soumaya ghannoushi, british—tunisian writer, the daughter of rached ghannouchi, has said that tunisiaemocracy into a country resembling a full fledged dictatorship, a cocktail of failures robbed of its hard—won freedoms. is that how you feel? well, it's kind of true. she laughs. it is, it is true. i've experienced it myself. erm... in what way? what do you mean when you say that? well, i don't think that i've gained... i mean, i know there's a lot of people that support me and want to see me in tunisia perform, but, unfortunately, it's still quite hard for me to perform in tunisia. and after all these years, erm, i eventually had to realise that it's notjust by bad luck. so... why? what happens? why is it hard? if you wanted... if you wanted to go and sing there. i mean, there's still private things i could do, but what i'm talking about is just the festivals. because in tunisia, most of the cultural things depend on the government and the ministry. and there's a lot of festivals and a lot of cultural institutions, but unfortunately it's very hard for me to be part of them. let's turn