Elyes Ben Ammar

Environment, Labour  •  August 12, 2025  •  and Over the past few days, there have been a series of power outages across Tunisia. During Tunisia’s sweltering summer months, electricity demand often surges to record-breaking levels as air conditioning systems run at full capacity everywhere from homes and workplaces to grocery stores and hospitals – for those who can afford it.

A decade of struggles Exactly 10 years on, how should we understand the root causes of the 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa? These essays aim to challenge a number of misconceptions about the region, its people and their revolts and uprisings by having a great selection of contributions from outstanding scholars and activists rooted in the region.