![Ennahda is seeking a brand of 'Tunisification' of its identity as a major political force [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2f58119542354b6ab9853dd706c02cca_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Several months of internal debates have come to full fruition for the reformists within the party.
![ISIL's emerging trend is to focus on Tunisia as the weakest link in the security chain in North Africa [Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/39cd65d4c20b4963b8228c4d36a18fd2_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Addressing the socio-economic question is crucial to Tunisia’s long and arduous battle against ISIL terrorism.
![Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet was awarded the 2015 prize for its 'decisive contribution' to building democracy in Tunisia [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/56e3ff23b31248b4b61d778e9673308e_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The example set by Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet could benefit Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, and Syria.
![The unrealistic plans of Prime Minister Essid - who hopes to build a sand barrier along the Libyan border - are worrying, writes Sadiki [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/05d8c0704e99459aa943e17b8919cbb1_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Tunisia’s new anti-terrorism law represents bad lawmaking and could demote rather than promote democratisation.
![The ease with which Essebsi is manipulating the constitution sets a dangerous precedent, writes Sadiki [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/53b3f0f39abb4f9587aa9212ec0a0f5b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Tunisia president’s hasty response to beach attack casts doubt on the government’s ability to fight terrorism.
![Tunisians holding candles pray at the entrance gate of the National Bardo Museum [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/95bdbf9b7e1f4dd4b63bd983e0e1b234_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The last thing jihadists want for Tunisia is for democracy to triumph.
![The religious credentials of King Abdullah, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad's family, do not travel far in the Muslim world, Sadiki writes [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/4afa54e9910a4e3b988315b815028e3d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Has Jordan’s king yielded to populist impulses as a public relations move to boost his standing?
![Beji Caid Essebsi is the closest thing Tunisians have to a presidential frontrunner, writes Sadiki [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/201411197915900734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Tunisia’s next president will hail from the urban bourgeoisie and he’ll have a modernist outlook.
![Both camps realise the importance of winning the hearts and minds of the country's youth, writes Sadiki [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014102672245404734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Common goals unite the Islamists and their secularist adversaries in Tunisia.
![Smoke rises from a Shia mosque after it was destroyed in a bomb attack by militants of the ISIL group [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014812115754698580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
There is an escalating clash within the abode of Islam.