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Not only victims. Tunisian forensics inspect the site of an attack by a woman suicide bomber in Tunis, last October. (AFP)

Tunisians brace for threat of female jihadists

Strike

Peaceful protest. A Tunisian woman shouts slogans in front of the headquarters of the Tunisian General Labour Union as part of a general strike, January 17. (DPA)

Relief as Tunisia strike ends peacefully, dispels spectre of decades past

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Tunisian playwright, dramaturge and novelist Youssef Bahri. (Al Arab)

Tunisian playwright Youssef Bahri and the social role of theatre

Mohamad al-Hamamsi

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One way or another. UGTT Secretary-General Noureddine Taboubi (R) speaks to the crowd during a nationwide strike in Tunis, January 17. (Reuters)

Public service strike paralyses Tunisia, new walk out announced

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Noureddine Tabboubi Secretary General of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT). (DPA)

Tunisia’s public sector to go on strike amid fears of ‘Black Thursday’

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Tunisian General Secretary of Labour Union (UGTT) Noureddine Taboubi gives a speech during a civil servants general strike in the capital Tunis, last November. (AFP)

Social discontent fuels concern for instability in Tunisia

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A statue of Tunisia’s first President Habib Bourguiba in central Tunis. (Reuters)

Tunisian secularists compete for Bourguiba’s mantle

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Tunisia’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed (R) and Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi arrive for a meeting in the Carthage Palace on the outskirts of Tunis. (AFP)

Party politics challenge Tunisia’s secularists

Tourism

Berber village of Chenini (Tourism Ministry)

Off the beaten path: Chenini’s rare maritime oases in southern Tunisia