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Mohamed Mdalla
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Mohamed Mdalla
Writer and editor for Tunisia Live, an English-language online news publication in Tunisia. Major: Near Eastern studies.
CHALLENGE: Sometimes it is difficult to find reliable sources, particularly in the government.
COVERED: A political standoff between Islamists in the government and secular opponents, passage of Tunisia’s constitution, and a song gone viral.
INSPIRING: The Tunisian journalists he works with “see their jobs as a way to serve their country.”