I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.

I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.

I hope that with the success of the transition to democracy in Tunisia that we will export to Egypt a working democratic model.

I will not be standing for office. I'm nearing 70; there are younger people within our movement. I just wish to contribute intellectually to the historic process of taking Tunisia from the era of repression to one of democracy.

What Tunisia urgently needs, is freedom and the building of a real democracy.

The dictatorship needs to be entirely dismantled. All the rest of the old guard must go.