Safwan M. Masri
Safwan M. Masri is a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and executive vice president for global centers and global development at Columbia. He is the author of Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly (Columbia University Press, 2017), which examines why Tunisia was the only country to emerge from the Arab Spring as a democracy.
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Opinion
Why Tunisia’s Once Superior Education System Needs to Reform Again
A long tradition of progressive reform prepared the country for independence in 1957. But now its universities are seen as…
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Opinion
Repairing Tunisia’s Education System Is Key to Tackling Its Economic Woes
Many of the country’s current problems stem from decisions made by the former despot Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali that undermined…
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