...Stephen J. King Tunisia was the last surviving democracy to emerge from the Arab Spring, and had recently enacted legislation to combat racial discrimination. But President Kais Saied, since coming to power in a 2019 election, has returned the country to authoritarian rule. He has also rolled back...

...Joshua Lustig A historian argues that the story of a former slave who became a leading statesman in Ottoman Tunisia, and then a political exile maneuvering to preserve his estates during French colonial rule, shows how North Africans found ways to pursue their own interests—and develop their own...

...Valentine M. Moghadam Women, and women's rights, were at the center—not the margins—of Tunisia's revolution. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Tunisia women's rights democratization Arab uprisings 331 As a small North...

... . Stanford University Press , 2017 . © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Marwan Kraidy book review Asef Bayat Revolution without Revolutionaries Arab Spring neoliberalism Tunisia Egypt uprisings civil society urban cities...

... of the University of California Ian Hartshorn Arab Spring uprisings labor trade unions Middle East North Africa Egypt Tunisia Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Morsi Muslim Brotherhood 349 Some trade unions, even in the most repressive states, attempted to organize themselves and press for greater...

... rights reserved. 2015 The Regents of the University of California Marc Lynch Arab Spring public sphere Egypt Tahrir Square Al Jazeera Qatar Kuwait Tunisia Libya Hosni Mubarak Mohamed Morsi Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Muslim Brotherhood satellite television Internet social...

..., written in a nonacademic, essayistic style, is filled with critical analysis but also some praise and policy advice. Eltahawy notes the progress that Tunisia has made: It is the only country in the region with a law against marital rape and domestic violence, and she is appreciative of the fact...

... reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Frederic Volpi Revolution Reform Stasis Maghreb Arab Tunisia Morocco Algeria democratic governance uprisings Ben Ali pact regime nonviolent transition ammar Rachid general Egypt RCD Ennahda constitutional rally...

... Dunne Arab Spring Middle East Libya Tunisia Yemen Egypt Syria economic inequality political reform PERSPECTIVE Spring is not the most pleasant season in the Arab countries. The first time I spent the month of May in the Middle East, I was stunned when the mild weather turned sti- flingly...

... The Regents of the University of California Gönül Tol Turkey Middle East Arab Spring Syria Iraq Kurds Israel Islam democracy trade Tunisia Egypt Libya 350 The success of Turkey s democratic experiment and its economic model of high productivity and export-led growth have contributed...

... Gamal Soltan Jakob Wichmann Arab Spring Islamism democracy Egypt Tunisia secularism transition 362 PERSPECTIVE Fears that the Arab Spring will become an Islamist Winter are exaggerated. com-mentators are correct that Islamists play a major role in transitions in the region today. However...

... Arab Spring democracy Hillary Clinton George Bush Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Tunisia Egypt Muslim Brotherhood 14 This is a period laden with potential for the growth of freedom, but also heavy with risks and challenges for the United States. Arab Revolts Upend Old Assumptions aUgUstUs...

... Baath Party Naji al-Otari Tunisia 339 When the Tunisian revolt started last December, Syrians watched with tre-mendous interest. Many young Syrians immediately changed their Facebook profile pic- tures, replacing them with the Tunisian flag. Oth- ers typed in the status Viva Tunis or All of Us...

... Muslim Brotherhood Al Nahda Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Egypt Tunisia Libya Salafists 358 It makes no sense today to divide Arab politics into neatly crafted opposites, the Islamist versus the civil democratic blocs. Islamism After the Arab Spring aShraF el SheriF During the early...

... Huntington Egypt Tunisia Brazil European Union Third Wave Africa 299 With the unprecedented explosion of movements for democratic change across the Arab world at the begin- ning of this year, many scholars and advocates of democracy began to speak excitedly of a fourth wave of democratic...

... of California Lincoln Mitchell democracy promotion George Bush United States Tunisia Egypt Hosni Mubarak Georgia Azerbaijan Barack Obama 311 The 1990s were the period when democracy promotion in the form we think of it today began to take shape. But that global political environment...

...Jason Brownlee The White House has not repealed the doctrines that in the Middle East prioritize the stability of allied autocracies over democratization. Jason Brownlee Arab Spring Samuel Huntington Third Wave Egypt Tunisia Libya United States Hosni Mubarak Middle East 317...

... of California Augustus Richard Norton Ashraf el-Sherif Egypt Tunisia Libya 201 The great political upheaval under way in North Africa is likely to continue for some time. Since the fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in a desperate quest for dignity in the Tunisian town of Sidi...