The Boy Named Jihad: From the Ashes of the Arab Spring to the Battlefields of...
Alice SuAMMAN, Jordan — Umm Jihad’s desktop background is a photo of her son Jihad smiling over his shoulder in a forest, superimposed on a sparkly pastel backdrop. “This was in Syria right before he...
View ArticleTunisia Braces for the Backlash
Alice SuSOUSSE, Tunisia—It is the middle of the afternoon, and a warm sun beats down along the Tunisian coast. A bright, blue Mediterranean Sea laps against the sand. But not a single foreigner is in...
View ArticleThe Terrorist Threat to Tunisia's Newborn Democracy
Alice SuSOUSSE, Tunisia—Terrorism is not Tunisian, the refrain of the moment goes. Except it was on Friday. Just before noon, Seifeddine Rezgui, a 23-year-old Tunisian, pulled a Kalashnikov out of an...
View ArticleThis Week: Youth Fighters in Tunisia
Tom HundleyWHY THEY GOWhen Pulitzer Center grantee Alice Su arrived in Tunisia a few weeks ago for a long-planned story on why young men were drawn to violent jihadist groups, she’d never heard of...
View ArticleLosing a Revolution: Tunisia’s Forgotten Youth
Elizabeth AdetibaYears after young people first rallied in the streets—singing, marching, and chanting for the resignation of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his regime—the spirit of hope has disappeared....
View ArticleTunisia Faces Legacy of Religious Oppression in Fight Against Radicalism
Alice SuKASSERINE, Tunisia – On Valentine’s Day in 2014, Safouan Aichaoui updated his Facebook status with a smiley face and the words “feeling alive.” The Tunisian 24-year-old had arrived in Idlib,...
View ArticleTunisians Struggle with Arab Spring Impact
Alice SuSBEITLA, Tunisia — At gate to the mosque in Hayy Sourour in Sbeitla, deep in Tunisia’s arid interior region of Kasserine, the main door is missing. Two of the three green doors remain under a...
View ArticleJordan: The Mothers
Alice SuAMMAN, Jordan – “How are you sure that your son is shaheed, a martyr?” I ask Umm Jihad. We sip orange soda, fanning ourselves in the surprise heat of this day. Cartoon Network plays in Arabic...
View ArticleMeet the Journalist: Alice Su
Alice Su Why do young people from Jordan and Tunisia decide to join militant groups in Syria? Are they driven by ideological, economic, or other factors? How are governments trying to stop them, and is...
View ArticleThe Boy Named Jihad: From the Ashes of the Arab Spring to the Battlefields of...
Alice SuAMMAN, Jordan — Umm Jihad’s desktop background is a photo of her son Jihad smiling over his shoulder in a forest, superimposed on a sparkly pastel backdrop. “This was in Syria right before he...
View ArticleTunisia Braces for the Backlash
Alice SuSOUSSE, Tunisia—It is the middle of the afternoon, and a warm sun beats down along the Tunisian coast. A bright, blue Mediterranean Sea laps against the sand. But not a single foreigner is in...
View ArticleThe Terrorist Threat to Tunisia's Newborn Democracy
Alice SuSOUSSE, Tunisia—Terrorism is not Tunisian, the refrain of the moment goes. Except it was on Friday. Just before noon, Seifeddine Rezgui, a 23-year-old Tunisian, pulled a Kalashnikov out of an...
View ArticleThis Week: Youth Fighters in Tunisia
Tom HundleyWHY THEY GOWhen Pulitzer Center grantee Alice Su arrived in Tunisia a few weeks ago for a long-planned story on why young men were drawn to violent jihadist groups, she’d never heard of...
View ArticleLosing a Revolution: Tunisia’s Forgotten Youth
Elizabeth AdetibaYears after young people first rallied in the streets—singing, marching, and chanting for the resignation of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his regime—the spirit of hope has disappeared....
View ArticleTunisia Faces Legacy of Religious Oppression in Fight Against Radicalism
Alice SuKASSERINE, Tunisia – On Valentine’s Day in 2014, Safouan Aichaoui updated his Facebook status with a smiley face and the words “feeling alive.” The Tunisian 24-year-old had arrived in Idlib,...
View ArticleTunisians Struggle with Arab Spring Impact
Alice SuSBEITLA, Tunisia — At gate to the mosque in Hayy Sourour in Sbeitla, deep in Tunisia’s arid interior region of Kasserine, the main door is missing. Two of the three green doors remain under a...
View ArticleJordan: The Mothers
Alice SuAMMAN, Jordan – “How are you sure that your son is shaheed, a martyr?” I ask Umm Jihad. We sip orange soda, fanning ourselves in the surprise heat of this day. Cartoon Network plays in Arabic...
View ArticleMeet the Journalist: Alice Su
Alice Su Why do young people from Jordan and Tunisia decide to join militant groups in Syria? Are they driven by ideological, economic, or other factors? How are governments trying to stop them, and is...
View ArticleIs There a Link Between Refugees and Extremists?
Alice SuTerror seems to spin in circles these days: Beirut, Baghdad, Paris, Mali, and now, again, Tunisia. As details come out about the November 24 bus bombing in Tunis, I am thinking of the last...
View ArticleNews Bites and Lesson of the Week: Refugees and Extremism
Amanda OttawayDear Educators,News Bite 4, "Is There a Link Between Refugees and Extremists?"Last night, Las Vegas hosted the latest Republican presidential debate. And as you know, one particularly...
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