In 2015, Bouchamaoui and her co-founders of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet received the Nobel Peace Prize for their work. Tunisia is now considered the only democratic country in the Arab world.
Visibly, and with very little pretense, Tunisia is sliding into tyranny. In the last two years, its president, Kais Saied, has frozen and dissolved the…
Houcine Abbassi has headed the Tunisian Labour Union Confederation UGTT since late 2011. Along with workers' rights, he primarily pleads for political dialogue in his home country. The National Dialogue Quartet he initiated for this purpose has now been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. By Sarah Mersch