Oussama Romdhani

Oussama Romdhani is the chief editor of the Arab Weekly.

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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi surrounded by his doctors, Mustapha Ferjani (R) and Moez Belkhouja (L) on July 1, 2019 before leaving the Tunis Military Hospital. (AFP)
The day Tunisia stood still
July 05, 2019
Tunisian graduates and unemployed youth walk in Mohamed Bouazizi square in the impoverished central town of Sidi Bouzid. (AFP)
A revealing survey that rings alarm bells
June 29, 2019
New world. Two Iraqi youth talk at Mosul incubator for would-be entrepreneurs. (AFP)
Tackling Arab youth unemployment requires thinking out of the box
June 15, 2019
American journalist Georgie Anne Geyer. (uexpress)
Georgie Anne Geyer's final journey
May 22, 2019
Stirring unrest. Iraqis hold flags during a protest against corruption at Tahrir Square, last February.(DPA)
The problem with corruption
May 04, 2019
Heeding signals. A Sudanese protester demonstrates outside the army headquarters in Khartoum. (AFP)
Lessons Algeria and Sudan can learn from other transitions
April 20, 2019
Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government arrive in Tajura, a coastal suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on April 6, 2019. (AFP)
Tunisians watchful of dramas unfolding next door
April 06, 2019
Palestinian vendors sell cigarettes at a shop in Gaza City. (AFP)
The costly failure to cut smoking in the Arab world
March 16, 2019
Key juncture. Algerian female protesters wear their national flags as they demonstrate against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term in power, in Algiers, March 8. (AFP)
A new pace of time in Algeria
March 09, 2019
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini attend a joint meeting of European Union and League of Arab States foreign ministers in Brussels, Belgium, on February 4, 2019. (AFP)
Modest expectations in Sharm el-Sheikh
February 20, 2019
Tunisian doctors and residents demonstrate against new government regulations. (Reuters)
The Arab world’s new wave of migrants
February 09, 2019
Ripples across the sea. A man wearing a yellow vest holds a French flag on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, December 8. (AFP)
Drawing lessons from France’s yellow vests
December 15, 2018
Iraqi schoolgirls attend an English class at a school in western Mosul. (AFP)
Lost in translation
November 10, 2018
(L-R) Egyptian-American actor Rami Malek, Turkish-American actor Ennis Esmer and Iranian-American actress Necar Zadegan. (AP)
Putting the Arab and Muslim image debate into perspective
September 29, 2018
Travellers arrive at the international terminal of O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. (AFP)
Why newspaper headlines can change the way we travel
July 28, 2018
Valiant effort. Morocco’s forward Nordin Amrabat controls the ball during the World Cup football match between Portugal and Morocco in Moscow, on June 2. (AFP)
Teams are out but World Cup consolidates bonds between the Maghreb and its diasporas
June 23, 2018
A state employee shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote in Marjayoun in Lebanon, on May 3.(Reuters)
Why the fearful, the vulnerable and the confused are attracted to ‘illiberal’ politics?
May 05, 2018
Why not Estonia? Bureaucratic drag in the Arab world
January 22, 2018

Tunisia, the West and the ‘Arab spring’
November 04, 2017

Although Tunisia is still seen favourably in Washington, the United States is unlikely to be its

The changed face of Washington
October 14, 2017

The Washington I found this month is a changed city and I am not refer­ring to the incredible num