Tunisia after Ben Ali - Special programme (Part 1)

On December 17th 2010, Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian, set himself alight in protest at his treatment by local police. Exactly two months on, France 24 looks back at how one desperate act led to the fall of a dictator who had been in power for 23 years, and spread the seeds of popular revolt to an entire region.

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Moncef CHEIKH-ROUHOU, Professor of international finance
Moncef M. BOUHAFA, Tunisian-American media consultant, former Unicef official
Saïd KECHIDA, Tunisian Economist and Policy Analyst
Nedra CHERIF, Member of the Byrsa Bureau
Lina BEN MHENNI, France 24 Observer (By satellite from Tunis)
Adrianus KOETSENRUIJTER, Ambassador, Chief of the European Commission delegation in Tunis (By satellite from Tunis)
Ahdaf SOUEIF, Egyptian novelist and political commentator (by phone from Cairo)

Programme prepared by Perrine Desplats and Yi Song.

Watch the 2nd part.

Presenter

François Picard

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Homegrown terror (part 2)

With attackers who stick around the crime scene to brag, a lot has changed since the July 2005 London bombings. After last year’s Toulouse shootings and last month’s attack on the Boston marathon, François Picard’s panel looks at homegrown terror made in Britain;

23/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Homegrown terror

22/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran: no more surprises? (part 2)

Is the outcome of Iran’s presidential election a foregone conclusion or will the protest vote coalesce around one candidate? François Picard’s panel argues over just how much the clerics control the process.

22/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran: no more surprises?

21/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

More English? Non merci (part 2)

Is loosening a ban on English-language classes in French universities akin to waving the white flag of surrender or a way of getting the French in on the global conversation? Passions run high in a debate that splits both academics and politicians.