After years of repression, Aicha Dhaouadi is serving parliament for the Islamist party. “Try to know us more,” she says to those who suspect a veneer of moderation. Last of three profiles of women playing active roles in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Women’s rights have long been considered a development keystone. Tunisian women–in the vanguard of the Arab world–will put that theory to a crucial test as the country’s new democracy takes shape following last week’s elections.
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