Ottomans and Zionists » Tunisia

Watching what is taking place in Egypt as the military goes after the Muslim Brotherhood, I can’t help but note the parallels to Tunisia under Ben Ali’s first few years in power (which, not c...

https://ottomansandzionists.com/2013/08/28/egypts-tunisian-future/

The New York Times ran an editorial yesterday entitled “Tunisia’s Challenges” that dealt with the tensions between Tunisia’s Islamist government and the secular opposition, and more broad...

https://ottomansandzionists.com/2012/11/01/the-nyt-editorial-board-needs-a-political-science-lesson/

I am once again going to step away from Israel and Turkey because I cannot let Walter Laqueur’s piece in World Affairs on misplaced optimism about the Arab Spring go uncommented upon. Laqueur�...

https://ottomansandzionists.com/2012/03/30/predicting-the-outcome-of-the-arab-spring/

Despite it not being Israel or Turkey, I write about Tunisia a lot as well, and there is some significant news today on that front. Contrary to some who insisted that the ruling Islamist Ennahda ...

https://ottomansandzionists.com/2012/03/26/a-quick-diversion-to-tunisia/