'There Is No Future Here,' Worry Tunisians

Tunis — Politics is probably the only subject debated 24/7 in Tunisia. Taxi drivers, journalists, people in cafés, even sports commentators have been linking football to what is happening in their country.

On my way from the Tunis airport to my hotel, I asked my taxi driver, Abdul Nasser, his views of the current situation. “What do you want me to say,” he answered with a gloomy face. “What about you? If this were your country, what would you say?” Although Abdul Nasser had turned the question on me, he didn’t waited for a response and continued, “We are not helping revive our country. We all want the chair. I'm afraid someone will gain it, but we will lose Tunisia.”