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Huda Mzioudet ≠ Low-Budget Pharaoh

2 years

Relieved but thrilled that I finally received the book/volume “Transitional Justice in Tunisia: Innovations, Continuities, Challenges” & published by Routledge, in which I contributed a chapter on black Tunisian activism and transitional justice in post-revolution Tunisia. A 🧵

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Huda Mzioudet ≠ Low-Budget Pharaoh

@HudaMzioudet

2 years

I hate playing the victim but each day, I feel being black in an Arab country is a sheer nightmare. I’m always stressed when travelling in the MENA (w/ the exception of #Turkey where we are treated more humanely). The worst experience was Lebanon. 🇹🇳 is 🇨🇦 in comparison

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@HudaMzioudet

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Si la France est aujourd'hui le seul pays au monde qui soit présent sur cinq continents, c'est bien parce qu'elle a de manière très singulière institutionnalisé sa propre version du racisme.

Rokhaya Diallo

@RokhayaDiallo

4 years

«En matière de racisme, la France n'a rien à envier aux États-Unis. Son racisme est également le fruit d'une histoire d'atrocités entremêlant violences et domination, il s'inscrit tout autant dans notre quotidien et dans nos pratiques institutionnelles.» mon article pour @Slatefr

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@dannydanon The level of despair is laughable so much so that the community notes are blatantly screaming that this is not about Israel. Your hasbara is irredeemable.

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@HudaMzioudet

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#Tunisia : l’Association des étudiants et stagiaires africains en Tunisie ( AESAT) appelle les étudiants subsahariens à ne plus se rendre aux cours et a déserter les classes? “Nos parents, nous ont envoyé ici en pensant que nous serions en sécurité et pourrions étudier sereinement

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@HudaMzioudet

2 years

6 yrs ago, 3 Congolese students were stabbed by a Tunisian man in centre of Tunis in a hate-motivates crime, investigation later revealed. 2 days later, ex-PM Y.Chahed declared 26/12 national day 2 fight racial discrimination.This milestone wouldn’t have been possible without

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

تحدي طريف مع الصديقة المناضلة التونسية السوداء مها عبد الحميد: لما نتفسحوا في شارع بورقيبة بالعاصمة وأريانة تحسبا لأي طارئ لا قدر الله. #تونس

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

Trying to contain myself from crying, but seeing non-Black Tunisians ferociously supporting the anti-black racism cause warms my heart & makes me feel at peace with my complex Tunisian identity (black), against all odds.

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

This Tunisian “gentleman” openly brags about his slave-holding grandfather to justify the rejection of “Africans” as “having different morals than us “Arab Maghrebians”.

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@Neo_ChrySalis

1 year

Un micro-trottoir où la journaliste demande à ce mec s'il connaît déjà des subsahariens pour les rejeter. Sa réponse :" Je les connais, mon grand-père en faisait la traite." Franchement, je l'ai pas vu venir celle-là, les bras m'en tombent ... #Tunisie

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@HudaMzioudet

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2 testimonies of Black Tunisians expressing fear they’ll be targeted in public (1 janitor fearful of taking the tramway to work) if mistaken for a Sub-Saharan African. A group of Black Tunisian family & friends during funeral was accosted by police today. #Tunisia

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

Tunisians of Canada statement that I co-authored and co-signed in Arabic, French and English with fellow compatriots in Quebec, Alberta and Massachusetts (USA), supporting Sub-Saharan Africans and Black Tunisians vs. racist attacks & smear campaign following racist statement by

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

Tunisians of #Canada will protest on March 5, 2023 in front of Tunisian consulate in #Montreal following racist discourse of president Saied re: Black African migrants & to condemn all acts of violence committed vs. them. ✌️✌🏻✌🏽✌🏾✌🏿🇹🇳

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@HudaMzioudet

4 years

“I don’t want to die in #Tunisia ”, a banner written in #Arabic by a #WestAfrican migrant in avenue #Bourguiba in downtown #Tunis during a protest against the racially-motivated killing of #FalikouKoulibaly , an #Ivorian man in #Tunis in December 2018 by a gang.

