The future of democracy in tunisia

Global Locations Fri. March 4th, 2016 Beirut, Lebanon REGISTRATION Five years after popular protests toppled the regime of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia continues its transition toward

democracy and has established a political dialogue that has been recognized by the international community. However, Tunisia’s transitional successes should not overshadow the challenges

associated with its fragile new political system and its inability to respond to the economic and social needs of the Tunisian population. What does the future hold for Tunisia’s fledgling

democracy following the split the country’s ruling party Nidaa Tounes and the ongoing power struggle between Islamists and secularists? The Carnegie Middle East Center brought together

Tunisian scholars and political leaders to discuss Tunisia’s future possibilities and the challenges facing the country’s political transition. Carnegie’s Georges Fahmi moderated.  MOHAMMAD

AL-HAJ SALEM Mohammad Al-Haj Salem is a Tunisian scholar.  NOUREDDINE ARABAOUI Noureddine Arbaoui is the head of Ennahda’s political bureau and member of the executive committee for

political party relations. HMIDA ENNAIFER Hmida Ennaifer is a scholar and theologian and a founder of the Islamist movement in Tunisia. He also heads the Tunisian League for Culture and

Pluralism. GEORGES FAHMI Georges Fahmi is a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center HAMZA MEDDEB Hamza Meddeb is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center. EVENT

SPEAKERS * Mohammad Al-Haj Salem Mohammad Al-Haj Salem is a Tunisian scholar. * Noureddine Arabaoui Noureddine Arbaoui is the head of Ennahda's political bureau and member of the

executive committee for political party relations. * Hmida Ennaifer Hmida Ennaifer is a scholar and theologian and a founder of the Islamist movement in Tunisia. He also heads the Tunisian

League for Culture and Pluralism. * * Hamza Meddeb Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views

represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees. EVENT SPEAKERS * Mohammad Al-Haj Salem Mohammad Al-Haj Salem

is a Tunisian scholar. * Noureddine Arabaoui Noureddine Arbaoui is the head of Ennahda's political bureau and member of the executive committee for political party relations. * Hmida

Ennaifer Hmida Ennaifer is a scholar and theologian and a founder of the Islamist movement in Tunisia. He also heads the Tunisian League for Culture and Pluralism. * * Hamza Meddeb Fellow,

Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center event speakers Mohammad Al-Haj Salem Mohammad Al-Haj Salem is a Tunisian scholar. Noureddine Arabaoui Noureddine Arbaoui is the head of

Ennahda's political bureau and member of the executive committee for political party relations. Hmida Ennaifer Hmida Ennaifer is a scholar and theologian and a founder of the Islamist

movement in Tunisia. He also heads the Tunisian League for Culture and Pluralism. Fahmi was a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focused on religious

actors in democratic transition, the interplay between state and religion, and religious minorities and citizenship. Hamza Meddeb Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center Hamza

Meddeb is a research fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he co-leads the Political Economy Program © 2024 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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