Interview

Optimistic. Tunisian Tourism Minister Rene Trabelsi. (AP)
Jewish minister sees appointment as confirmation of ‘Tunisian exception’
Lamine Ghanmi
A different vision. President of the New Generation Movement Shaswar Abdulwahid.(Facebook)
Upstart Kurdish party has Iraq-wide ambitions
Mark Habeeb
Towards meeting challenges. Algerian Minister of Culture Azzedine Mihoubi. (Twitter)
Algerian culture minister says Arabs face ‘existential challenges’
Ibrahim Ouf
Moroccan director and theatre artist Bousselham Daif. (Bousselham Daif’s Facebook page)
Talking with Moroccan theatre director Bousselham Daif
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Founder of Womenpreneur Sana Afouaiz. (Courtesy of Sana Afouaiz)
Conversation with Sana Afouaiz, author of ‘Invisible Women of the Middle East’
Khadija Hamouchi
General-Secretary of DISK/Dev Yapi-Is Nihat Demir. (Courtesy of Nihat Demir)
Union leader describes Istanbul construction site as ‘slave camp’
Stephen Starr
Tunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs Mohamed Zine el-Abidine. (AFP)
Tunisian minister sees culture as ‘buffer’ to radicalisation
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Iraqi political activist Mustafa al-Safi sits in The Arab Weekly’s office in London, on October 10. (Mamoon Alabbasi)
Iraqi protests seek ‘change in political system, not just services’
Mamoon Alabbasi
Fully engaged. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) representative in Washington. (Courtesy of Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman)
Forming Kurdish coalition government still ‘possible’
Sharmila Devi