Connections Episode 29
Tunisia’s New Autocracy
Mouin Rabbani Interviews Mohamed Haddad
On Tuesday, 15 February Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani spoke with Tunisian journalist Mohamed Haddad about Tunisian President Kais Saied’s consolidation of power since his suspension of parliament in July 2021. This episode of Connections examines Tunisia’s new autocracy and Tunisian responses to its construction.
Connections offers timely and informative interviews on current events and broader policy questions, as well as themes relevant to knowledge production. It combines journalism, analysis, and scholarship.
Guest
Mohamed Haddad is currently a Mason Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. For the past decade he has been a journalist in Tunisia, working for major international media like Reuters, AFP, and Le Monde. He has worked as a media trainer for journalists from across the Arabic-speaking world, and In 2015, he co-founded Barr Al-Aman Research Media, an NGO based in Tunisia whose mission is to create bridges between academic research and journalism.
Host
Mouin Rabbani has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.
Previous Episodes
Connections Podcast Episode 1: The Biden Administration and the Middle East with Noam Chomsky
Connections Podcast Episode 2: The Politics of Holy Cities with Mick Dumper and Maha Samman
Connections Podcast Episode 3: Apartheid Israel with Norman Finkelstein
Connections Podcast Episode 4: Israel-Palestine: A Turning Point? with Nathan Thrall
Connections Podcast Episode 5: Investigating Israel with Lori Allen
Connections Podcast Episode 6: The US Congress, Israel, and the Palestinians with Lara Friedman
Connections Podcast Episode 7: Palestine at the Crossroads with Hanan Ashrawi
Connections Podcast Episode 9: Lebanon in Crisis with Nadya Sbaiti
Connections Episode 10: Crisis in Tunisia with Houda Mzioudet
Connections Episode 11: A Planet in the Balance with Jeffrey D. Sachs
Connections Episode 12: Focus Afghanistan with Benon Sevan
Connections Episode 13: Asylum in the USA with Basileus Zeno
Connections Episode 14 - Digital Espionage: A Global Pandemic with Marwa Fatafta
Connections Episode 15: The Lasting Legacies of US Torture with Lisa Hajjar
Connections Episode 16: Whither Yemen? with Helen Lackner
Connections Episode 17: A Decade of Upheaval with Nabih Bulos
Connections Episode 18 — Iran: Domestic and Foreign Politics with Ali Vaez
Connections Episode 22: Narrations of Palestine with Alison Glick and Nora Lester Murad
Connections Episode 23: The Global Far Right with Cas Mudde
Connections Episode 24: Crises in The Maghreb with Samia Errazzouki
Connections Episode 25: War Economies with Mark Taylor
Connections Episode 26: Libya in the Balance with Claudia Gazzini
Connections Episode 27: Israel's Sacred Terrorism with Remi Brulin
