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5 Years After The Tunisian Revolution : Are Tunisians Losing Their Dignity? by Rahma Sghaier From Tunisia

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Five years after the revolution of « Dignity », the country is still transitioning. Many observers praised Tunisia’s “budding democracy” and celebrated its last milestones : a new constitution, new promised democratic institutions, new political actors and just recently the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, a coalition of civil society […]
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Sexual Harassment in Tunisia: The Daily Nightmare by Rahma Sghaier from Tunisia

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Walking quickly on my way back from university, I can hear distant music beats coming from somewhere. I close my eyes. I try to focus only on the music; and for a second I disappear. I am no longer here. I feel that the melody is coming from my inside and its beats are synchronized […]
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‘Because You Too, You Wake Up Every Morning Hoping for a Better Future’ by Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia

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Lately, I’ve been trying to bury my head in my pillow for as long as I can, desperately trying to escape the insane escalation of bloodshed surrounding us. I’m sitting now and thinking that even basic things can’t happen in many places in the Middle East…that on the other side of the world, many people […]
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Are Tunisians “Happy”? by Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia

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I woke-up on a morning that started like many others. All over the country, there was news of terrorists being chased, surrounded, shot and arrested at different locations. “God bless the police!” shout old people. “They are finally doing their real job” say younger people. They realize that the murderer of Chokri Belaid had been […]
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The Tunisian Woman: Another Arab Woman? Part 2 by Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia

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I’ve just got back from a Human Rights Summer Camp with Amnesty International in my hometown Chebba (Tunisia) and you know what? I am not the same person as when I started. Have you ever asked yourself: “How much do I really know about my country?” “Is my way of seeing things realistic?” Well, I […]
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Apocalypse of humanity “Let’s humanize”! by Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia

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As I walk the streets of Tunis and watch the frowning faces passing by, I feel so desperate and bitter. It was last week; a salafist-looking man (Beard, Kamees…) appeared in the crowd. He was holding a medium-sized sports bag, walking super fast and looking nervously left and right. A few months ago, nobody would […]
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Homophobia in Tunisia

Author: Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia
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Homophobia in Tunisia: People hate gays because of what non-gay people do! Homophobia in Tunisia is a very common unhealthy attitude. Unlike what many people think, homophobia is due to various factors besides the religious one. It’s out of question today, as it always has been, to talk in public about gay rights. Recently, bringing this […]
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Gender Equality in Tunisia

Author: Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia
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Gender Equality in Tunisia: Between Law and Society I may be living in one of the most advanced countries in terms of gender equality. As far as I am concerned, this “honorable” label only regards to legislation and has nothing to do with real life. I won’t deny the fact that in Tunisia we, men […]
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Being a Yala’er: Being a Zionist?

Author: Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia
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I’ve been trying for a while to figure out what I’m going to write next for Yala Café. I just kept waiting for the right moment to write about something personal and interesting. Three days ago, I was at the university waiting to attend a conference about the administrative court in Tunisia. Two friends of […]
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YaLa Poetry | A Letter to the President Obama: Followed by a Poem

Author: Rahma Shgaier, Tunisia
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Dear Mr. President, Welcome to our region. I hope that your stay will be fruitful this time. I know that your visit is so expected. Many people have high hopes. Many people believe that peace in the region is possible, that change is possible. Right, It’s easy to say:“yes, we can” but do we really […]
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E-PEACE

Author: Rahma Sghaier, Tunisia
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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him” Martin Luther King, Jr. This is one of the most inspiring quotes I’ve ever read in my life. I believe that hate is the primary act of […]
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