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July 31, 2020 | Sowt Podcasting
Creative Solutions for Face Mask Shortage
A worker at the Consomed factory tells us about her feelings when she left her family to join the battle against COVID-19.
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Tunisia
January 25, 2019 | The Boston Globe
Opinion: Eight Years Since Arab Spring, Is There Hope for Middle East Democracy?
Pulitzer Center Executive Editor Indira Lakshmanan evaluates today's political landscape in the Middle East.
July 25, 2015 | Al Jazeera America
Tunisians Struggle with Arab Spring Impact
In underdeveloped interior regions, lack of progress confounds residents, four years after political upheaval.
July 22, 2015 | Al Jazeera America
Tunisia Faces Legacy of Religious Oppression in Fight Against Radicalism
With domestic dissatisfaction on the rise, Tunisia has become the top contributor of young foreign recruits to radical Islam's war in Syria.
June 29, 2015 | The Atlantic
The Terrorist Threat to Tunisia's Newborn Democracy
Tunisia’s democratic success has generated a worrying byproduct: religious extremism.
June 27, 2015 | Foreign Policy
Tunisia Braces for the Backlash
In the wake of the worst assault in the country's modern history, some wonder whether Tunis has paid too little heed to growing extremism in its midst.
May 07, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Tunisia: One Year After the Revolution
A year after the revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, what has become of the people, the politics and the economy of Tunisia?
April 11, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Tunisia: Revolution on the Walls
Graffiti all over Tunisia paints a picture of the Arab Spring spirit and newly found freedom after the fall of former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
February 16, 2012 | PBS NewsHour
Post-Revolution Tunisia Attempts Painful Transition to Democracy
Tunisia faces economic and social obstacles in its transition to democracy.
February 13, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Finally, Tunisians Have a Lot to Say
One year after the revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, Tunisians debate the social and economic landscape of their new democracy.
October 22, 2011 | Foreign Policy
Tunisia's Surprising New Islamists
Nine months after the revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, Ellen Knickmeyer revisits two of the first Tunisians to protest against the Ben Ali regime.
March 14, 2011 | Pulitzer Center
Sidi Bouzid: Tunisia's Place of Protest
Weeks after Mohammed Bouazizi's self-immolation began the revolution in Tunisia, his hometown of Sidi Bouzid remains a place of protest.
Youth Fighters in Syria: Why They Go
What drives young people to go and fight in Syria? How are governments trying to stop them, and does it work?
One Year After the Revolution, Where Is Tunisia Heading?
On the one-year anniversary of the Tunisian revolution, a nation struggles with the transition from autocracy to democracy in the face of growing unemployment and religious conservatism.
North Africa: The Young and the Restless
Ellen Knickmeyer has been traveling the Arab world from the first weeks of the revolutions to tell the story of the frustrated young generation at the heart of the unrest.
August 21, 2015 | Meet the Journalist
Meet the Journalist: Alice Su
Why do young people from Jordan and Tunisia decide to join militant groups in Syria? Are they driven by ideological, economic, or other factors? How are governments trying to stop them?
March 27, 2012 | Meet the Journalist
Jessie Deeter: Tunisia One Year After the Revolution
Pulitzer Center grantee Jessie Deeter reports from Tunisia, one year after the Arab Spring began.
July 09, 2015 | General news, Project news
Losing a Revolution: Tunisia’s Forgotten Youth
Has the Arab Spring’s most successful democracy failed its most pivotal population?
July 06, 2015 | General news, Project news
This Week: Youth Fighters in Tunisia
Tunisia's shift, from democracy's hope to a source of ISIS recruits.
March 22, 2013 | Project news, Education news
Cairo to Connecticut: Hangout with Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Yesterday in Pulitzer Center's education office, we hosted a Google Hangout between Cairo-based journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous and 9th graders at Staples High School in Westport, CT.
February 17, 2012 | General news, Project news, News Points
This Week in Review: Arab Spring Awakening
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights this week's reporting from Tunisia and Egypt.
March 21, 2018 | Middle School, High School
Young People's Revolutions: Examining Youth Movements Around the World
This lesson pools resources on youth movements in 4 countries and asks students to examine: what matters to young people the world over, what matters to you, and how do you fit into a global picture?
September 26, 2016 | All Grades
Jewell: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented from The Pulitzer Center.
June 17, 2016 | All Grades
Funston: Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's "Guernica"
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 "Guernica" with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.