Christina Omlin

Mar 27, 2024 | qantara.de | Sarah Mersch |Katharina Pfannkuch |Christina Omlin

Four people were condemned to death and two sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after a decade-long investigation into the 2013 killing of Tunisian secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid. Tunisia still hands down death sentences, particularly in "terrorism" cases, even though a de facto moratorium in effect since 1991 means they are effectively commuted to life terms.

Jul 14, 2023 | qantara.de | Shady Lewis Botros |Christina Omlin |Sarah Mersch |Aude Gensbittel

Any film attempting an artistic examination of Tunisia's most recent past always runs the risk of falling prey to the icons of the revolution and stereotypes, even if the events concerned happened more than a decade ago. How, for example, to bring to the screen a figure such as Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation initiated the Arab revolutions? How to represent an entire generation of Bouazizis, who are just as furious as Bouazizi was back then?