English-language Media

One way to reach a public beyond academia and break barriers between university and society is to engage with the media. I regularly write for, conduct interviews with, or provide commentary for media outlets in English and Arabic across the world. Politics, society and cultural life in Tunisia and the Arab World tend to be the main focus of my interventions.

On this page, you can browse through my previous media appearances. Many articles can be downloaded in PDF form, but some are only available on the host sites to which I have provided links where possible.

“Tunisia’s Ballooning Civil Society” The Middle East in London (Volume 14:1) (2018).

“Literature Unchained” The Middle East in London (Volume 14:1) (2018).

“Tunisia’s Moment of Truth: Process, Outcomes, Expectations” OpenDemocracy (2016).

“The Great Tunisian Compromise” New African Magazine (2014).

“Mandela, Tunisia and I” boundary 2 (2014).

“The Tunisian Constitution: the process and the oucomes” Jadaliyya (2014).

“The Tunisian Revolution Three Years On” OpenDemocracy (2013).

“Mohamed-Salah Omri Traces the History and Influence of Unionization in Tunisia” boundary 2 (2013).

“Trade Unions and the Construction of a Specifically Tunisian Protest Configuration” OpenDemocracy (2013).

“The Global and Local Re-packaging and Marketing of a “Moderate” Islamist Leader” OpenDemocracy (2013).

“Harlem Shake, Tunisia Style” The Guardian (2013). Originally published under the title “Tunisia Tries to Stop the Harlem Shake”.

“The Assassination of the political leader Choukri Belaïd: is it the end of Tunisian exceptionalism?” OpenDemocracy (2013).

“Enshrining Idealism: Tunisia’s Long Romance” AlJazeera (2013).

“The Poet and Politician: Who Was Choukri Belaïd?” Think Africa Press (2013).

“Tunisia’s Dangerous Identity Politics” AlJazeera (2013). Originally published under the title “The Perils of Identity Politics in Tunisia”.

“Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet: Why is it so Loved?” Interview with BBC News World Service (2012).

“Q&A: The Links Between Poetry, Politics and Revolution in Tunisia” Interview with ArabLit (2012).

“The first anniversary of democracy in Tunisia is a few days away, but is there anything to celebrate?” OpenDemocracy (2012).

“The Upcoming General Strike in Tunisia: a Historical Perspective” OpenDemocracy (2012).

“Tunisia: A Revolution of Dignity and Freedom that cannot be Colour-Coded” Transnational Institute (2011).

“Trans-Mediterranean Relations in the Future” Channel 2 Netherlands TV (2011).

“These are not Facebook Revolutions” Interview with Malta Today (2011).