Tarek Megerisi, Author at DAWN

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Tarek Megerisi

Tarek Megerisi is a senior policy fellow with the North Africa and Middle East program at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Supporters raise up the victory sign next to a giant poster of Kais Saied set up in the street during the celebration of Kais Saied Victory in Tunisia presidential election after an exit poll, on avenue Habib Bourguiba in the capital Tunis, on October 13, 2019. (Photo by Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)

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August 27, 2021

TRIPOLI, LIBYA - MARCH 17: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "PRESIDENCY OF TUNISIA / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) President of Tunisia Kais Saied and President of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohammad al-Menfi (not seen) hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Tripoli, Libya on March 17, 2021. (Photo by Presidency of Tunisia / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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