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'''Alaa Talbi''' (Arabic: علاء الطالبي) is a Tunisian Civil Society<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ccfd-terresolidaire.org/infos/paix-et-conflits/le-prix-nobel-de-la-5233|title=Le prix Nobel de la paix, une reconnaissance pour la société civile tunisienne|publisher=}}</ref> and Human Rights activist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F97agDpbWFM|title=انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان في تونس|first=|last=سكاي نيوز عربية|date=10 December 2014|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> He was born in [[Kasserine]], in April, 4, 1978.
'''Alaa Talbi''' (Arabic: علاء الطالبي) is a Tunisian Civil Society<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ccfd-terresolidaire.org/infos/paix-et-conflits/le-prix-nobel-de-la-5233|title=Le prix Nobel de la paix, une reconnaissance pour la société civile tunisienne|publisher=}}</ref> and Human Rights activist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F97agDpbWFM|title=انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان في تونس|first=|last=سكاي نيوز عربية|date=10 December 2014|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> He was born in [[Kasserine]], in April, 4, 1978.


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Alaa Talbi (Arabic: علاء الطالبي) is a Tunisian Civil Society[1] and Human Rights activist.[2] He was born in Kasserine, in April, 4, 1978.

Alaa currently occupies the position of Chief Executive in the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights - FTDES[3], in which he advocates for specific issues such as social movements, women rights and empowerment, and immigrants.[4] He is part of other international and regional orgaisations as a founding or board member; such as the Tunisian affiliate of the Canadian foundation Alternatives.[5]

Civil society and activism

Migration and marginalisation

Alaa Talbi highlighted several times the risk of the gap that exists between the government's agenda and the issues claimed by youth in the regions and the marginalisation of youth in political parties as well.[6] During the set up of the democratic transition, the Instance of Truth and Dignity, declared some regions as victim-regions. [7] Alaa, originally from Kasserine, submitted the request by the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Right - FTDES with the support of the Belgian organisation Lawyers Without Borders - ASF.[8] Kasserine, marginalised and poorly developed[9] [10] governorate, was the first[11] in the list of victim-regions.[12] Another topic carried by Talbi; the phenomenon of suicide and suicide attempts among students in schools and adults.[13]

Human and women’s rights

As a Human Rights activist, Alaa works to advocate for several cases such as women workers’ rights,[14] racism[15], human trafficking and child abuse.[16]

He took part in the Free Jabeur campaign,[17] and the mobilisation for a white march for the case of Eya, a girl burned by her father as an honor-killing.[18]

Social movements

Social movements are increasing since the Jasmine Revolution. The number of social protests keeps increasing gradually since then. Talbi as well as other civil society activists, tries to raise the issues for solutions,[19] highlighting the importance of a peaceful negotiation between the protesters and the government without the involvement of the army.[20]

He published many statements on behalf of the FTDES to criticise the systematic policy of targetting social activists and protestors.[21]

World social forum

In addition to the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights - FTDES, Talbi is a board member in several international organisations[22] such as the Tunisian Social Forum, the Maghreb Social Forum, the African Social Forum, Social Forum for Free Media, and the World Social Forum.

A month after the assassination of Chokri Belaid in 2013, Talbi was part of the organising committee of the World Social Forum that was maintained in Tunis. The forum gathered more than 30 000 attendees[23] from all over the world in support to Tunisia and about 1100 Tunisian organisations.[24]

Although the year of 2015 had known several terrorist attacks in Tunisia[25], Talbi and other civil society activists brought the World Social Forum to the country again.[26] A day after the Bardo Attack, Alaa Talbi confirmed in a public statement the organisation of the WSF[27] and its march[28] with a destination the Bardo Museum. During that edition, few tensions took place with the Algerian delegation; who were previously not allowed by their authorities to participate in the Forum.[29]

Academic life and publications

Academia

Alaa Talbi is known as an academia and researcher as well specialised in Mongolian and Mamluk studies.[30] He taught History of Media at the Institute of Applied Studies for Humanities in Jendouba University.[22]

Lately, he defended his thesis entitled “ The Mongolian presence in the Mamluk space (1258-1335)” in the Faculty of Arts, Arts and Humanities of Manouba, Tunisia.

Prior to that, Talbi had released some academic essays and critical lectures: In 2012, an essay about the typology of fear[31] for a population appeared in a book entitled "Bilād al-Šām facing the outside worlds" by Denise Aigle.[32]

A study of the diplomacy in wartime between the Persian Mongols and the Egyptian Mamluks appeared in 2007.[33] In the same year, he published as well a critical lecture "Reuven Amitai, The Mongols in the Islamic Lands, Studies in the History of the Ilkhanate".[34]

Poetry and literature

Alaa Talbi is also known for his poetry in Arabic[35] and in Tunisian dialect as well[36]; where he publishes under a nickname “Weld ElHafyena” as a tribute to his mother and all women in the marginalised regions of Tunisia. In 2013, he wrote “Neirouz’s smile” as a tribute to his friend Chokri Belaid, assassinated earlier that year. The poem was sung by Ghalia Benali.[37]

