October 2018
Ulf Laessing : Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south, Reuters, october,29, 2018:
Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern town after the government tightened controls with Libya to stop militants crossing the 460km (286 miles) border.
September 2018
Massinissa Benlakehal: Tunisia’s Kerkennah Islands: A land for smuggling, The New Arab, September, 27, 2018:
As Libya’s shores sees tightened controls, Tunisia’s Kerkennah Islands has become the new route for migrants trying to make the crossing to Europe in the past year.
October 2017
Carlotta Gall: 2 Frenchwomen Accuse Prominent Islamic Scholar of Sexual Assault, The New York Times, October 29, 2017:
“Amid a recent outpouring by Frenchwomen reporting episodes of sexual harassment and naming their aggressors, two women have accused a renowned Islamic scholar of violent sexual attacks.
The French activist and author Henda Ayari filed a police complaint 10 days ago accusing the Swiss-born Islamic scholar, Tariq Ramadan, of sexually assaulting her in 2012.”
September 2017
Javier Martin: El ‘rap’ árabe, de la revuelta a la yihad, El Pais, September 13, 2017:
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