TUNIS, Tunisia — Like many young people roused by Tunisia's revolution, international law student Soukaina Joumni dove into politics. After two decades of dictatorship, dozens of political parties emerged. Joumni joined the center-left Congress Party for the Republic, running as a candidate for the National Constituent Assembly in the October 2011 elections.
"In this period, many of the youth wanted to participate," the 31-year-old woman says. "They wanted to be a part of political life; they wanted to live this experience."