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

On International Women Day, I salute two inspiring women: late Jamila Ksiksi and Saadia Mosbah.Both faced horrific smear campaign, verbal & physical abuse, yet stood proud & strong (Saadia was beaten w/ her son & verbally abused w/ racial slurs by a gas station worker after an

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@HudaMzioudet

2 years

I wrote this in a moment of anger, but usually hold back from sharing personal experiences bc it’s become futile talking abt this taboo in the MENA region:racism. I’m publishing sthg academic on the q soon. I wrote several articles on the issue in EN & AR for those interested.

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@HudaMzioudet

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I’m supposed to write an article about black Tunisian women activists since 2011 (due tomorrow). I’m numb to even think of writing….

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@HudaMzioudet

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Tunisian bureaucracy adds salts to injury by pushing Sub-Saharan African migrants into the “illegal” status thus becoming alienated in an officially openly racist society.

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@HudaMzioudet

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كم أمقت الاستعمال الوقح عند بعض التونسيين لمصطلحات ك "العشرية السوداء"و "لبننة/صوملة" البلاد.هل يدركون فظاعة ما حدث في الجزائر ولبنان والصومال حتى يقارنونه بتونس في 10 سنوات الأخيرة؟ أن تنسب لنفسك وبلدك مصيبة حلت بشعب آخر لإشباع نرجسية نفس مريضة جبلت على العويل هو دليل على الفشل

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

Ivorians in #Tunisia are asking their embassy in Tunis to repatriate them to their home country, citing security concerns; some having been asked by their landlords to leave immediately. Note: Ivorians are Tunisia visa-exempt.

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@HudaMzioudet

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“Sudanese refugee, Awadhya Hasan Amine, reacts during a protest asking for evacuation, outside the headquarters of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in Tunis, Tunisia March 22, 2023. @Reuters /Jihed Abidellaoui

Reuters Africa

@ReutersAfrica

1 year

Weeks after a violent crackdown on migrants in Tunisia that triggered a perilous rush to leave by smuggler boats for Italy, many African nationals are still homeless and jobless and some say they still face racist attacks.

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@HudaMzioudet

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🇹🇳Moncef Bey avait refusé de livrer les juifs tunisiens au régime 2 Vichy,ce qui lui avait valu l’exil forcé à Pau où Il mourut seul. “De tous les pays occupés par les nazis, la Tunisie est le seul, mis à part le Danemark,dont la communauté juive s’en est sortie presque intacte”

HDG

@hdgremix

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Richard Attias devant #Zemmour "je suis très attaché à mon pays le #Maroc ... durant la Shoa les juifs en Afrique du Nord ont été épargné... quand vichy a demandé au roi Mohamed V de livrer les Juifs il refusa..." #antisemistisme #France #RN

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

I will be speaking about populism and racism in Tunisia this Thursday at 19:15 Paris time with eminent scholars @nadiamarzouki1 , @oualdi_m , @YousfiHela . Conference is moderated by @shreya_parikh and hosted by Sciences-Po.

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@ScPo_CHSP

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Comprendre l'actualité | Populisme, politique migratoire et racisme en #Tunisie 🇹🇳. Table ronde ce jeudi 9 mars 19h15 ! @ScPo_CHSP @CERI_SciencesPo avec @oualdi_m @shreya_parikh @nadiamarzouki1 @HudaMzioudet Mahmoud Kaba @YousfiHela 👉Inscription

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@HudaMzioudet

4 years

Thread on #Tunisians expelled by #Gaddafi in 1985:

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

Am I surprised by fascist tendency of Saied’s supporters? NOT AT ALL. Why?I know most Tunisians: lived among them, studied, worked w/ them,but red line society established: NEVER enter in2 relationship w/ ‘em. Why? Racial purity. I’m from Zarzis. ASK Black Tunisians.Give em voice

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

I’d highly recommend Ismael Montana’s book “The abolition of slavery in Ottoman Tunisia”. It helps contextualize deep-rooted anti-black racism in Tunisian society since 1846 & state-sanctioned fascist discourse since 2023.

Tanekalouit-Touraouet ⵜⵏⴽⵍⵡⴷⵜ ⵜⵡⵔⵡⵜ

@AishaDaughter

1 year

"Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam" Chouki El Hamel

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

This image will haunt us for decades to come. Take note #Tunisia . Karma will strike sooner than later. “Qui sème le vent, récolte la tempête.”

