Tag: Monetary Sovereignty
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Authoritarianism, economic liberalization, and the roots of the 2011 uprisings
By Adam Hanieh [1] Exactly 10 years on, how should we understand the root causes of the 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa? At the time, many commentators and policy-makers answered this question with reference to the simple mantra of ‘political and economic freedom’. While much of the world appeared to move…
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Looking back, looking forward: to inherit a revolution
By Miriyam Aouragh & Hamza Hamouchene Around a year ago we were reminiscing about how a decade had passed since the mass protests in Alexandria (Egypt) in June 2010 against the police murder of a young Egyptian, Khaled Mohamed Saeed,[1] and since the start of the third Saharawi intifada in Gdeim Izik[2] (Occupied Western Sahara)…
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Tunisia joins forces to save global capital
Unsurprisingly, Tunisia is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis amid the covid19 outbreak. The newly elected government headed by Elyes Fakhfakh decided on March 22nd to impose an early general lockdown on the country to contain the spread of the virus. 1.5 million Tunisian workers continued to work during the pandemic while more than…
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The CFA Franc, the Saga of a (neo)colonial currency
Bustling is the history of the CFA Franc. While some believe that this divisive currency should be resting in the old collections of numismatists fond of colonial history, the CFA franc still runs today in the veins of 14 African economies. It took a fight between the leaders of two (former) colonial powers to remind…
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Tunisian dinar: a state-building story (AUDIO)
Mohamed Haddad interviewed Myriam Amri at the end of the conference about her ongoing research (Arabic): In her exposé titled the Making of the Dinar producing the State in Postcolonial Tunisia, Myriam Amri explores the narratives around the process of the creation of the dinar as well as the first years of the activity of…