In the spring of 2013, I visited Egypt. It had been two years since the uprisings known as the “Arab Spring” had toppled the government — and in the aftermath, an angry, conservative base ready to ...

Exactly 15 years ago, the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia prompted an unprecedented pan-Arab protest movement that demonstrated the overwhelming Arab desire for more democratic forms ...

South of Gafsa, the centre of Tunisia’s phosphate industry, there is a half-built road – the construction materials and equipment left to rust by the roadside. The companies responsible for the road ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. TUNIS, Tunisia • Millions of Tunisians cast votes on Sunday for an assembly to draft a new constitution, in a burst of pride and ...

Soldiers shed their uniforms and slip away into the crowds. Families, jubilant and tearful, comb the dungeons of the old regime in search of loved ones, or traces of them. Bedraggled young men in ...