Iman Zayat

Iman Zayat is the Managing Editor of The Arab Weekly.

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Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi at a plenary session. (AFP)
Drive to remove Ghannouchi as parliament speaker gains traction
July 13, 2020
Special security meeting chaired by President Kais Saied, July 9. (Tunisian Presidency)
Ghannouchi excluded from security meeting amid cold relations with president
July 11, 2020
Tunisian leader of the Free Destourian Party (PDL) Abir Moussi speaks at a sit-in in front of the Tunis Municipal Theatre. (DPA)
Moussi to challenge Ennahda’s legal standing in court
July 08, 2020
A file picture shows Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh speaking at the government’s office in Tunis. (REUTERS)
Tunisian Prime Minister rebuffs calls for resignation
July 03, 2020
Passengers wearing face masks as a preventive measure arrive at Tunis-Carthage airport. (DPA)
Thin hopes for Tunisia’s tourism recovery despite border reopening, EU signal
July 01, 2020
Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda Movement held a two-day Shura Council meeting from Saturday-Sunday discussing major, sensitive files, most prominently the organisation of the party’s eleventh convention
Ennahda to hold next convention by end of the year, keeps PM on probation
June 29, 2020
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh. (AFP)
Tunisian PM defends government record after 100 days in office
June 25, 2020
President Kais Saied (C) meets with Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi (L) and Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh at Carthage Palace. (AFP)
Ennahda fighting – and losing – a political battle on two fronts
June 24, 2020
Tunisian demonstrators in Tataouine demand the release of detained protesters, June 23. (AFP)
Tensions high in Tunisia’s Tataouine, Islamists skirt responsibility
June 24, 2020
A protester from Tunisia’s Tataouine region taunts security forces during clashes amidst a demonstration. (AFP)
Unrest deepens in Tunisia’s southern Tataouine region
June 22, 2020
Kuwait’s National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim attends an emergency session of the Arab parliamentarians in Amman, Jordan, last February. (REUTERS)
Ghannouchi disinvited by Kuwait’s parliamentary speaker over invasion stance
June 20, 2020
A fighter with Libya’s Government of National Accord fires rockets from a position near the town of Garabulli toward the city of Tarhuna, southwest of Tripoli, last April. (AFP)
GNA, bolstered by Turkish intervention, pins unfounded blame on UAE
June 10, 2020
Tunisians sit at a coffee shop in the capital Tunis at the end of restrictions. (AFP)
Tunisia hopes for a normal summer season with end of confinement measures
June 09, 2020
A file picture of the leader of the Free Destourian Party (PDL) Abir Moussi (C) gesturing during a session of parliament. (AFP)
Tunisian party wants to classify Muslim Brotherhood as “terrorist organisation”
June 08, 2020
The leader of the Free Destourian Party (PDL) Abir Moussi waves as she attends the first session of parliament following October elections on November 13, 2019 in the Tunisian capital Tunis. (AFP)
After Ghannouchi hearing, Tunisia’s Abir Moussi emerges as rising star
June 05, 2020
A file picture of Rached Ghannouchi, the speaker of the House of the People's Representatives, during a parliamentary session. (AFP)
Ennahda dismissive of crisis as leader readies to face parliament
June 02, 2020
A view of Tunisian parliament. (AFP)
Parliamentary rivals ramp up pressure on Ghannouchi ahead of hearing
May 29, 2020
Then-interim parliament speaker, Abdelfattah Mourou (L) greets Tunisian Ennahdha party leader Rached Ghannouchi as hands him the chair at the first session of the new parliament following October elections, last November. (AFP)
Ghannouchi’s silence, Mourou’s exit mean trouble for Ennahda party
May 29, 2020
Abdelfattah Mourou, Tunisia’s interim parliamentary speaker and Islamist Ennahda Party politician as he submits his candidacy for presidential elections in the capital Tunis, last August. (AFP)
Ennahda’s Mourou announces exit from politics
May 26, 2020
A file picture of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied giving a speech at the Carthage Palace. (AFP)
Gulf widens between Ennahdha, Tunisia's president
May 26, 2020