Salim Zerrouki

@salimbzerrouki

1 year

#tunisia #Libya #migrants #europ #humanity

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@HudaMzioudet

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The 1 million $ question: why does #Tunisian (& by extension #Arab ) media insist on depicting black people in cannibalistic, animalistic, sexualized fashion in the holiest month for #Muslims : #Ramadan ? Is it a way to display a sadistic mind hell bent on dehumanizing #Africans ?

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@HudaMzioudet

3 months

With a heavy heart, I’m sharing my latest paper with @POMEPS entitled “Black Racial Politics and the Racialist Populist Backlash during Tunisia’s Democratic Transition”. It’s eerily timely as it discusses racial backlash v. Black Tunisian activists, whose

Black Racial Politics and the Racialist Populist Backlash during Tunisia’s Democratic Transition -...

Houda Mzioudet, University of Toronto In December 2018, the Ivorian community in Tunisia was rocked by the brutal murder of Falikou Coulibaly, the president of the Association of Ivorians in...

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

How Did a Dream in Tunisia Turn Into a Nightmare? A beautiful text by Tunisian novelist @mlkhelifi

How Did a Dream in Tunisia Turn Into a Nightmare?

We weren't just protesters back then; we were rebels, true fighters with grand dreams—dreams that have all vanished today under Kais Saied.

dawnmena.org

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@HudaMzioudet

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Also note how post-2021 coup Tunisia brought a racist- populist president, & despite his beatboxing diatribes about fighting Zionist conspiracies vs. 🇹🇳, remains silent about 🇿🇦move to sue 🇮🇱 in @CIJ_ICJ . He’s not very popular in SA anyways

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@naderalihashemi

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@UssamaMakdisi A key takeway from this. Palestinian national liberation is dependent on regional Arab democratization. These two things are intimately linked. Note how only Autocratic Arab states joined the Abraham Accords. No Arab democracy would do this at the expense of Palestinian rights.

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@HudaMzioudet

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@sasa_ghada @daniellekubes I admire your patience Ghada dealing w/ these firebrands & other right-wingers. As an ex-journo, having worked since 2011 w/ several int’l media outlets, I have a red line: NO interaction w/ Western right-wing media, incl, working 4 them. I declined offers from 🇺🇸 CNN & 🇫🇷 TF1.

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@HudaMzioudet

3 years

It may be a sobering moment for Tunisia today (and the next ones obviously),but I am happy to finally share my Libya research paper (after ~ 2 yrs of work) on diaspora Libyans’ dynamics of mobilization and engagement.Grateful to all generous Libyans who helped with this @telmeri

Arab Reform Initiative / مبادرة الإصلاح العربي

@ArabReform_ARI

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📣New Research Paper!📣 ARI releases: "Organizing in #Exile : #Dynamics of #Mobilization and Engagement of New #Arab #Diaspora -s" @SARennick @HudaMzioudet @OulaKadhum @maysaashujaa look at the #Iraq -i, #Libya -n and #Yemen -i diasporas. 👇👇

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@HudaMzioudet

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Sadly, many Tunisians saw it coming: it was a q of time. Mixed feelings of worries, fears with sighs of relief for many Tunisians. I can’t even begin 2 let Saied’s decision sink in in order 2 assess what will happen tomorrow. I’m holding my breath while following unfolding events

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@HudaMzioudet

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@MuhammadSmiry 🇨🇦🇵🇸✊🏽

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@HudaMzioudet

1 year

On Feb 24, 2023, Black 🇹🇳 activist, Fatma Ezzahra was physically attacked in downtown Tunis by a “white” 🇹🇳 man, after a heated exchange with a woman who told her to go back to “Africa”. On May, 22 2023, she was awarded an MA in gender, culture & society from Manouba university.

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#Tunisian black women: ‘My skin colour says I don’t belong’ . I spoke to Sandrine Lungumbu from the ⁦ @bbcworldservice ⁩ about what it means to be a black Tunisian woman growing up in the south then moving up north & changing racial politics - BBC News

Tunisian black women: ‘My skin colour says I don’t belong’

Black women in the North African country are looked down on and made to feel that they do not belong.

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@HudaMzioudet

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#حزوة صور تأتينا من صحراء حزوة لمجموعة من الشباب تطوعوا للبحث عن افارقة تائهين او ربما هالكين في الانحاء (حبال الطرفة، لمقتلة، المزارة البيضة، عرقوب ناقة مرزوق أو في قارة بير بلقاسم) كمبادرة فردية في يوم درجات الحرارة فيه مرتفعة جدا . صور: سالم بن معتوق #راديو_شابي_fm

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@HudaMzioudet

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Being Black in #Tunisia : Reem Garfi's maternal relatives came from Sudan, although it is unclear how and when they arrived in Tunisia, she says. Her father's fair-skinned family wanted nothing to do with her parents' marriage.

