Haïfa Mzalouat

1 month ago | rsf.org | Haïfa Mzalouat

The expanding news empire of French billionaire Vincent Bolloré and the exodus of employees protesting his controversial media policies have exposed a troubling practice in the journalism industry: to obtain severance packages, French journalists must sign agreements that prohibit them from speaking freely about their employers for an indefinite period.

2 months ago | inkyfada.com | Haïfa Mzalouat

The year 2022 came to a close with elections that attracted only 11.2% of voters, the lowest turnout in over a decade. Politics is no longer the focus, while the economy is struggling in the wake of a trying year marked by shortages, soaring inflation, and complicated negotiations with the IMF in the background.

2 months ago | inkyfada.com | Haïfa Mzalouat

“I need to know the truth! Where is my son?” Souad’s voice resonates strongly through the square in the town of Zarzis, in the south of Tunisia. On Sept. 6, 2022, in spite of the sweltering heat, the families of people who went missing during migration marched through the town with sympathetic activists, holding banners and slogans. This date was chosen in homage to the 80 people who went missing after a small boat departing from Tunisia sank off the coast of Italy.

Aug 26, 2024 | inkyfada.com | Haïfa Mzalouat |Emna Chebaane

“T here’s nothing as a safe place, but I’m trying my best to stay safe”. 22-year-old journalist Plestia Alaqad has been reporting on the situation as best she can on social networks, while escaping Israel's bombing raids on the Gaza Strip. “I am barely able to do my job under these circumstances”. Journalists in the field are on the front lines, trying their best to cover the facts, often losing their lives in the process.

Aug 26, 2024 | inkyfada.com | Haïfa Mzalouat

"It's simple: Teleperformance owns us," says Yahya*. The young man has been living in Athens for two years now. Like hundreds of other Tunisians, he has joined the Greek offices of the French multinational, the world's largest call center group. Present in over 60 countries, the company has outsourced its services to Greece, where labor costs are considerably lower than elsewhere in Europe. Initially, Yahya wasn't destined to become a call center operator in Greece.