forcefully, and hit that son of a … if he comes your way. I was in Ghar El Melh (Porto Farina) today. Beautiful Tunisia as ever, not the sandy white beaches, but its people. Three young men came to a local [...]
08 June 2012
Despite the multiple and public calls for help made by our Islamic government to its friends of the Golf region, our Muslim/Arab friends and allies, and the generous hosts of Ben Ali and co, are scratching their heads thinking of ways to help their brothers in Tunisia, if they’ll ever do… In the meantime, the American infidels, with [...]
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23 May 2012
The Program for Social Innovation in a Digital Context is an academic program and scholarship focused on the relationship between digital technology and social change, and how social innovators can harness this relationship to build better societies. The program, a joint venture between the Swedish Institute and Lund University, aims to give qualified university graduates [...]
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