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@HudaMzioudet

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#Tunisia ’s largest official Sub-Saharan Africans’ student association is asking students not to go out except for emergency, with their residence cards . 🚨COMMUNIQUÉ🚨 Restez chez vous et ne sortez qu’en cas d’urgence avec tout vos documents. Les détails plus bas 👇🏾

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@HudaMzioudet

4 months

I presented my latest paper on “Black Tunisian Women’s Mobilization and the Fight Against Racist and Populist Backlash” as part of the report-volume “On the Front Lines: Women’s Mobilization for Democracy in an Era of Backsliding” published by @carnegieendow Brussels Center.

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@HudaMzioudet

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بيان مجموعة "صوت النساء التونسيات السوداوات" حول تصريحات قيس سعيد التحريضية والعنصرية عن المهاجرين الأفارقة جنوب الصحراء #VFTN

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@HudaMzioudet

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As an ex-journo who lived & worked in #Libya for 2yrs, I can’t help retweeting stuff from the catastrophe that befell a country that I consider a 2nd home.This is in addition 2 monitoring situation w/ close Libyan friends, one lost many family members. This is beyond traumatising

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@HudaMzioudet

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Il est temps de décortiquer le fantasme sexuel raciste vis-à-vis de la femme noire chez bcp de tunisiens non-noirs & le racisme scientifique dont fait usage certains académiques tunisiens pour asseoir leur légitimité & perpétuer des stéréotypes racistes sous couvert du “savoir”

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@Papiillon

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Hedi Timoumi (historien soi-disant de renom) en plein naufrage sur Mosaique ce midi: "Le tunisien n'est pas raciste. La preuve: dans l'aristocratie tunisoise, il était de bon usage qu'une des 4 épouses soit noire"...

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For @ArabReform_ARI , I wrote about the “epistemic violence” that stifles black Tunisians (incl. black Tunisian activists) into deafening silence & condemns them to a marginalized position as 2nd class citizens & even as non-citizens by killing the black/ African in them.

Arab Reform Initiative / مبادرة الإصلاح العربي

@ArabReform_ARI

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❓ How is Black Tunisians’ absence from the public space a manifestation of an epistemic violence of a silent/silenced population? How did Black Tunisians attempt to break the racial taboo to do away with the imposed invisibility? How did Black Tunisian activists move away

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1 year

Some Tunisians’ wet dream.

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@HudaMzioudet

3 months

This tweet literally broke the chutzpah roof!

GermanForeignOffice

@GermanyDiplo

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A free and diverse press landscape is the cornerstone of every liberal democracy. In times of conflict especially, it is of crucial importance to protect the freedom of the press. The decision of the Israeli authorities to shut down #AlJazeera in Israel is the wrong signal.

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Anis Chouchene is a Black Tunisian slam poet, who in the tradition of Jamaican-British dub poet, Linton Kwesi-Johnson (Inglan is a bitch) or U.S. jazz poet, Gil Scott Heron (The Revolution will not be televised) to name but a few, used his fusha Arabic & Tunisian Arabic skills in

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@maydu

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Je ne sais pas qui est ce monsieur, mais 1 ce qu'il dit et la manière dont il le dit est magnifique. 2 il nous rappelle que les dommages collatéraux du racisme ambiant sur la population noire tunisienne sont terribles et séculaires. #tunisie #racisme

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#Tunisian politician #JamiliaKsiksi dies at 54: She was a Pan-Africanist activist working on solidarity among African peoples, and the Co-founder of the continental of African Women Leaders Network and coordinator of Tunisian chapter, AWLN-Tunisia.

