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Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen is a Tunis-based journalist. On Twitter: @stephen_quillen

People are seen picking out sheep at a livestock market, in Tunis' Ariana region, ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, amid an increase in livestock prices, June 21, 2023.

Eid's price tag: Tunisia’s inflation leaves sheep out of reach for many Muslims

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

migrants in Tunisia

Tunisia's migrants face new roadblock in popular smuggling route to Europe

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

An elderly Tunisian man votes during a referendum on a draft constitution put forward by the country's president.

Tunisians vote to expand president’s powers

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Stephen Quillen

A Tunisian Jewish woman is seen in the Ghriba synagogue in the Tunisian resort island of Djerba.

Pilgrimage to Tunisian island of Djerba highlights ancient Jewish heritage

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

A picture shows the Tunisian parliament in Tunis on March 31, 2022.

Tunisia's future darkens with dissolution of parliament

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

Demonstrators burn tyres during a general strike following the death of a protester and the reopening of a rubbish dump, Aguereb, Tunisia, Nov. 10, 2021.

Residents of Tunisian village protest massive toxic landfill

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

Tunisia protest

Coup fears grow as Tunisian president shores up power

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

Tunisian military forces guard the area around the parliament building, following protests in reaction to a move by the president last night to suspend the parliament and dismiss the prime minister, Tunis, Tunisia, July 26, 2021.

Fending off 'coup' claims, Tunisian president announces anti-corruption drive

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

An elderly wheelchair-bound woman receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at El-Menzah sports hall, Tunis, Tunisia, April 12, 2021.

Tunisian TV show pranks guests with 'lethal' COVID-19 vaccines

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

A man walks past a sculpture of Mohamed Bouazizi's cart (bearing text reading in Arabic: "I do not forgive") in the square named after him in the centre of the town of Sidi Bouzid in central Tunisia on October 27, 2020, the cradle of the 2011 Tunisian revolution where unemployment remains high ten years later. - The sister of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation sparked a string of Arab uprisings, says she is "very disappointed" in Tunisia's revolution and has urged young Tunisians to continue the fight

10 years on, Tunisian emotions mixed in birthplace of Arab Spring

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

A general view shows a empty street in Sidi Bou Said, an attractive tourist destination, as the country extended the lockdown by two weeks to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tunis, Tunisia April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC2RVF9FUCSQ

Tunisia emerges healthy from six-week lockdown

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen

Official handshakes, angry crowds greet Saudi crown prince in Tunis

Stephen Quillen

Stephen Quillen