Topic: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Tunisians yearn for the good old days of a strongman

Tunisians still revile ousted leader President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, but admiration is rising for his predecessor, who had strongman tendencies of his own but also helped Tunisia flourish.

Tunisians invoke Macbeth to warn against a return of toil and trouble

Tunisia's Al Nahda unveils new cabinet in latest bid to placate critics

Tunisia wobbles further as PM resigns and credit rating drops

As Tunisia's Ennahda falters, supporters wonder if it can handle the heat

After assassination, Tunisia undertakes crucial debate

Report: Unity government imminent in Tunisia

Tunisian government pushes supports to rally

Terrorism & Security Tunisians mourn slain opposition leader amid concerns of rising turmoil (+video)

Tunisia, a model in Arab uprisings, scrambles to get back on track

Tunisia PM tries to dissolve his government. His party says no. (+video)

Tunisia 'at a crossroads'

Tunisia's double blow: political assassination, government dissolution

Obama's pivot to Asia? Middle East will still demand attention in 2013.

Tunisia seeks gold in former dictator's assets

In post-revolutionary Tunisia, 'it's (still) the economy, stupid.'

In Egypt and Tunisia, Salafis move from prisons to parliaments

Books and art pit freedom of religion against free speech in Tunisia

What's it mean that an Islamist rules Egypt?

Tunisian town's mourning of a suicide highlights softer side of Salafism

In Tunisia, leaders struggle to kick the problems that toppled Ben Ali

The Monitor's View Arab Spring's second revolution

In Tunisia's sentencing of a dictator, a model for bringing justice?

Opinion Look to Yemen as model for Syria's transition after Bashar al-Assad

Tunisia debate turns personal: 'Pray more and turn down that Metallica'