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Thomas Serres

Thomas Serres is an assistant professor of politics at UC Santa Cruz. Prior, he was a lecturer in the politics department at University of California, Santa Cruz and a specialist of North Africa. The manuscript of his first book is entitled “The

Reporting from Tunis
Members of the Tunisian Journalists Union support imprisoned Moroccan journalists Omar Radi and Souleimane Raissouni, on World Press Freedom Day, 2021. Jdidi Wassim/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Reporting from Tunis

In the aftermath of the 2011 revolution, Tunisian journalist Bassam Bounenni published an article on the dissident digital news site, Nawaat. In it, he criticized the media’s practices under fallen dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben ‘Ali (1987-2011). For the media to play a role in the new political order, he
Thomas Serres • 11 min read
The Algerian Hirak Between Mobilization and Imprisonment - An Interview with Hakim Addad
Students shout slogans during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, March 19, 2019. Zohra Bensemra/ReutersHakim Addad
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The Algerian Hirak Between Mobilization and Imprisonment - An Interview with Hakim Addad

Hakim Addad has been a political activist in Algeria for decades. In this interview with Thomas Serres he discusses the increasing repression of peaceful demonstrators under President Tebboune, the positive role of a new generation of activists in the Hirak movement, his arrests and imprisonment and
Thomas Serres • 14 min read
The Algerian Hirak Between Mobilization and Imprisonment - An Interview with Hakim Addad
Students shout slogans during a protest calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to quit, in Algiers, March 19, 2019. Zohra Bensemra/ReutersHakim Addad
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The Algerian Hirak Between Mobilization and Imprisonment - An Interview with Hakim Addad

Hakim Addad has been a political activist in Algeria for decades. In this interview with Thomas Serres he discusses the increasing repression of peaceful demonstrators under President Tebboune, the positive role of a new generation of activists in the Hirak movement, his arrests and imprisonment and
Thomas Serres • 14 min read