One of his poems "and now we have murdered you" (Arabic: قتلناك) was awarded and translated into French then published in 2013 along with other authors’ texts and poems in “Tunisia Diaspora: Exils and Dialogues”.[38]

References

  1. ^ "Le prix Nobel de la paix, une reconnaissance pour la société civile tunisienne".
  2. ^ سكاي نيوز عربية (10 December 2014). "انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان في تونس" – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Le bureau - ftdes".
  4. ^ "Tunisie - Fondation Terre Solidaire".
  5. ^ "News - Alternatives". www.alternatives.ca.
  6. ^ https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/51791/Master-Pettersen.pdf?sequence=1
  7. ^ correspondent, Olfa Belhassine, Tunis. "JusticeInfo.net - KASSERINE AS A VICTIMIZED REGION OF TUNISIA".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Kasserine se constitue région victime". 13 July 2015.
  9. ^ "La Tunisie est confrontée à la pollution et au manque d'eau - Watchwater". www.watchwater.tn.
  10. ^ "En Tunisie, Kasserine est passée de la révolution à la désillusion". 13 January 2016 – via www.la-croix.com.
  11. ^ "Tunisie: Kasserine, «région victime»". 28 January 2016.
  12. ^ "ASF  » The Kasserine "Region as a Victim" submission: A first in Tunisian transitional justice". www.asf.be.
  13. ^ Capfm Tunisie (28 February 2017). "علاء الطالبي : ثمة ظاهرة جديدة وهي شباب ينتحر داخل المؤسسات التربوية" – via YouTube.
  14. ^ "Made in Tunisia: Women textile workers resist poor working conditions".
  15. ^ "L'invité BBC Afrique 15/06/2016 : Alaa Talbi". BBC Afrique.
  16. ^ webmanagercenter.com (7 June 2017). "Raoudha Laabidi: "Toutes les formes de traite humaine existent en Tunisie…"".
  17. ^ jabeur (11 July 2013). "#FreeJabeur Alaa Talbi - Liberté d'expression" – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "Tunisie: Marche blanche en mémoire de Eya, brûlée vive par son père - Actualites en Tunisie et dans le monde sur Tunisie Numerique". www.tunisienumerique.com.
  19. ^ TUNIS, Propos recueillis par Camille Lafrance, à. ""La Tunisie soulève toujours les mêmes questions quatre ans après sa révolution"".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Tunisie: le décret sur les «zones militaires» jugé dangereux par les opposants - RFI".
  21. ^ CIVICUS. "Tunisian authorities backslide on access to information commitments - CIVICUS - Tracking conditions for citizen action". monitor.civicus.org. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 72 (help)
  22. ^ a b "Talbi Alaa - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes - Academia.edu". ephe.academia.edu.
  23. ^ NessmaTV (26 March 2013). "علاء الطالبي : الحضور كان قياسي في المنتدى" – via YouTube.
  24. ^ "Forum Social Mondial à Tunis". www.lelotenaction.org.
  25. ^ "Forum social mondial – Alaa Talbi : « Les institutions restent fragiles en Tunisie » – JeuneAfrique.com". 24 March 2015.
  26. ^ "Alaa Talbi: «Cet attentat pourrait renforcer la transition démocratique»".
  27. ^ "A Tunis, le Forum social mondial défile contre le terrorisme et pour le respect des libertés". 30 March 2015 – via Le Monde.
  28. ^ "Tunis hosts Global Social Forum in defiance to terrorist threat - The North Africa Post". 25 March 2015.
  29. ^ "Tunisie Bondy Blog média en ligne – FSM Tunis 2015 : Journée maghrébine sous tension hier, des participants agressés par la délégation officielle algérienne". tunisiebb.com.
  30. ^ "Talbi Alaa - Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes - Academia.edu". ephe.academia.edu.
  31. ^ https://www.rechercheisidore.fr/search/resource/?uri=10670/1.vbtotn
  32. ^ Talbi, Alaa (25 February 2014). Aigle, Denise (ed.). Le Bilād al-Šām face aux mondes extérieurs : La perception de l’Autre et la représentation du souverain. Presses de l’Ifpo. pp. 385–397 – via OpenEdition Books.
  33. ^ Alaa, Talbi. "Un exemple de « diplomatie en temps de guerre » entre les Mongols de Perse et les Mamlouks d'Egypte (701/1302 », Annales Islamologiques, 41,2007, p. 119-129". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  34. ^ Talbi, Alaa (1 September 2009). "Reuven Amitai, The Mongols in the Islamic Lands, Studies in the History of the Ilkhanate". Bulletin d’études orientales (58): 405–407 – via beo.revues.org.
  35. ^ "شهادة - نُحِبُكَ غداً أكثر".
  36. ^ alaa. "علاء ولد الحفيانة". علاء ولد الحفيانة.
  37. ^ Ghalia Benali (18 March 2013). "©Ghalia Benali 2013/ Neirouz's smile/ غالية بنعلي/ بسمة نيروز" – via YouTube.
  38. ^ http://www.riveneuve-editions.com/catalogue-2/catalogue/tunisie-diaspora-exils-et-dialogues/
  • Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights - FTDES website.
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