Tunisia: Western Pundits or “Hot-Take” Arsonists

The most ignorant and dangerous responses to Tunisia’s July 25 events came from Western-based pundits, think-tankers, and self-styled “progressive” US politicians. Many Tunisian analysts, social scientists, policy specialists, and activists—who have mostly not been invited to comment on their own country in Western media—are enraged at the selective marginalization of Tunisian voices in favor of overly rehearsed, decontextualized analyses of our country’s current reality and the resulting ill-informed, inhumane, and interventionist recommendations.