Middle East Week

Yasmine Ryan comes back on the show to talk about the recent elections in Tunisia. We talked about the major political parties in Tunisia (going beyond Islamist vs. secular), the level of participation and interest in the political process, economic challenges facing Tunisia, the upcoming presidential election, and more. Yasmine Ryan — Beacon Tunisia offers a rarity in North Africa: calm after an election - LA Times Tunisians hope new leaders tackle pollution, development - Al-Monitor Yasmine Ryan (@yasmineryan) on Twitter Karl Morand (@KarlMorand) on Twitter Sponsor: Scrivener - a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on composing and structuring long and difficult documents.