Martin Sieff -a chief political correspondent for United Press International and a veteran journalist in covering the Middle East- has been tolfing a really nice impression about tunisia in The Washington Times Published January 23, 2005 titled :”One Arab nation where democracy works well” and as far from grace, this raticle reflects well the state of Tunisia in the americain folder, classified as democratic country should be the best reward we shall get proud of, his statement as told “ Tunisia is the invisible nation of the Arab world in American eyes, and there is a very good reason why this is so: It confounds so many people’s hostile stereotypes of the Arab world“ is so clearly well argumented.
The opinion of the man -about tunisian model- is is fine as an exception of the arab world, and his inventory of the tunisian sucess stories “a vibrant success story profiting from the rise of a stable and prosperous Europe on the other side of the Mediterranean lake it shares” show a clear blue sky upon a nation of 3000 years old.
The author has been asking if the Tunisian model should be followed by others countries, wich developpment process if foggy The question was not whether other countries had to go through a Tunisian-style process, but whether there was really any other way to do it. The indisputable fact is that, wherever development has taken place in the modern age, it has adopted certain quantities of the Tunisian way, and wherever it is seriously contemplated, it will have to consider the Tunisian lessons : no need to argue, Martin Sieff is pleased with our Tunisia and thought honestly that’s not a fact of lucky days, as it is for its proud youngs arms.
Even if the article wasn’t a real a complete deep view in the Tunisia success story, the fact that Martin Sieff has underlined the most importants lines of a well designed work book have enlighted the americain reader with facts that should be let unknown.
[The original Article as The Washington Times]
[La presse French translated article]