Tunisian politician Jamilia Ksiksi dies at 54

News Center- Tunisian feminist and activist Jamila Debbech Ksiksi had a car crash while she was on her way to the hospital. According to the received report, she died at the scene.In an interview...

jinhaagency.com

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@HudaMzioudet

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This is definitely a constitutional coup thru activation of article 80 (not surprised at all, given how the corrupt political class have let the abscess ooze out its pus). Now, time 4 ppl to reclaim the streets & avert a fall into the abyss of dictatorship

TAP news agency

@TapNewsAgency

3 years

#Tunisia : President Kais Saied has decided after an emergency meeting with senior military and security officials Sunday evening to freeze the parliament, lift all MPs' immunity, assume the presidency of the executive and dismiss Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi. #TAP_En

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#Tunisian leftist activist & writer Gilbert Naccache passed away today. No words to describe this great human being except that he was the most reconciliatory political figure in modern #Tunisian history: both Islamists & secularists admired him 4 his wisdom. Rest in power Papi

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@HudaMzioudet

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30 yrs ago,my dad died prematurely b4 his 42.He wasn’t only a loving & caring father,but also a close friend & an intellectual partner who enjoyed political debates w/his daughter.I stumbled upon this French lge article he wrote 31 yrs ago where he reflected on 1990-91 Gulf War.

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@HudaMzioudet

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" لا يمكن محو قذارة العالم بالعواطف و النوايا الطيبة. يجب اللجوء للثورات والمعارك الطويلة الشاقة. حتى في هذه المعارك، لا يجب اعتماد مبدأ الغاية تبرر الوسيلة بل يجب الوصول لأهدافنا دون خيانة مشاعرنا ومبادئنا. " (مقتطف من رواية "كريستال" جيلبار نقاش، كاتب ومناضل سياسي تونسي)

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If I were a West African student with some common sense I’d rather study in #Turkey or #Morocco . #Tunisia is a dangerous place to be a black person (including for indigenous black Tunisians)

TAP news agency

@TapNewsAgency

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#Tunisia has decided to increase number of study places allocated to sub-Saharan countries for 2023-2024 academic year by 25% from previous one, said the Minister of Higher Education, adding more than 1,000 scholarships & free study places are provided for them annually. #TAP_En

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Just spoke to @bbcworldservice ’ “Focus on Africa” about the impact of #Tunisia -n president Saied’s recent fiery statement on Sub-Saharan African migrants & roots to the surge in hate speech using a “nationalist” discourse among his supporters.

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4 years

Post-slavery southern Tunisian society (a thread):

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“Malian embassy in Tunis is asking its nationals wishing to leave #Tunisia to register for a voluntary return.”

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1 year

Racist remarks by #Tunisian president target migrants, Black Tunisians. I spoke to ⁦ @ClaireParkerDC ⁩ about Saied’s fiery statements targeting Sub-Saharan Africans as a worrying sign of his continuing muzzling of dissent, where Blacks are scapegoated

Racist rhetoric by Tunisian president sparks fear among migrants and Black Tunisians

Tunisian President Kais Saied says that migration by sub-Saharan Africans is part of a demographic conspiracy, a theory rights groups have condemned as racist.

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#Black #Tunisians and the Pitfalls of #Bourguiba ’s Homogenization Project - Project on Middle East Political Science. Worth read article by ⁦ @BentIfriqiya ⁩

Black Tunisians and the Pitfalls of Bourguiba’s Homogenization Project - Project on Middle East...

Afifa Ltifi, Cornell University “Liberty must be suppressed until the end of the war in Algeria– until the nation becomes homogeneous”- Habib Bourguiba (“Tunisia: No Time for Democracy -Times....

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@YASMINAREBEL Il y a un juif français, Raphael Mimoun,exilé aux U.S qui avait fait le constat du désespoir pour changer les choses en France dans sa communauté en majorité sioniste & aveuglément apportant son soutien à 🇮🇱 (étant anti-sioniste, les U.S. était une bouffée d’air comparé à la 🇫🇷)

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The #Black #Tunisian women fighting ‘double discrimination’

The Black Tunisian women fighting ‘double discrimination’

On the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Tunisia this year, Black women founded a new movement to have their voices heard. #12DaysofResistance

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@alijla2021 Ya Allah so heartbreaking and have no words to express my horror. My deepest condolences Abdalhadi. May Allah give you sabr in these tough times.

