ProudlyTunisian

Published at Foresight For Development  Published under the #16Days of Activism on Women Living Under Muslim Laws Since the early 20th century, Tunisian women played a key role in securing the independence of their country. August 13, 1956, marked the promulgation of the Code of Personal Status (CPS) that included progressive laws aiming at the institution of gender equality. The Code is known for abolishing polygamy, creating a judicial procedure for divorce, the regulation of family law, marriage, social security, and abortion, among other issues. At the time, it also gave women a status that allows them to create their own businesses, have a bank account and the ability to have their own passports. The Tunisian woman then, has been portrayed and perceived in the region as independent and emancipated. This image has been well used by both former presidents, constituting a main argument for the country's favorable image in the West, because the suppression of f...

Published on Foresight for Development  In order to address the future of youth policies in North Africa, it has become necessary to look at the system before and after the ongoing revolutions and political change in the region. Among many indicators to assess youth policies, I would like to explore two crucial ones: youth legislation and youth participation. I will take Tunisia as an example and explore its youth policy based on those indicators. The role of Tunisian youth in the revolution was fundamental because they have been the most affected and marginalized by the previous regime’s inability to live up to their demands. The uprising itself is known as a “youth uprising” and the post-revolutionary state has adopted this language only as a defense of the revolution. However, following Tunisia’s first freely elected parliament in place, many of the problems facing Tunisia’s youth remain - namely jobs and opportunities for Tunisia’s highly educated and most impor...

Day after day, our region (Middle East and North Africa) is portrayed as the most dangerous and desperate in the world because of the ongoing political change and uprisings. Young people of the MENA -who have led the change- have different view! They have a realistic view of the current turmoil which comes with optimism, hope and determination that ongoing grassroots movements are being established to move forward. Check out what young activists from Algeria, Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon think about the future of their countries!!

Published on Foresight For Development Africa  The dramatic political changes and instability in North Africa following the civil war in Libya and the partition of Sudan, in addition to the conflicts in Syria and Mali, have created new waves of movements in the region. The crisis has two main faces; the sub region serves as either a transit or final destination for sizeable mixed migration movements from neighboring countries, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Despite the risk of arrest and detention, Libya continues to see the arrival of many refugees and asylum-seekers. According to UNHCR, over 37,000 asylum-seekers and refugees are registered with their Tripoli and Benghazi officers, with Syrians making up the largest group (18,655), followed by Eritreans (4,673), Somalis (2,380) and Iraqis (3,105). In Egypt, there has been an increasing number of asylum-seekers from Syria and Sudan. In addition to Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps of Algeria, Algerian fami...

Chris Wright  and I had a conversation on blogging as part of  Climate Tracker training   Full hangout is below

#Tunisia #USA #Education #Terrorism #Stereotypes #Blogging My Talk at Stanford University  about intercultural dialogue through the lens of my camera! don't be scared of Ben Laden's picture, it's just a small example of many stereotypes that need to be exposed and broken!  

Tweet I filmed this video during my stay in Georgia, USA! Check out what Americans think about Arabs on questions of religion, terrorism and stereotypes!

Tweet Published on  Foresight For Development-Africa  Africa is usually depicted as moving from the days of an independence era through four decades of neo-colonial exploitation, to recent waves of revolutions against domestic dictatorships and continuing poverty, as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. However, we cannot shrink the future of Africa in accepting its reality. We need to acknowledge even the small meaningful changes and growth, in the hope of transforming it.  In this quest for hope and transformation, North Africa needs to be integrated in the continent’s entire transformation. The rest of Africa should be aware of the transformation North Africa could bring to the continent politically, strategically and economically. The origins of exchanges, interactions and ties, which we have gradually been losing between North Africa and the rest of the continent, date back to antiquity, including cultural, scientific, diplomatic, mil...

Tweet  www.nawaat.org نشر في نواة   فيما يقيم العالم هذا الشهر ذكرى يوم اللاجئ العالمي، تكرم تونس في الأشهر الأخيرة  الفلسطينين وخاصة القادمين من سوريا بحجزهم أو ترحيلهم آخر هذه الخروقات الجسيمة يتمثل في قصة ثلاثين لاجىء فلسطيني قدموا من سوريا متوجهين إلى  ليبيا عبر مطار قرطاج الدولي منتصف شهر أيار الماضي، إلا أن الاشتباكات الأخيرة في ليبيا عموماً وبنغازي خصوصاً جعلتهم حبيسي مطار قرطاج لخمسة ليال طوال، إذ لا يحق للفلسطيني القادم من سوريا دخول تونس دون تأشيرة !!! ليفرج عنهم بعد ضغط إعلامي كبير من هيئات وأفراد المجتمع المدني التونسي، إذ منحتهم الحكومة التونسية تأشيرة لمدة شهر انتهت في 21 حزيران الجاري، فيما حجزت السفارة الفلسطينية أوراقهم وأودعتهم وزارة السياحة التونسية في مدرسة  داخلية "مركز كركوان السياحي في الحمامات" منذ شهر لمعرفة مستجدات هذه القضية على وجه التحديد، هنا روابط بيانات الرابطة الفلسطينية لحقوق الانسان/سوريا، وهي منظمة حقوقية سورية مسجلة في السويد تتابع عن كثب قضية العالقين الثلاثين رابط للبيان الأول: تونس: ترح...