Amel Grami, an intellectual historian at Manouba University, whose campus was besieged last year by Salafi activists opposed to women’s equality and secular education, says the Arab Spring has “triggered a male identity crisis” that has magnified the extreme positions taken by Islamist parties. Many fear that Ennahda is trying to undo those laws. Since it attained independence from France in 1956, Tunisia has had some of the region’s most progressive laws relating to women and families. Morsi as a return by Egyptians to “freedom” and to “the path of Gamal Abdel Nasser.” Brahmi, who had saluted the ouster of Mr. Brahmi vocally opposed - that would lay the foundations for a repressive Islamic state.Įarlier this month, at a rally here supporting the ousted Islamist president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, Sahbi Atig, the head of the Ennahda bloc in Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly, warned: “All those who dare to kill the will of the people in Tunisia or in Egypt, the Tunisian street will be authorized to do what it wants with - including to shed their blood.” Commentators have understandably connected these remarks to the death of Mr. The Western media have portrayed Ennahda as an innocuous voice of moderation, but it has been pushing for a constitution - one Mr. It should be recognized, and condemned, for being the radical party that it is: a party that has created a climate of escalating fundamentalist violence that threatens the lives of liberal, left-wing and secular activists. The Islamist party Ennahda, which governs Tunisia, has blamed the killing - as well as the assassination, nearly six months ago, of Chokri Belaid, a prominent human rights advocate - on a young weapons smuggler who has ties to Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.īut Ennahda itself bears much of the blame.
The track is now a Ramadan staple across the globe, with the tireless Zain recording versions in English, Arabic and Turkish.TUNIS - MOHAMED BRAHMI, the left-wing politician who was assassinated outside his home here last Thursday, was born in Sidi Bouzid, the same town where a desperate fruit vendor set himself on fire in December 2010, triggering the Tunisian revolution - and the Arab Spring. Beautifully produced with lyrics praising the Prophet Mohammed, the song crossed over as it managed to successfully marry traditional instrumentation with Zain’s pop vocals. Where previously, with the exception of the UK’s Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) and South Africa’s Zain Bikha, Islamic spiritual music was viewed as a niche offering, Zain made it a mainstream affair with this signature anthem. It’s track that took the burgeoning nashid music industry global. ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alayka’ by Maher Zain (2011) Here are 10 songs that shaped the last decade: 1.
Emirati star Hussain Al Jassmi scored the biggest hit of his career out a song that was basically a public service announcement, Palestine’s Mohammed Assaf won Arab Idol and subsequently our hearts, Lebanon’s Mashrou’ Leila became one of the Arab world’s most important bands and the nashid music industry went mainstream. When it comes to Arabic pop music, this decade has seen some interesting and, in some cases, surprising developments.
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