After Arab Spring, Tunisia faces Muslim divide
TUNIS, TUNISIA - APRIL 18: Perched atop a pillar, a boy reads a book during an hour-long read-in, a silent demonstration organized by secular parties to promote education along Habib Bourguiba Avenue, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. During the revolution, violent clashes and teargas was a familiar sight along the Avenue. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post)
In the birthplace of the uprisings that have swept the Arab world, new freedoms have meant gains for Islamists. Their heightened power, in turn, has led to more intimate confrontations in which many Tunisian families struggle with essential questions of identity.
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