5 Questions: Safwan Masri on His New Book ‘Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly’

In his new book, Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly, Safwan Masri, former executive vice president for Columbia Global Centers and Global Development, traces Tunisia’s history of reform in education, religion and women’s rights, arguing that the seeds for today’s relatively liberal and democratic society were planted as far back as the middle of the 19th century.

October 12, 2017