ABSTRACT
Tunisia is the only country in the Arab world that has succeeded in its democratic transformation. But this achievement is increasingly threatened by the radicalisation of young people that makes them feel excluded from the life of their own country. For some young Tunisians without prospects, the ‘Jihad’ – at home or abroad – becomes an allegedly appealing alternative. Based on extensive interview material, academic analyses and newspaper articles, this contribution looks, first, into the multi-dimensional marginalisation of certain layers of the Tunisian population as an enabling factor and, second, examines different intervening factors that favour the radicalisation of Tunisian youth.
