Who would lead Tunisia into the next chapter of its history — the revolutionaries who had pushed Ben Ali out of power, or the returning Islamists who had spent years exiled in Europe?Oleh Erin Clare Brown & Cyrus Roedel

Ben Ali was gone, but the trouble with popular uprisings is there's not a lot of foresight. So how do you bootstrap a democracy when you've never really had one?Oleh Erin Clare Brown & Cyrus Roedel

The final days of the revolution crashed into Tunis and onto Avenue Habib Bourguiba, but as protesters called for Ben Ali to get out, a dark secret was hiding just below their feet.Oleh Erin Clare Brown & Cyrus Roedel

The Arab Spring is often called the Twitter Revolution, but who were the people behind the keyboard sending all those tweets? And, maybe more importantly, who were the people reading and acting on the calls to protest they saw on social media? This week we follow along with Lina Ben Mhenni and other bloggers and activists who were crucial to making…

As Ben Ali loses his grasp on power, we meet two young lovers who are willing to risk everything to get the protests to spread.Oleh Erin Clare Brown & Cyrus Roedel

In a dusty mining town on the edge of the Sahara, we follow along with two young spies on a dangerous mission in what would become the prelude to the revolution.Oleh Erin Clare Brown & Cyrus Roedel

What do a yacht heist, a tiger, and a couple dozen Porsche SUVs have to do with the police state that was Tunisia in 2010? Well, everything, actually. Come along for the ride as we meet Zine el-Abbedin Ben Ali and his wife, Leila Trabelsi, who built their outsized lives on the broken system that was crushing Tunisia.…

Where were you on the day that changed the course of the 21st century? I'm not talking about 9/11, but about January 14, 2011, ten years ago today. You don't remember? Then you're not going to want to miss this story.Oleh Erin Clare Brown & Cyrus Roedel

Ten years ago, a desperate young man set himself on fire in an obscure town in Tunisia, and set a new course for his country — and the world. The Arab Spring reshaped the course of the 21st century, but the uprising that inspired them all is often overlooked. Until now. Revolution 1 tells the story of the Tunisian uprising through the voices of tho…

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/tayp/Anis+CEPEX+Webinar.m4v TAYPers Anif Mnif and Mohamed Malouche join Mme Ikhlas Haddar and CEPEX to discuss ways to promote Tunisian exports to the US. This webinar is the first episode of a series of 3 webinars intended to educate Tunisian businesses on ways to access the US Market.…

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/tayp/Tunisia+USA+Exports.mp3 Two TAYPers (Mondher Ben Hamida and Anis Mnif) who are deeply embedded in global supply chain issues discuss the challenges and opportunities of exporting Tunisian products to the US market. For more on TAYP’s efforts on the exports front, go to: http://tayp.org/project-detail/tunisian…

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/tayp/TAYP+Test+Podcast+-+1%3A8%3A17%2C+3.19+PM.mp3Oleh Mondher Ben Hamida