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@HudaMzioudet

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#AhmedHafnaoui ’s coach is 32. This is the future #Tun that will one day sweep the current corrupt establishment that hijacked many young Tunisians’ dreams. Anyways, #Tun Olympic champs #Hafnaoui & #Jendoubi proved that this “wrong generation” is the 1 that’ll lead the way 2 hope

NidhalBettaieb

@NidhalBettaieb

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Derrière Ayoub ce champion olympique 🥇, je vous présente Jobrane Touili, un produit purement 🇹🇳 qui l’a accompagné depuis ses débuts #Tokyo2020 #Olympics

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« Le racisme anti-Noirs au #Maghreb est lié à la mémoire de l’esclavage »: L’historien @oualdi_m analyse les différentes formes d’esclavage qui ont prévalu dans le monde arabo-musulman jusqu’à son abolition à partir du XIXᵉ siècle, via @lemondefr

« Le racisme anti-Noirs au Maghreb est lié à la mémoire de l’esclavage »

L’historien M’hamed Oualdi analyse, dans un entretien au « Monde », les différentes formes d’esclavage qui ont prévalu dans le monde arabo-musulman jusqu’à son abolition à partir du XIXᵉ siècle, sous...

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L’obsession vestimentaire française is back biiitches

TF1Info

@TF1Info

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🔴 "L'abaya ne pourra plus être portée à l'école", annonce @GabrielAttal , ministre de l’Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse ▶ #LE20H d' @ACCoudray

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@warwickuni & @justiceinfonet published its 2018 Dossier on Transitional Justice in #Tunisia . I humbly contributed, with other eminent researchers, journalists and activists, a paper on black Tunisian activism after the revolution and the role of transitional justice.

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في الحي الشعبي الكبارية، صاحب مطعم فتح محله لإطعام عابري السبيل (من ضمنهم الأفارقة من جنوب الصحراء)، فكان الرد مزلزلا من شعبنا السمح المتسامح جداااااا

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Will take a little break from tweeting 2 focus on my studies: I have paper deadline this week & need energy 2 work. Sorry I can’t reply 2 some requests this week. Sorry 4 that. A thought b4 retiring in2 semi-hibernation: post-2011 #Tunisia ’s historical conjecture w/current crisis

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Only in #Tunisia is there a majority who think both racial discrimination & discrimination vs Black people is a problem.This raises Qs 4 further research on how MENA citizens understand race & on the extent 2 which there's awareness of anti-Black discrimination in their countries

الباروميتر العربي /Arab Barometer

@ArabBarometer

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In most #MENA countries surveyed, majorities say that racial #discrimination is a serious problem. Yet, only a minority of citizens say that discrimination against black individuals is a problem in all but two countries. More in this report by @hiliznj19 👇

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Finished reporting abt situation in #Tunisia for 7 radio stations in a row where I had to wake up at 6 am in 5 different time zones. Will get a little nap before starting my statistics class this afternoon.

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The Malian Students & Interns Association issued a statement asking Malians studying in Tunisian private universities “to suspend classes until further notice following arrests & attacks on Sub-Saharan Africans without distinction of status”

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جامع الوطى بسدويكش جربة. بني تحت الارض لاتقاء هجمات الصليبيين منذ حوالي سنة 1250 ميلادي. الصور والنص مقتبسين من صفحة فايسبوك منير بوعاب

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Yasser Jradi, un grand artiste et une belle âme de douceur et d’amour de son prochain dans un monde de bruts ❤️🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

Papillon

@Papiillon

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Un des trés (trop) rares artistes Tunisiens engagés porteur d'un message humaniste qui n'hesite pas à nommer les choses. La belle intervention du guitariste Yasser Jradi au micro de @afefgharbitv

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From the populist backlash to the fascist backlash: how the Arab Spring poster child is openly flirting with Far Right, racist and fascist ideology, orchestrated since 2018 by the fascist political party “Tunisian Nationalist Party”, headed by Sofien Ben Sghaier,a Saied supporter

Tunisian Presidency - الرئاسة التونسية

@TnPresidency

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President #Kais_Saied chairs a National Security Council meeting dedicated to urgent measures to be taken to address the large influx of irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. #TnPR

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#KamelBenSaad becomes the 1st black #Tunisian to head the prestigious school of engineering @Eni_Tunis , & 1st young director of the institution. He’s the grandson of #FrajBenSaad , a multi-talented & pioneer sportsman: a swimmer, a water polo player & trainer.

ETTACHKILA

@EttachkilaTN

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Carthage et la Banlieue Nord honore un de ses mômes les plus valeureux. Le nom de Fraj Ben Saâd Messaoud (ancien nageur, poloiste et entraîneur) a été donné à une rue de la ville. Parmi les pionniers de la Natation en Afrique.. 🏊🏽‍♂️🇹🇳 Allah Yarhmou.

