Monday
Jan312011
Tunisia Feature: An Interview with Rached Ghannouchi (Abedin)
Yesterday Rached Ghannouchi, the head of the al-Nahda Party, returned to Tunisia after more than 20 years in exile.
Al-Nahda, banned by the Ben Ali regime, is generally labelled an "Islamist" party, and there has been a lot of chatter about its intentions and policies. Ghannouchi has been giving a series of interviews to try and assuage any concerns and to set out the possibilities for the party.
Last Thursday, Mahan Abedin interviewed Ghannouchi for the site Religioscope....