by Ahmed Lagha | Nov 27, 2025 | MENA (Middle East & North Africa), News, Social
On December 17, 2010, the Tunisian Revolution began when a young street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire after being humiliated by the municipal police of Sidi Bouzid. The popular uprisings that followed his self-immolation marked the starting point of...
by Ahmed Lagha | Oct 27, 2025 | Economy, International, News, Social
More than 150,000 Tunisians have left their country over the past five years (2019–2024) to settle abroad. This figure is almost double the number of departures recorded during the 2009–2014 period. In 2022, 1,816,833 Tunisians—representing 15.4% of the...
by Ahmed Lagha | Jun 27, 2025 | MENA (Middle East & North Africa), News, Politics
Are relations between the countries of the Maghreb, or more broadly North Africa, doomed to failure? Was the AMU (Arab Maghreb Union) nipped in the bud, despite the good intentions of its founders? In recent weeks, the heated news from the Maghreb, Africa and the Near...
by Ahmed Lagha | Jan 4, 2025 | MENA (Middle East & North Africa), News, Politics
The Moudawana, or Moroccan Personal Status Code, is a set of laws governing personal status issues, including marriage, divorce, child custody, inheritance, and family relations in Morocco. Playing a central role in regulating the rights and duties of family members,...
by Ahmed Lagha | Dec 6, 2024 | EVENTS
with Ghazi Ben Ahmed, Scientific Collaborator at OMAM and President of the Mediterranean Development Initiative (MDI) The book by Ghazi Ben Ahmed, “Echoes of Tunisia: Populism, Transition, and Hopes for Democracy,” offers a powerful analysis of the...
