The life and thought of Moncef Marzouki

Moncef Marzouki, former President of Tunisia, presents the fruit of his political and intellectual experience in a lengthy interview in which he takes the reader back to his childhood and youth spent between Tunisia, Morocco, and France. In addition to his personal life, Marzouki discusses in detail a series of political events and incidents he experienced or was involved in, starting with his engagement in the struggles of Arab and European students during his medical studies in France in the late sixties of the last century, passing through his opposition to the authoritarianism of President Habib Bourguiba and the dictatorship of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and the consequences he faced, including imprisonment, dismissal from his university job, and close surveillance by political police. The book also covers the outbreak of the Tunisian revolution in late 2010 and the attempts of counter-revolution to thwart the democratic transition. Marzouki also narrates behind-the-scenes details of some decisions he made when he was President of the Republic. The book also includes a study of his intellectual biography, based on an analysis of his writings and lectures.