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منذ سنة عنونت صحيفة ذو كونتينت الجنوب أفريقية صفحتها الرئيسية بصورة الرئيس التونسي قيس سعيد بجملة "ألقوا اللوم على الأفارقة السود". أصبحت تونس دولة مارقة، عنصرية في نظر الأفارقة.مؤخرا كنت في ندوة في جامعة برينستون وحكت لي جامعية جزائرية في جامعة في كاليفورنيا عن زيارتها لتونس

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To end my rant for tonight: Tunisians should be thankful to Ottoman Hanafi scholars, Thomas Reade, British consul to Tunis & 2 lesser extent Ahmad Bey for having lobbied for the abolition of slavery in 1846, as most Tunisians ferociously opposed abolition & slave holders asked 4

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French propaganda poster encouraging colonization of #Tunisia by populating it with more #French ppl, to counter the #Italian presence citing the fact that #Tunisia is not an #Italian protectorate, while focussing in the notion of “French people first”.

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Je me rappelais quand Marzouki était élu président en 2011, 1 tunisien “blanc” se croyant marrant m’avait dit: “tiens,tu as 1 président qui te ressemble maintenant.” Pour bcp, il ne représentait pas la #Tunise car trop “brun” contrairement aux yeux bleus & peau claire 2 Bourguiba

Benoît Delmas

@westernculturel

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@Papiillon C'est une chasse aux noirs Dès 2011 "on" m'expliquait que le président Marzouki avait la "peau très sombre". Les catacombes du ressentiment.

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Les membres du Réseau des Femmes Leaders Africaines - AWLN-Tunisie sommes désolés d'être les porteuses d'une terrible nouvelle. Nous sommes profondément attristés de vous informer le décès de Notre chère Mme Jamila Ksiksi présidente du Réseau des femmes ledaers Africaines et

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#BlackLivesMatter protests are boosting Tunisia’s anti-racist movement: my latest piece

Black Lives Matter protests are boosting Tunisia's anti-racist movement - +972 Magazine

Black Tunisian activism is growing in strength and allies — but advocates say much work remains to be done in addressing anti-Black racism in the country.

www.972mag.com

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Tin Hinan is the name given by the Tuareg to a 3rd- or 4th-century woman of prestige whose skeleton was found in a pre-Islamic tomb in the Ahaggar Mountains. The name means literally “She of the tents”, but may be metaphorically translated as “Mother of the tribe”(or “of us all”)

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The moral depravity of #charliehebdo is simply beyond utter disgust & horror at such an insensitivity about human suffering…..

Charlie Hebdo

@Charlie_Hebdo_

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✏️Le dessin du jour, par #Juin

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SLIM MARZOUG (OR THE GENERAL) We're in the early 60s, he's the first Tunisian black saying out loud: NO TO RACISM and imprisoned by Bourguiba (the father of Tunisian independence) for over 35 years, at Manouba psychiatric hospital. By Maha Abdelhamid (thread)

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29 سنة مضت على وفاتك أبي العزيز بابا الحارث . لازالت حيا في قلبي دائما وأبدا. رحمك الله 29 years ago, my beloved father Papa Hareth passed away. You will always be alive to guide me in everything I do in my life thanks to your unconditional love and deep belief in me.

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Damn! Even 10 years later this video makes me 😭😢😭😢

عوض المطيري

@AwadAl_

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عبدالناصر العويني قبل ١٠ سنوات من اليوم . " أتنفسّوا الحرية .. بن علي هرب " .

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Day 2 of self-confinement in my #Tunis ‘hood. Nice to be back home with my mama.

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Please support Sub-Saharan African migrants in #Tunisia . Please donate! Thanks 🙏🏽

Soutenez les personnes subsahariennes en Tunisie, organized by Citoyen.ne.s Contre le racisme

English below Nous sommes un collectif de citoyen.ne.s soli… Citoyen.ne.s Contre le racisme needs your support for Soutenez les personnes subsahariennes en Tunisie

www.gofundme.com

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32 years ago, my dad died prematurely before his 42nd birthday. He wasn’t only a loving & caring father, but also a close friend & an intellectual partner who enjoyed political debates with his daughter. I stumbled upon this old though scruffy French language article (from

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Jamila was the big sister I always wanted to have. I’m broken-hearted as I won’t be able to see her again or bid her farewell. It hurts even more when you are away. I wanted to say sorry to anyone I did wrong: it wasn’t intentional. A piece of me is broken today :’(.Allah yarhmik

jamila debech ksiksi

@JamilaDebech

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@HudaMzioudet I'm so proud of you sister, activist as usual, thant you for mention the black Tunisian issue.

