24 / 10 / 2011
Huge turnout as Tunisia rejoices at first free election
Minutes away from the polling station where Haytham Agrouti voted is the Tunis square on which he, like thousands of others, took part in the protests that brought down a hated regime earlier this year. "Things have changed so much," said the 22-year-old student at Tunis University. "I never imagined back then that I would be voting today." Read more
By Rachel Shabi, The Independent, 24 October 2011