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11.01.2021 | Blog | Blog

Informal Work and Auto-Entrepreneurship Laws in the Maghreb: What can Tunisia learn from Morocco?

Informal economies in North Africa have frequently captured public attention in recent years.

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04.01.2021 | Blog | Blog

Democracy without Political Parties?

Parliamentary democracy in Tunisia is in dire straits, and President Kais Saied’s radical ideas could wreak havoc on the political system.

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22.12.2020 | Blog | Blog

A decade of change

10 years ago, the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi was the event that led to a whole cascade of major political and social changes in North Africa and the Middle East. The initially hopeful…

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16.12.2020 | Blog | Blog

The First Decade of the Arab Revolutionary Process

Ten years ago, on 17 December 2010, a young street vendor in the town of Sidi Bouzid in central Tunisia sparked a political firestorm that soon engulfed the whole country, before spreading across the…

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03.11.2020 | Events | Events

Young Progressive Voices from the MENA Region Advocate for Security Through Regional Cooperation

In 2019, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) selected a distinguished group of progressive young professionals working on security issues in civil society…

276. A Return to Diplomacy

A Joe Biden administration would likely make an early diplomatic push to ease tensions with Iran. Biden has said he favors the United States rejoining the nuclear deal if Iran also returns to full…

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02.10.2020 | Blog | Blog

Urbanization in the MENA region: A Benefit or a Curse?

Cities of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region share many characteristics that are not limited to their shared heritage, traditional urban form, or socioeconomic conditions. We argue that…

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24.09.2020 | Events | Events

Care Roles in Arab Media

Web-Seminar: Conclusions and Recommendations

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24.09.2020 | Events | Events

Global Green Deals Forum

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22.09.2020 | Blog | Blog

Is Local Media in the MENA Region ready to take the Climate Crisis Seriously now?

From droughts to floods to heatwaves, communities across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been experiencing the consequences of climate change.