Quotes of the Day

Tunisians shout slogans and wave the national flag during a demonstration organized by leftist opposition parties in Tunis, Tunisia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012

Open quoteIt's like a war of attrition. They're trying not to let us focus on the real issues. Close quote

  • SAID FERJANI,
  • a member of the political bureau of Tunisia's Ennahda Party; in Tunisia's first months of a coalition government, a fight has emerged over the identity of an Arab and Muslim society that its authoritarian leaders had always cast as secular
Photo: Amine Landoulsi / AP | Source: NY Times