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#تونس #الاخشيدي

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@TippingOddsLV @KhalilJeries Photo 1: Ghriba Synagogue, in the island of Djerba (Tunisia), oldest synagogue in Africa, famous for its annual pilgrimage during Lag B’omer. Photo 2: René Trabelsi, Tunisian Jew from Djerba and former Tunisian minister of tourism

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«Barg Ellil», nouvelle traduction d’un roman anti-raciste et insolent – #Tunisia / Nawaat

«Barg Ellil», nouvelle traduction d’un roman anti-raciste et insolent

Certaines œuvres artistiques et littéraires sont indémodables, à tel point qu’elles ont le pouvoir de ressurgir avec une insolence salutaire dans l’actualité. C’est le cas de Barg Ellil de Béchir...

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شوف هاكا الشعب الايسلندي العريق الخايف على "المورفولوجيا" متاعه تندثر. ياخي سي الطحان عمل test ADN يشوف النقاوة العرقية متاعه قبل ما يحل خرارته بخمج متاع 3000 سنا "حضارة"؟ تبا لزمن الرداءة اللي عايشين فيه. _سعيّد_و_زمور_يليق_بكم -_-

Papillon

@Papiillon

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Racisme décomplexé sur nos médias. La suite. On a ce tocard (ex ministre) qui prévient les Tunisiens "si la migration des tunisiens continue, les Africains vont venir se marier chez nous et nous remplacer". Aucune réaction de la "journaliste" bien évidemment

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الله أكبر إنا لله إنا إليه راجعون. اللهم إنا لا نسألك رد القضاء ولكن نسألك اللطف فيه. بحزن ولوعة كبيرين بلغني وفاة صديقتي وأختي الكبرى وملهمتي السيدة @JamilaDebech جميلة دبش الكسيكسي التي وافاها الأجل اليوم مع أختها آمال في حادث مرور بين صفاقس وقابس. اللهم ارحمهما وبرد ثراهما وصبر

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A network of #African human rights defenders issued a communiqué on the Detention of Human Rights Defenders in #Tunisia with 28 signatories from across the continent, in support of Saadia Mosbah, Sherifa Riahi and Iadh Bousselmi (ex and current exec dir of Tunisie Terre D’Asile)

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من باب الخبث ودس السم في العسل في بعض الوسائل الاعلامية التونسية عند حدوث اعتداءات عنصرية على أفارقة سود الاسراع باحضار طاولة وكراسي والاتيان "بخبراء" لا ناقة لهم ولا جمل بالقضية فقط مشعوذين يمدوا وجوههم ويعملوا سفسطة وغوغاء على طريقة أحمد ونيس. هكذا تقاد الجماهير المنهوكة

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The magic of #Arabic language different dialects (including the #Creolized #European version of Arabic #Maltese ). Photo courtesy of Nadim Karmoussa.

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This happens when you have an antisemitic president peddling conspiracy theory about Zionism:TN prez #Saied on #Derna #StormDaniel #Libya : “Didn’t anyone wonder why the name Daniel was chosen?” Saied asked, adding: “Because the Zionist movement has infiltrated minds and thinking.

Haaretz.com

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Hundreds of people were filmed setting fire to a 16th century synagogue in the central Tunisian city of Al Hammah during anti-Israel riots after an explosion at a Gaza hospital

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On avance doucement, mais sûrement, vers un régime Staliniste: 1 joli mélange entre Ceausescu & Gaddafi (1980s). C’est hallucinant comment la #Tunisie en est arrivé à devoir recyclé des régimes totalitaires en 2023. Orwell n’en avait pas imaginé un pareil scénario fantasmagorique

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@kshaheen Mabrouk Kareem. I remember when I landed @ Trudeau Airport in 2018 to apply for my PR, the immigration officer told me: "Welcome to Canada, now you have the same rights & duties as a Canadian citizen, except for the right to vote. But you're not missing anything" I got tearful🥲

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